Goodbye tab by Night Ranger

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Goodbye
Night Ranger
From the Album-"Seven Wishes" (1985)
Written by Jack Blades/Jeff Watson
Tabbed by Wade W., J.C. Illinois

A augmentedA few years back I reached Jeff Watson via
email and asked him how he played this song
on the album. The way I am about to show you
is what he sent me. Any questions, take it up
with Jeff Watson of Night Ranger.

The dashes on the lines below will represent
8th notes. Cool?

This first part is the intro as well as the
part for the verses. I will refer to this
as Riff A.

E MajorE ----2---|----2---|----2---|--------|----2---|
BB -5---5--|-5---5--|-5---5--|-5---5--|-5---5--|
G+G --4---4-|--4---4-|--4---4-|--4---4-|--4---4-|
D MajorD ---2---2|---2---2|---2---2|---2---2|---2---2|
A augmentedA --------|--------|0-------|4---2---|--------|
E MajorE 0-------|4-------|--------|--------|0-------|


E MajorE ----0---|----2---|--------|
BB -4---4--|-5---5--|--------|
G+G --4---4-|--4---4-|--------|
D MajorD ---4---4|---2---2|--------|
A augmentedA 2-------|--------|--------|
E MajorE --------|0-------|0-------|

This next part is where the song starts "But its
hard living life on the merry-go-round". This
is the bridge to the chorus. I will refer to
this as Riff B.

E MajorE ----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|
BB ---0-0--|---0-0--|---0-0--|---0-0--|
G+G --8---8-|--6---6-|--6---6-|--6---6-|
D MajorD -6-----6|-4-----4|-7-----7|-7-----7|
A augmentedA 4-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|
E MajorE --------|--------|--------|--------|

Right before entering the chorus, he plays a
B. I'll refer to this as Riff C.

E MajorE --------|
BB 4-------|
G+G 4-------|
D MajorD 4-------|
A augmentedA 2-------|
E MajorE --------|

There is a stopping point right before the
outro solo and the other distortion guitars
pickup where he plays a barred E. It looks
like this. This is Riff D.

E MajorE 4-------|
BB 5-------|
G+G 4-------|
D MajorD 6-------|
A augmentedA 7-------|
E MajorE 0-------|


Now you have all the parts. The song basically
goes like this:


(Riff A augmentedA)
As the sun hides its head
Another nights rest
And the wind sings
Its same old song

(Riff A augmentedA)
And you on the edge
Never close, never far
Always there when I needed a friend

     (Riff BB x2)
But it's hard living life
On this memory-go-round
Always up, always down
Spinning 'round and 'round and 'round (Riff C majorC)

(Riff A augmentedA)
And all this could be
Such a dream, so it seems
I was never much good at goodbye

(Riff A augmentedA)
There once was a time
Never far from my mind
On the beach, on the 4th of July

(Riff A augmentedA)
I remember the sand
How you held out your hand
And we touched for what seemed a lifetime

     (Riff BB x2)
But it's hard
Leaving all this behind me now
Like a schoolboy so lost
Never found until now (Riff C majorC)

(Riff A augmentedA)
And all this could be
Such a dream, so it seems
I was never much good at goodbye

     (Riff BB x2)
And it's hard
Living life on this merrry-go round
Always up, always down
Spinning 'round and 'round and 'round. (Riff C majorC)

(Riff A augmentedA)
And all this could be
Such a dream, so it seems
I was never much good at goodbye

(last part of Riff A augmentedA)
Goodbye. Goodbye. (Riff D MajorD)

(outro solo and distortion guitars).


Have fun!

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