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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C
Difficulty: Novice
Good Night My Darling Copyright Peter Ward 2019
Intro:
C G Am F x2
F C G Am
F C G C
Verse One:
C G Am F
There was a time going back they can still remember
C G Am F
Discovering something new something less familiar
F C G Am
Moving around, not quite sure, where they’d be tomorrow
F C G C
Changing faces and changing places, oh so good they can still remember
Verse Two :
C G Am F
There was a time when they first met they can still remember
C G Am F
How it was to come about that they would meet each other
F C G Am
Right place right time, eye to eye minds that worked together
F C G C
They never talk of settling down oh what fun they can still remember
Chorus:
G Am F C
And since day one he’s said goodnight, he’s said goodnight my darling
G Am F C
And since day one he’s said good morning he’s said good morning my love
F C G Am
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
F C G C
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
Verse Three:
C G Am F
There was a time of real communication they can still remember
C G Am F
Phone box calls, pennies and dimes, the joy of getting a letter
F C G Am
No mobiles, Apps, computer games for one, or texts or tweets on Twitter®
F C G C
They’d talk and laugh face to face for hours and that they can still remember
Instrumental:
C G Am F x2
F C G Am
F C G C
Verse Four:
C G Am F
Music changes with each generation but there’s they still remember
C G Am F
Change came slowly when they were young now it’s here one day and then it’s gone
F C G Am
There’s a lot of things that people buy in life that don’t always make it better
F C G C
Still nostalgic for the simple way things were the good old days they still remember
Chorus:
G Am F C
And since day one he’s said goodnight, he’s said goodnight my darling
G Am F C
And since day one he’s said good morning he’s said good morning my love
F C G Am
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
F C G C
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
Chorus:
G Am F C
And since day one he’s said goodnight, he’s said goodnight my darling
G Am F C
And since day one he’s said good morning he’s said good morning my love
F C G Am
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
F C G C
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
Instrumental:
G Am F C
Outro:
F C G C
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
Instrumental:
G Am F C
Outro:
F C G C
That’s all it takes to make her smile, those simple words just make her happy
Song History
Last Updated: April 27, 2021