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Wave Goodnight To Me by Jeff Rosenstock

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  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: Chord diagramA augmentedA

🎸 Intro Riff:

e|-0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramBB|-5-4-2-0--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0--5--5-5--5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramG+G|----------6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1-----------6--6-6--6-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2-----------7--7-7--7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2-----------7--7-7--7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0-----------5--5-5--5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|



🎸 Verse 1:

(Mute these in the typical skate-punkish way and just listen to the song for timings)

e|-0----0----4----4----4----4----5----5-|
Chord diagramBB|-0----0----5----5----4----4----5----5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-1----1----6----6----4----4----6----6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2----2----6----6----6----6----7----7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2----2----4----4----6----6----7----7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0----0----x----x----4----4----5----5-|

"I used to walk down to the docks in spring

And drink tallboys on the rocks by the water

Under the watchful eye of day-glo cranes

That spread like floods from corner to corner"
🎸 Pre-Chorus 1:

e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|

"Wave goodnight to me"

e|-0---0---5-4-2-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0---0---------5-4-2-0--------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

🎸 Chorus 1:

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0----------|

"When it all fell down

I should've been prepared"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--4--4-4--4-4|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--5--5-5--5-5|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--6--6-6--6-6|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--6--6-6--6-6|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--4--4-4--4-4|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--x--x-x--x-x|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0----------|

"I wish it didn't hurt

I wish I didn't care"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--4--4-4--4-4|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--5--5-5--5-5|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--6--6-6--6-6|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--6--6-6--6-6|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--4--4-4--4-4|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--x--x-x--x-x|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."
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🎸 Verse 2:
(Same as verse 1)

e|-0----0----4----4----4----4----5----5-|
Chord diagramBB|-0----0----5----5----4----4----5----5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-1----1----6----6----4----4----6----6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2----2----6----6----6----6----7----7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2----2----4----4----6----6----7----7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0----0----x----x----4----4----5----5-|

"Yeah ignorance is bliss until the day

The things you ignored all come into focus

And those conveniences leave cavities

That can't get filled cos you didn't notice"

🎸 Pre-Chorus 2:

e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|

"Wave goodnight to me"

e|-0---0---5-4-2-0-|
Chord diagramBB|---0---0---------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

🎸 Chorus 2:

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1--1--1-1--1----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0--0-0--0----------|

"When it all fell down

I should've been prepared"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--4--4-4--4-4|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--5--5-5--5-5|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--6--6-6--6-6|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--6--6-6--6-6|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--4--4-4--4-4|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--x--x-x--x-x|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0----------|

"I wish it didn't hurt

I wish I didn't care"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--5-5--5-5--2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--6-6--6-6--2--2-2--2-2--1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--7-7--7-7--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--7-7--7-7--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--5-5--5-5--2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x-|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."

e|-0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
Chord diagramBB|-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6--4--4--4-4-4-4--6--6-6--6-6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|

"Come on, come on get out of here." x4

As he starts singing the "come on" bit, a second guitar plays this:
Each one is played 8 times, bending up gradually throughout all 8 strums - hard to describe but relatively
easy if you listen to the song

e|-17-------------|
Chord diagramBB|-19b21--17------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------19b21---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|

🎸 Bridge:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|

"Wave goodnight to the sleepless city, too tired to fight"

e|-5----5----5----5-|
Chord diagramBB|-5----5----5----5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6----6----5----5-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7----7----7----7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7----7----7----7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5----5----5----5-|

"They're pushing you out in the name of progress

Selling your memories to the tourists"

🎸 Solo:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-13-13-13-13-13-11----11-------------------13-13-13-13-13-11----11-------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------14----14-11-------------------------------14----14-11-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------11-12-14-11-------------------------------11-12-14-11-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-13-13-13-13-13-11----11-13----------------13-13-13-13-13-11----11-13----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------14-------13-13-14-13-11-------------------14-------13-13-14-13-11-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You can tremolo pick this part if you want, or add delay/reverb
e|-16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16----------------16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------16-16-17-16-14----------------------------16-16-17-16-14-|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16-19-21-19-16----16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16-19-21-19-16----|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This bit is as he says "Wave goodnight to me"
e|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\0--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm part during the 🎸 Solo:

e|-0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4--0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6--1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6--2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x--0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x-|

e|-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-|
Chord diagramBB|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramG+G|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4--4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2--2-2--4--4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2--2-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2--2--2-2-2-2--x--x-x--x-x--2--2--2-2-2-2--x--x-x--x-x-|

This bit is as he says "Wave goodnight to me"
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
Chord diagramBB|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-|

🎸 Chorus 3:

I like to turn my distortion off for this bit but you don't have to
e|-5--------0--------5-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--------0--------5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--------1--------6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--------2--------7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--------2--------7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--------0--------5-|

"When it all fell down

I should've been prepared

They've spent the last five years yelling"

e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|

"Come on, come on, come on, get out of here"

e|-5--------0--------5-5-5-|
Chord diagramBB|-5--------0--------5-5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6--------1--------6-6-6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7--------2--------7-7-7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7--------2--------7-7-7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5--------0--------5-5-5-|

"I wish it didn't hurt

I wish I didn't care

They've spent the last five years"

e|-0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
Chord diagramBB|-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
Chord diagramG+G|-1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6--4--4--4-4-4-4--6--6-6--6-6-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|

"Yelling come on"

"Come on, come on, come on, get out of here" x4

Once again another guitar plays this as he sings the "come on" bit
e|-17-------------|
Chord diagramBB|-19b21--17------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------19b21---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|

e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
Chord diagramBB|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|
Chord diagramG+G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-|

"Yeah, wave goodnight to me"

e|-0---0---5-4-2-0-|
Chord diagramBB|---0---0---------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

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| x  Dead note
| b  Bend
| \  Slide down

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