Capo
4
Difficulty
Intermediate πͺ
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: F#
πΈ Intro:
D G D G
πΈ Verse 1:
D G D
The moment came and went, my darlin'
G D
We're still here while the thunder's storming
G Bm G
Didn't work
Lord knows we tried
D G
I'm looking in your eyes with memories flashing
D G
How did we fly so high and end up crashing?
D G Bm G
Hanging on where love and truth collide
πΈ Chorus:
D G Bm G
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
D G Bm
Why does it seem so wrong not to hold you tight
G
When the tears start falling down?
D Em7
Don't wanna break your heart
Bm7
Don't wanna wreck your world
G
Don't wanna make you cry
D G Bm G
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
πΈ Verse 2:
D G
We keep coming back instead of running
D G
Hide behind the mask of what we're wanting
D G Bm G
I wish you hated me somehow
D G
I start to leave
I start to miss you
D G
Then the feeling leads to wanna kiss you
D G Bm G
I can't live with or without
πΈ Chorus:
D G Bm G
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
D G Bm
Why does it seem so wrong not to hold you tight
G
When the tears start falling down?
D Em7
Don't wanna break your heart
Bm7
Don't wanna wreck your world
G
Don't wanna make you cry
D G Bm G
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
Guitar πΈ Solo:
D G D G
D G D G
πΈ Bridge:
D Em
I think that I know why
D
I think that you know why
G
I think we both know why
πΈ Outro:
D G Bm G
Why does it take so long to say goodbye?
D G Bm G
Why does it seem so wrong not to hold you tight?
D G
Why does it take so long to say
D G
Why does it take so long to say
D G D G
Why does it take so long to say
D
Goodbye
G
(Goodbye)
D
Goodbye
G
(Goodbye)
D
Goodbye
G D G
(Goodbye)
Song History
Published: August 28, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025