The Long Goodbye chords by John Williams

Chords with lyrics

This tab is based off the version of the song sung by Jack Sheldon.
The chord progression is simplified, since there's a lot of improvised chords in the original
and every version is slightly different.

[Verse 1]
C minorCm
There’s a long goodbye.
G7G7            Bb7Bb7  G7G7
And it happens everyday
C minorCm
when some passerby
Fm7Fm7
invites your eye
Bb7Bb7
to come her way.

Dm7Dm7
Even as she smiles
Dm7Dm7
a quick hello,
Dm7Dm7
you’ve let her go.
      C minorCm
You’ve let the moment fly.

[Chorus 1]
C minorCm                   Fm7Fm7
Too late you’d turn your head,
   Dm7Dm7            G7G7
you’d know you’ve said
C minorCm
the long goodbye.

[Verse 2]
    G7G7           Bb7Bb7  G7G7
Can you recognise the theme –
C minorCm
on some other street
Fm7Fm7
two people meet
Bb7Bb7
as in a dream,

Dm7Dm7
running for a plane
Dm7Dm7
through the rain.
Dm7Dm7           C minorCm
If the heart is quicker than the eye,
Fm7Fm7
they could be lovers
 G7G7    C minorCm
Until they die.

[Chorus 2]
C minorCm
It’s too late to try
C minorCm   Fm7Fm7
when a missed hello
Dm7Dm7     G7G7  C minorCm