Goodbye Girl Chords & Lyrics by Squeeze
Goodbye Girl
guitar chords lyrics
One of Squeeze's finest.
A wonderful lyric (original English version below)
An unusually simple song to play by their standards.
Standard tuning
Verse 1
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D A G
I met her in a bar-room
D A G
Her name I didn't catch
D A G
She looked like something special
D A G
The kind who'd under-stand
D A G
The room was almost spinning
D A G
She pulled a-nother smile
D A G
She had the grace like pleasure
D A G
She had a certain style
Chorus 1
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G A
Sunlight on the lino
G A
Woke me with a sha-a-a-ake
E A D
I looked around to find her but she'd gone
D G
Goodbye girl
D G
Goodbye girl
D A
Goodbye girl
Verse 2
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D A G
She took me to her hotel
D A G
To a room on the second floor
D A G
A kettle and two coffees
D A G
Her number on the door
D A G
She said I hardly know you
D A G
Agreed we kissed good-night
D A G
I knew that in the morning
D A G
Somehow I'd wake to find
Chorus 2
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G A
Sunlight on the lino
G A
Woke me with a sha-a-a-ake
E A D
I looked around to find her but she'd gone
D G
Goodbye girl
D G
Goodbye girl
D A
Goodbye girl
Verse 2
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D A G
I lost my blue ad-dress book
D A G
My clubroom locker keys
D A G
The money in my waistcoat
D A G
It doesn't bother me
D A G
My wife has moved to Guernsey
D A G
So mug is not the word
D A G
If you should ever see her
D A G
Say hello goodbye girl
Chorus 3
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G A
Sunlight on the lino
G A
Woke me with a sha-a-a-ake
E A D
I looked around to find her but she'd gone
D G
Goodbye girl
D G
Goodbye girl
D A
Goodbye girl
Out
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D G
Goodbye girl
D G
Goodbye girl
D A
Goodbye girl
D A
Goodbye girl
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2012
[email protected]
