Goodbye Henry

Intro: 
N.C. 
One, two, three, four 


 
C 
 This is a sad song 
E 
 Though it feels happy 
Fmaj7 
  It is not happy at all 
   A                        Dm7 
In fact, it makes me so, so sad to sing this song 
Fm                            Cmaj7 
  But I'll sing it for you anyway 
                     G 
This song is called "Goodbye Henry." 
       C 
And I wrote it 'bout a boy 
C 
 A very lovely boy 
        Fmaj7 
And his name isn't even Henry 
           A 
But I'm just tryna be respectful 
         Dm7 
We don't talk anymore 
                 Fm 
He could be next-door and I wouldn't even know 
    Cmaj7 
In another life we could have made it 
            G 
But in this one, well, we let go 
 

 
        C 
And I remember last time I seen him 
         E 
It was a devastating day 
       Fmaj7 
At the railway tavern my local 
       A7 
And we had no words to say 
     Dm 
So I sipped my gin in silence 
      Fm 
And I kissed the man goodbye 
        Cmaj7 
And we dried each other's tears 
               G 
And I told him, "Henry 
 

 
               C 
Oh, I wish you only love (Only love) 
    E 
And happiness (Happiness)" 
          Fmaj7 
When I'm swallowing tears 
       A7 
As I'm watching you drive away 
           Dm7 
Through my window 
                 Fm 
I don't want you to go 
            Cmaj7      G 
How could I baby? Oh-oh (I miss you so) 
                  C 
I do hope you'll try your best (Try) 
            E 
And you'll drink a little less 
         Fmaj7 
Let's pretend, Henry 
             A7 
Maybe one day we could try again 
         Dm7                            Fm 
Don't forget me (Don't forget me) or regret me (Regret me) 
               C 
I tell him "Goodbye, Henry" 
G                      C 
 I told you this was a sad song 
 

 
E 
 I did try to warn you, in case you relate 
Fmaj7          Am 
  In case your sorry heart is also breaking 
Dm7                                       Fm 
In case you're driving to work and every bloody left turn you take 
                C 
Just so happens to be down memory lane 
         G 
And it's that pain, the aching kind 
 

 
      C 
I had high hopes for me and Henry 
 E 
I really did 
    Fmaj7                                          A7 
In another life I'd wear his ring, and we'd have three beautiful children 
       Dm7 
And it hurts to never see him 
        Fm 
But the world still turns 'round 
      Cmaj7                                G 
So I squeezed his lovely hand so tight, and I told him 
 

 
                C 
"Oh, I wish you only love (Only love) 
    E 
And happiness (Happiness)" 
          Fmaj7 
When I'm swallowing tears 
       A7 
As I'm watching you drive away 
           Dm7 
Through my window 
        Fm 
I don't want you to go 
             Cmaj7      G 
How could I, baby? Oh-oh (I miss you so) 
                  C 
I do hope you'll try your best 
            E 
And you'll drink a little less 
         Fmaj7 
And who knows, Henry? 
             A7 
Maybe one day we could try again 
         Dm7                            Fm 
Don't forget me (Don't forget me) or regret me (Regret me) 
             C             G 
I tell him, "Goodbye, Henry" 
                      C        E 
I told you this was a sad song 


Interlude: 
Fmaj7 
   But it is my pleasure 
A      Dm7                     Fm 
  To say that all the way from Memphis, Tennessee 
         C 
Put your hands together (Put your hands) 
           C 
Ladies and gentlemen 
    G     Cmaj7 
For Al Green 
 

 
                   E 
Hello, how are you? I hope you're well 
Fmaj7                             A7 
   It's nice to be on a microphone with a story to tell 
Dm7 
  I think of all the memories 
Fm 
  Some bitter, some sweet 
C                                G 
  The people I've loved, and the people I'll never get to greet 
      C 
These heartaches don't get easier (Easier) 
E 
Pains of losing love (Losing love) 
Fmaj7 
Time will help the healing 
    A7 
And Christ that's up above 
    Dm7                              Fm 
Sometimes in life we have to say goodbye 
                       C 
Tears falling from our eyes 
                             G 
I pray it won't hurt like it does tonight 
 

 
N.C.                    C 
As I wish 'em only love 
          E 
Happiness 
                    A7 
I'm swallowing tears 
Yeah, I (As I'm watching you drive away) 
           Dm7 
Through my window (Yeah, yeah) 
        Fm 
I don't want you to go 
             C        Ab 
How could I, baby? Oh-oh (Oh) 
                  Db 
I do hope you'll try your best 
            F                           Gbmaj7 
And you'll drink a little less (And who knows, Henry?) 
               Bb7 
That maybe one day we could try again 
         Ebm7                     Gbm 
Don't forget me (Forget me) or regret me (Regret me, regret me) 
Ebm7          Fm7            Gb            A            D 
  Don't forget, don't forget, don't forget, lo-lo-lo-lo-love 
      D 
I hope (You're happy now) 
                        Gmaj7 
Wherever he is (Feeling better now) 
He's happy, he's safe 
         B7 
And he's oh so over this, though I'm (I said) 
Em7                            Gm7 
  Still in love, still in love,  still in love with him (Oh) 
Em7           Gbm           G 
  Don't forget, don't forget, don't forget (My, my, my) 
Bb                Eb 
Da-dum-da-dum, oh I (I hope) hope 
                        Abmaj7 
(Wherever he is) Ooh, I do 
                                    C7 
(He's happy, he's safe) I hope he's happy and safe 
                                  Fm7 
(And he's oh so over this, though I'm) 
                                                             Abm 
(Still in love, still in love, still in love with him) I may be 
     Fm7          Gm7                   Ab    A            E 
Still, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, love, love tonight 
 

Outro: 
      Ebm                    Ab7 
And I guess sometimes that's just how it goes 
Dbm 
  Sometimes love sticks around 
Bm7 
  And sometimes love hits the road 
A                     C 
  And as I watch Henry drive out of my life 
Dbm7             Abm7                  Gbm7 
   I warned you, dear listener, didn't I? 
        
When I told you this is a sad, sad, sad song 
           Emaj7 
Drop it here 
Hahaha, Brooksy can't see me