The Long Goodbye

[Intro ]

Em G C D 

 
Em                    G        C 
I'm the master of the long goodbye 
Em 
I'd hurt myself 
   G                    Am  A Am D 
To keep from making you cry 
 

 
C                            G 
Some find it easy to walk away 
                D 
When things are wrong 
                C 
They just can't stay 
                                   G 
They don't dwell 'cause that's the trick 
            D                C 
Rip off the bandage hard and quick 
                                 G 
But I've never known just how to leave 
               D               C 
I stick to the plan 'cause I believe 
                         G 
Better to hold on at all cost 
                            A    Am 
Than to regret what mihgt be lost 
 

 
Em 
I'd hurt myself 
   G                    Am  D 
To keep from making you cry 
Em                    G               C   D 
'Cause I'm the master of the long goodbye 
Em                   G                C   G 
I'd rather stay than learn the reason why 
Em                    G               C   A Am D 
'Cause I'm the master of the long goodbye 
 

 
C                           G 
I thought I knew the way to love 
              D                C 
I felt like a hand inside your glove 
                           G 
I knew what I wanted to be true 
                D                 C 
It's all that I needed to be with you 
                            G 
If there was a fear I never spoke 
           D             C 
A sleeping hound I never woke 
                          G 
I chose to banish it from me 
                     A 
Making it my sworn enemy 
 

 
Em 
I'd hurt myself 
   G                    Am  D 
To keep from making you cry 
Em                   G                C   Bm 
I'd rather stay than learn the reason why 
Am            D 
Be here for a moment longer 
Am               D 
I need to feel a little stronger 
Em             G               C   D 
I'm the master of the long goodbye 
    Em             G               C 
Yes I'm the master of the long goodbye 
 

 
F                      Am 
Who was I trying to protect 
F                Am 
You or me,the selfish architect 
G                        F 
Love is honest when you learn 
G                       F 
It gives asking nothing in return 
C                           G 
I made you crazy I made you wait 
           D                C 
I made the night become too late 
                          G 
Can you forgive my coward heart 
           D             C 
You had it from the very start 
                       G 
Sometimes aching for a clue 
                               A    D 
It loved you with everything it knew 
 

 
Em 
I'd hurt myself 
   G                    Am  D 
To keep from making you cry 
Em                    G               C   D 
'Cause I'm the master of the long goodbye 
Em                   G                C   G 
I'd rather stay than learn the reason why 
Em                    G               C 
'Cause I'm the master of the long goodbye 
Am            D 
Be here for a moment longer 
Am               D 
I need to feel a little stronger 
Em             G               C 
I'm the master of the long goodbye 
    Em             G               C 
Yes I'm the master of the long goodbye 
 

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