The Long Goodbye

verse 1 
Cm 
There’s a long goodbye. 
G7                       Bb7   G7 
And it happens everyday 
Cm 
when some passerby 
Fm7 
invites your eye 
Bb7 
to come her way. 

Dm7      
Even as she smiles 
Dm7 
a quick hello, 
Dm7 
you’ve let her go. 
           Cm 
You’ve let the moment fly. 
 
Cm                                      Fm7 
Too late you’d turn your head, 
      Dm7                        G7        
you’d know you’ve said 
Cm 
the long goodbye. 

verse 2 
        G7                     Bb7   G7 
Can you recognise the theme – 
Cm 
on some other street 
Fm7 
two people meet 
Bb7 
as in a dream, 

Dm7 
running for a plane 
Dm7 
through the rain. 
Dm7                     Cm 
If the heart is quicker than the eye, 
Fm7 
they could be lovers 
  G7       Cm 
Until they die. 
 
Cm 
It’s too late to try 
Cm     Fm7   
when a missed hello 
Dm7         G7   Cm 
becomes the long goodbye.