Key: C
Introduction: C Am7 F Fm
C
Goodbye, my love
Am
The country is in need of me
F
And I heard there were signs for war
Fm C C9
So I'm goin' overseas
C
So don't cry, my love
Am
The skies above will cry for you
F
And I'll be safe so hold belief
Fm C
I'll come back home for you
C
Yeah, Yeah
Dm G
So please tell me it's not true
Am
After all the love I've given
Em
You've found someone new
Dm G
And oh, of all the things I've seen
C
This has got to be, got to be
Em
The greatest tragedy
Dm G
Oh you, you let it all slip away
F
But soon you'll find
Fm
Soon you'll find yeah
C
What you can't replace
C
La la la
(I gave away my love)
C
La la la la la la la
(That I promised you I would keep)
Am7
La la la la la la
(a thousand deaths I died that day)
F Fm
La la la la la la la
(When two became one)
C
La la la
(A greater force pulled you away
Am7
So goodbye my love
F Fm C
August 1, 1965)
C
Yeah
Yeah
C9
Yeah
C
Yeah
Dm G
So please tell me it's not true
Am
After all the love I've given
Em
You've found someone new
Dm G
And oh, of all the things I've seen
C
This has got to be, got to be
Em
The greatest tragedy
Dm G
Oh you, you let it all slip away
F
But soon you'll find
Fm
Soon you'll find yeah
C
What you can't replace
C
Yeah
C
Goodbye my love
Am7
As I bid farewell to thee
F
All is fair in love and war
Fm C C9 C
So I'm goin' overseas