Key: C
Introduction:
C#m F#m C#m
A smile could crack this angry face
F#m C#m
The endless days the endless ways
F#m C#m
This tension fills up the empty space
F#m
I wait in vain
A F#m
Fade away away away
C#m F#m
Fade away away away
A F#m F#m/E
I fade away away away
C#m A
No you?ll never know what you?ve got until it's gone (its wasted, it's wasted)
E B
And when it's gone well you know it?s gone forever
C#m
When you take the long goodbye
A
No one here ever says they all move on (its wasted, it's wasted)
E D
And when we?re gone well you know we?re gone forever
C#m A F#m C#m A B
When you take the long goodbye
C#m F#m C#m
And as the flower slowly dies
F#m C#m
We find new ways of wasting time
F#m C#m
The question is what's left to try
F#m
I watch the rain and
A F#m
Fade away away away
C#m F#m
Fade away away away
A F#m F#m/E
I fade away away away
C#m A
No you?ll never know what you?ve got until it's gone (its wasted, it's wasted)
E B
And when it's gone well you know it?s gone forever
C#m
When you take the long goodbye
A
No one here ever says they all move on (its wasted, it's wasted)
E D
And when we?re gone well you know we?re gone forever
F#m G#m A B F#m G#m A B
When you take the long goodbye
C#m A
No you?ll never know what you?ve got until it's gone (its wasted, it's wasted)
E B
And when it's gone well you know it?s gone forever
C#m
When you take the long goodbye
A
No one here ever says they all move on (its wasted, it's wasted)
E D
And when we?re gone well you know we?re gone forever
C#m A F#m C#m A B C#m
When you take the long goodbye