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Version 1
...NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE... by Jackson 5
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*from 'Maybe Tomorrow' (1971)*
Intro:
Em7 Em7/A
Bridge 1:
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye, no, no, no, no, I,
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye.
Verse 1:
Dmaj7 Am7/D
Even though the pain and heartache, seems to follow me wherever I go.
Dmaj7 Am7/D
Though I try and try to hide my feelings, they always seem to show.
Dmaj7 Am7/D
Then you try to say you're leaving me, and I always have to say no...
Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 G/A
Tell me why, is it so? That I...
Bridge 2:
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye, no, no, no, no, I,
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye.
Verse 2:
Dmaj7 Am7/D
Every-time I think I've had enough, I start heading for the door.
Dmaj7 Am7/D
There's a very strange vibration, piercin' me right to the core.
Dmaj7 Am7/D
It says turn around you fool, you know you love her more and more.
Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 G/A D
Tell me why, is it so? Don't wanna let you go!
Chorus 1:
D Dm7
I never can say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7 D G/A
I never can say good-bye, no no no, no no no, no no no no no.
D Dm7
I never can say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7 D G/A
I never can say good-bye, no no no, no no no, no no no no no.
Bridge 3:
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye, no, no, no, no, I,
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye.
Verse 3:
Dmaj7 Am7/D
I keep thinkin' that our problems soon, are all gonna work out.
Dmaj7
But there's that same unhappy feeling,
Am7/D
And there's that anguish there's that doubt.
Dmaj7 Am7/D
It's the same old did ya hang up? Can't do with you, or without.
Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 G/A D
Tell me why, is it so? Don't wanna let you go!
Chorus 2:
D Dm7
I never can say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7 D G/A
I never can say good-bye, no no no, no no no, no no no no no.
D Dm7
I never can say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7 D G/A
I never can say good-bye, no no no, no no no, no no no no no.
Chorus 3:
D Dm7
I never can say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7 D G/A
I never can say good-bye, no no no, no no no, no no no no no.
D Dm7
I never can say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7 D G/A
I never can say good-bye, no no no, no no no, no no no no no.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em7 Em7/A Dmaj7 Am7/D Gmaj7 F#m7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022030 x02030 xx0222 x00213 3x443x 242222
G/A D Dm7 E7 Eb7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x00003 xx0232 xx0211 x79797 x68686
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ()