Goodbyes Are Hard to Listen To
Recorded by Joe Nichols
Album: Single (2025)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(D) / / / |(D) / (A)(A/C#)

(Verse 1)
Ain't a (D)soul around downtown
(D)I found at a corner bar at (G)noon
They oughta (A)padlock that old jukebox
'Cause I (A)can't stop, spinnin' "Lovesick (D)Blues"
I (D)know to you it ain't nothin' new
Just another fool (Em)pullin' (D/F#)up a stool (G)
And I a-(A)pologize 'cause I realize
That (A)goodbyes are hard to listen (D)to

(Chorus)
So, bar-(D)tend-(Em)er, (D/F#)don't (G)leave me
With (G)my (D/F#)glass (Em)half-(D)empty (A/C#) (Bm)
Those old (A)done you wrong, sing-alongs sure hit home
Since she said we were (D)through (Am)
And you (Em)should-(D/F#)n�ft mix (G)whiskey
With (G)Hag-(D/F#)gard and (Bm)Whitley
And I a-(C)pologize 'cause I (G/B)realize (D)
(A)Goodbyes are hard to listen (D)to

(Verse 2)
I (D)know I swore just a couple more, and then I'd hit the door
It's a (Em)quarter (D/F#)after (G)two
I (A)guess you see these old melodies got the best of me
And it's (A)hard to face the (D)truth (A)
I'll make it (D)worth your while, if I can stay awhile
While I finish up what (Em)I came (D/F#)here to (G)do
And I a-(A)pologize 'cause I realize goodbyes are hard to listen (D)to

(Chorus)
So, bar-(D)tend-(Em)er, (D/F#)don't (G)leave me
With (G)my (D/F#)glass (Em)half-(D)empty (A/C#) (Bm)
Those old (A)done you wrong, sing-alongs (A)sure hit home
Since she said we were (D)through (Am)
And you (D)shouldn't mix (G)whiskey
With (G)Hag-(D/F#)gard and (Bm)Whitley
And I a-(C)pologize 'cause I (G/B)realize
(A)Goodbyes are hard to listen (D)to

(Outro.)
They need a (C)warnin' sign on them (G/B)45�fs
That (A)goodbyes are hard to listen (D)to / / / |(D) / / / 
Ain't a (D)soul around downtown
I found (Em) (D/F#) (G) in a corner bar (Gm) at noon (D) - - - - -