A BAD GOODBYE
Clint Black
Album: No Time To Kill
Submitted by: Christopher R.
3/29/2023

NOTE: To match the recording, de-tune your guitar 1/2 step.  

Intro: (F) (Am) (Dm7) (G7sus) (G7)

(C) I've been bound (F/C) to leave you,
(Em7) We've known that for a (F) while.
(Am7) I'm sure it's something (D7) I can't do,
If I can't (Dm7) leave you with a (G) smile.

I don't (C) know how far (F/C) I'll have to go
Til I'm (Am) sure those eyes (Am7) won't (D9) cry.
And in my (Dm7) mind, I've left e(Am7)nough to know
That I can't (Dm7) leave you (G) with a bad good(C)bye.

  Good(F)bye
  Easier (Am7) said than done.
  Good(Dm7)bye
  There's no good when (G7) you're the one
  Whose good(Em7)bye you swore (Am7) would never come.
  And (Dm7) in my goodbye you're (F/G) finding (G) none.

(C) I'm still bound (F/C) to leave you,
(Em7) I surely don't know (F) how.
(Am) My heart won't let me (D9) put you through
What my mind (Dm7) says should happen (G) now. (G7)

(C) I don't know where (F/C) we'll go from here,
There may (Am) be no (Am7) way to (D9) fly.
And the cloud I'm (Dm7) in just makes it (Am7) all to clear
That I can't (Dm7) leave you with a (G) bad (G7) good(C)bye.

  Good(F)bye
  Easier (Am7) said than done.
  Good(Dm7)bye
  There's no good when (G7) you're the one
  Whose good(Em7)bye you swore (Am7) would never come.
  And (Dm7) in my goodbye you're (F/G) finding (G) none.

(C) How can we be (F/C) so far between
Where we (Am) are and one more (D9) try?
And any (Dm7) way I look, I've (Am7) only seen
That I can't (Dm7) leave you with a (G7) bad
Good(C)bye (Dm/C) (C)