A Bad Goodbye — Clint Black

Chords and lyrics for A Bad Goodbye by Clint Black (key of B).

Intro

[Fm]
[Em] [Bmaj7] [Bm] [E] [B/D#] [E] [G#m] [Bm] [E] [Bsus4/F#] [F#7] [B] [E]

Verse 1

She's on her way.
I'll kill the house [Bmaj7]lights for me.
I'm going to work on this on the.
Okay.
[D#m7]We've known that [F#/A#]for a [D#m][E]while.
[G#m]I'm sure it's something I [C#]can't [G#m]do if [C#7/G#]I can't [E]leave you with a smile.

Verse 2

[F#][G#m7][F#]I don't know [B]where I'll have [E/B]to go.
Till I'm sure [G#m]those eyes won't [C#7]cry.
And in [C#]my mind [C#m]I've left enough [G#m]to know that I can't [C#m]leave you with [E][F#]a bad goodbye.

Chorus 1

[B]Goodbye.
[E]Easier said [G#m]than done.
Goodbye.
[C#m]There's no [G#m]good when [F#]you're the [F#7]one whose goodbye [D#m]you [F#]swore would [G#m]never come.
And in [C#m]my goodbye you're [F#]finding none.

Verse 3

I'm [B]still bound to leave [E/B]you.
I [D#m]surely don't [F#]know [D#m]how.
[Fmaj7/E][E]My heart [G#m]won't let me put [C#7]you through what my mind said [C#m]should happen now.

Verse 4

[F#][B/F#][F#7]I [B]don't know where we'll go [E/B]from here.
There may be [G#m]no way to fly.
[C#7]And the cloud I'm in [C#m7]just makes [G#m]it all too clear that I can't [C#m]leave you with a [F#]bad goodbye.

Chorus 2

[B]Goodbye.
[Bsus4/E][E]Easier said [G#m]than done.
Goodbye.
[B][C#m][F#m/C#]There's [E]no good when [F#]you're the one whose goodbye [D#m][D#m7]you [F#/A#]swore would [G#m]never come.

Verse 5

[G#m7]And [D#m]in [C#m]my goodbye [F#]you're finding none.
[B]How can we be so [E/B]far between where [F#]we are [G#m]and one more try?
[C#]And [C#7]any [F#/C#]way I [C#m7]look I [G#m]only sing that I can't [C#m]leave you with a [F#]bad goodbye.

Outro

[B] [C#m] [B]