Goodbye Sadness by Cathal Coughlan
From Cathal Coughlan’s 2002 The Sky’s Awful Blue album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[E7/D] [D] (x2)
VERSE 1
[Dmaj7] Bald men were [D6] beating on [F#m7] oil drums
In the [D] indoor [D6] marshalling [Am7] yards
The [Gm] ceiling so high, like a [Cmaj7] brown indoor sky
And [Bbmaj7] cellos and bow doors were [Abmaj7] carved
VERSE 2
The [Dmaj7] audience [D6] looked just like [F#m7] shoppers
Which [D] most, so [D6] far, had not be [E7] come
Our [Gmaj7] faces stayed blank [G6] and we [F#m] hoovered up crank
While [Gmaj7] upstairs the roads teemed with
CHORUS 1
[Cmaj7] Scabs and spooks and [Am7] Cayman Cromwells
[G] Say good [F] bye to [F6] sadness
[G] Now each heartbeat [Dm6] matters
[Cmaj7] Say goodbye to [Ebaug] beauty, ruin, [F6] rainbows, springtime, [Bm] death
[Bm] [C/E] [Bm]
VERSE 3
[Dmaj7] Brittle blue [D6] slivers of [F#m7] morning
[D] Poked into [D6] Frank’s piggy [Am7] eyes
[Gm] Beaming through sweat, he [Cmaj7] shivered on set
As a [Bbmaj7] researcher spooned him co [Abmaj7] caine
VERSE 4
He [Dmaj7] spoke of the [D6] need for more [F#m7] layoffs
As his [D] golf pals sug [D6] gested he [E7] do
Tech [Gmaj7] nology stuff would [F#m] mop those lives up
[Gmaj7] Computer graphics and [Bm] digital [F#m] bluff
[Gmaj7] Now he’s an old man with [F#m] shakes and one kidney
CHORUS 2
And his [Cmaj7] proposition is [Am7] our condition
He’s [Cmaj7] melting, he’s melting, [Am7] say it, say it
[G] Say good [F] bye to [F6] sadness
[G] Now each heartbeat [F] matters
[Cmaj7] Say goodbye to [Ebaug] beauty, ruin, [F6] rainbows, springtime
[Cmaj7] Credit, blackmail, [Am7] drugs and sorrow
[Cmaj7] Open kisses, [Am7] despair, wonder
[Cmaj7] Ivy-covered [Am7] frozen graveyards and the
[Cmaj7] Slowly [Am7] waning
[Cmaj7] Sun [Am7]
FADE
[Cmaj7] [Am7]