BYE BYE LOVE

Simon & Garfunkel

(Any copyright which may be vested in the original author of the song used in this lesson is acknowledged. Portions of the song are used here solely for educational purposes. Copyright in the material used in this lesson vests in the author of the material.)

INTRODUCTION:   A/   /

CHORUS
D/    /   A/  / D/    /   A/   /    D/   /  A/    /
  Bye bye love.   Bye bye happiness.  Hello loneliness.
    /           E/    A/   /
  I think I'm a gonna cry.
D/    /   A/  / D/    /   A/      /    D/   /  A/   /
  Bye bye love.   Bye bye sweet caress.  Hello emptiness.
    /         E/      A/  /     /      E/       A/  /  /
  I feel like I could die.  Bye bye my love bye bye.


        /       E/ /  /      /       A/  /  /
  There goes my baby    with someone new.
      /          E/  /  /   /       A/   /  /
  She sure looks happy;   I sure am blue.
      /      D/ /  /       /          E/  /  /
  She was my baby     till he stepped in.
      /      / /     /      /          A/   /
  Goodbye to romance   that might have been.

CHORUS

      /            E/ /    /    /            A/   /  /
  I'm through with romance. I'm through with love.
      /            E/  /    /     /      A/   /  /
  I'm through with counting   the stars above.
      /          D/ /   /      /      E/   /  /
  And here's the reason   that I'm so free.
     /      / /  /    /            A/  /
  My loving baby   is through with me.

CHORUS

Instructions

The chords you need for this song are shown above. Click on each of them to hear how they should sound. Click here to hear the song itself.

• Remember to sit correctly
• Place an A chord on the guitar and press firmly
• Get the thumb run going on the A chord
• Sing the whole song using a thumb run on each timing mark and changing chords where indicated
• Then try the 4/4 strum. Put on the A chord and on the third strum change to D and start to sing

A/   /    D/     /    A/   /    D/     /    A/   /    D/     /    A/    /
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             Bye bye  love         Bye bye  happiness    hel lo   loneliness




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