Goodbye Again

Words & Music by John Denver and Mike Taylor
from Rocky Mountain High (1972)

Unusual chord:
G/F#   : 22|||3


      G       G/F#      Em              C             G
It's five o-clock this morning and the sun is on the rise
          G      G/F#    Em                Am            D7
There's frosting on the windows pane, and sorrow in your eyes
      G        G/F#    Em          C               G
The stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone
     G      G/F#  Em              Am             D7
And so you turn away from me and tears begin to come

              Am   D7        G     G/F#  Em    
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you,
 Am       D7  G           G/F#      Em         Am       D7
Goodbye again, cause if you didn't know, it's goodbye again
    G       G/F#      Em        Am                                   D7
And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?

    G        G/F#    Em                 C                 G
It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm
   G       G/F#   Em             Am            D7
I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms
   G       G/F#     Em              C                   G
I long to kiss the tears away and bring you back your smile
    G      G/F#   Em        Am            D7
But other voices beckon me for a little while.


              Am   D7        G     G/F#  Em    
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you,
 Am       D7  G           G/F#      Em         Am       D7
Goodbye again, cause if you didn't know, it's goodbye again
    G       G/F#      Em        Am                                   D7
And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?

           Bm               C               G       G/F#      Em  
I have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know
     Am                D7             G
and some who aren't familiar with my name
      Bm              C                  G      G/F#   Em  
It's something that's inside of me, not hard to understand
     Am                          D7
it's anyone who'll listen to me sing.

    G        G/F#     Em          C           G
And if your hours are empty now who am I to blame
      G     G/F#    Em                Am                D7
You think if I were always here, our love would be the same
   G    G/F#  Em               C               G
As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone
      G   G/F#     Em                Am               D7
And lying by your side the greatest peace I've ever known.

              Am   D7        G     G/F#  Em    
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you,
 Am       D7  G           G/F#      Em         Am       D7
Goodbye again, cause if you didn't know, it's goodbye again
    G       G/F#      Em        Am                                   D7
And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?