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Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
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Written by: Clifton Davis
Released as a single in 1974 (single edit: 2:59)
From the album "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1975)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
A superb piece of Disco that still can be played effectively on
an acoustic guitar.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
Cmaj7 x-3-5-4-5-3
Cm7 x-3-5-3-4-3
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
Db/C x-3-x-1-2-1
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[Intro]
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 | F/G | C | % |
[Chorus] (part)
Fmaj7 F/G
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, I ...
Fmaj7 F/G G
I never can say goodbye
[Verse]
Cmaj7
Every time I think I've had enough
Cm7
And start heading for the door
Cmaj7
There's a very strange vibration
Cm7
Piercing me right to the core
[Bridge]
Cmaj7
It says "Turn around you fool
Gm7 C7
You know you love him more and more"
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Tell me why is it so
F/G [ C ]
Don't wanna let you go!
[Chorus]
C Cm7 D/C
I never can say goodbye boy, uh baby
Db/C C
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, hey
Fmaj7 F/G
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, I ...
Fmaj7 F/G G
I never can say goodbye
[Verse]
Cmaj7
I keep thinking that our problems
Cm7
Soon are all gonna work out
Cmaj7
But there's that same unhappy feeling
Cm7
There's that anguish, there's that doubt
[Bridge]
Cmaj7
It's that same old dizzy hang-up
Gm7 C7
I can't do with you or without
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
Tell me why is it so?
F/G [ C ]
I don't wanna let you go!
[Chorus]
C Cm7 D/C
I never can say goodbye boy, uh baby
Db/C C
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, uh
C Cm7 D/C
Hey, I never can say goodbye boy, uh baby
Db/C C
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, no, no, no
[Interlude] (= intro)
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 Em7 | Dm7 | F/G |
[Outro]
C Cm7
Hey, I never can say goodbye, boy
D/C Db/C C
No, no, no, baby, I never can say goodbye
No, no, no no, please don't make me say goodbye
(repeat and fade)