"Goodbye Joe" by Laura Nyro
From the album MORE THAN A NEW DISCOVERY (1967), aka THE FIRST SONGS (1973)
[Intro]
F C/E Dm
Dm/A Dm Dm/C
G Bb/C C
[Verse 1]
F C/E Dm
We were lost in the fair on the highland,
G Bb/C C
Goodbye Joe
F C/E Dm
With the sky and the deer on the highland
G Bb/C C
Goodbye Joe
F Bb/C F Bb/C
Time is full of changes
A Dm G
And now you've got to go
F C/E Dm G Gm
Don't forget that we loved on the highland
C F
Goodbye Joe
[Refrain]
A7 Dm A/E A
Goodbye Joe
Dm A/E A
Yes, I understand
Dm A/E A Dm
I'm trying not to cry
G C Bm7 Am7 F
But if I do, it's only cause I'll miss you
C/E Cm/Eb Dm G Bb/C C
One last time, let me kiss you
[Verse 2]
F C/E Dm
I remember when you came a-calling
G Bb/C C
Goodbye Joe
F C/E Dm
Like a sunrise that rose without warning
G Bb/C C
Goodbye Joe
F Bb/C F Bb/C
Time is full of changes
A Dm G
And now you've got to go
F C/E Dm G Gm
And we walked on a Manhattan morning
C F
Goodbye Joe
[Refrain]
A7 Dm A/E A
Goodbye Joe
Dm A/E A
Yes, I understand
Dm A/E A Dm
I'm trying not to cry
G C Bm7 Am7 F
But if I do, it's only cause I'll miss you
C/E Cm/Eb Dm G Bb/C C
One last time, let me kiss you
[Flugelhorn solo verse]
F C/E Dm
Let me kiss you
G Bb/C C
Goodbye Joe
F C/E Dm
Oh, let me kiss you
G Bb/C C
Goodbye Joe
F Bb/C F Bb/C
Time is full of changes
A Dm G
And now you've got to go
F C/E Dm G Gm
Don't forget that we loved on the highland
[Outro - repeat until fade]
C Am Dm Gm
Goodbye Joe
C Am Dm Gm
Goodbye Joe