{title: Say hello, wave goodbye}
{artist: David Gray}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 80}
{key: A}
{capo: 2}
{duration: 9:01}
{meta: author Opa Lawaai, 2026-07-24}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-08-06}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSXQWj0HEBE}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[G] [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
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{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
Q:1/4=80
%%%scale 1.5
%%%transpose 2
"G"GG GA/2G/2- "G/F#"GA- AG- | "Csus2/E"GA- AG- "Dsus4"GE- E z |
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[G]Standin' at the [G/F#]door of the [Csus2/E]Pink Fla[Dsus]mingo, cry-
[G]in' in the rain [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G]It was a [G/F#]kind of [Csus2/E]so-so [Dsus]love and I'm
[G]gonna make [G/F#]sure it doesn't [Csus2/E]happen again [Dsus]
[G]You and [G/F#]I [Csus2/E] had to be [Dsus]
The [G]standing [G/F#]joke of the [Csus2/E]year [Dsus]
[G]You were a [G/F#]run-around, [Csus2/E] a lost and [Dsus]found,
[G]And not for [G/F#]me I [Csus2/E]feel [Dsus]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[C/E]Take your [G]hands off [Bm]me, [C]he[D]-ey
[C/E]I don't be[G]long to [Bm]you, you [C]see [D]
And [C/E]take a [G]look in my [Bm]face for the [C]last time [D]
[C/E]I never knew you, [G]you never knew me, [Bm]say hello, good[C]bye [D]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link 1}
[G] [G/F#]Say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave
Good[G]bye [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[G]We tried to [G/F#]make it work, [Csus2/E]you in a [Dsus]cocktail skirt
And [G]me in a [G/F#]suit, but it [Csus/E]just wasn't [Dsus]me
[G]You're used to [G/F#]wearing less [Csus2/E]and now your [Dsus]life's a mess,
[G]So inse[G/F#]cure, you see [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
Well, [G]I put up with [G/F#]all the scenes and [Csus2/E]this is one scene [Dsus]
That's [G]goin' to be [G/F#]played my way [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Link 2}
[G] [G/F#]Say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave good[G]bye [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [G/F#]Say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave good[G]bye [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[G]Under the [G/F#]deep red light [Csus2/E]I can see the [Dsus]make-up
[G]Slidin' down [G/F#] [Csus/E] [Dsus]
Well [G]hey, little [G/F#]girl, you will [Csus2/E]always make [Dsus]up,
So [G]take off [G/F#]that unbe[Csus2/E]coming frown [Dsus]
[G] As for [G/F#]me, well, [Csus2/E]I'll find someone [Dsus]
Who's [G]not goin' [G/F#]cheap in the [Csus2/E]sales [Dsus]
A [G]nice little [G/F#]housewife, who'll [Csus2/E]give me a [Dsus]steady life
And [G]not keep [G/F#]going [Csus2]off the [Dsus]rails
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[G] [G/F#]Say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave good[G]bye [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [G/F#]Say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave good[G]bye [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [G/F#]Say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave good[G]bye [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [G/F#] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
Wave good[G]bye, [G/F#]say hel[Csus2/E]lo and [Dsus]wave
Good[G]bye, [G/F#]say hel[Csus2/E]lo, [Dsus]
Wave good[G]bye, goodbye[Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] We were born before the [Csus2/E]whale [Dsus2]
[G] Who are we to under[Csus2/E]stand [Dsus2]
[G] We were born before the [Csus2/E]whale [Dsus2]
[G] Say goodbye [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] Through the rain, hail, [Csus2/E]sleet and snow [Dsus]
Say good[G]bye, get on the [Csus2/E]train, train, train [Dsus]
Say good[G]bye [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
Say good[G]bye [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
Say good[G]bye [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
Say good[G]bye, [Csus2/E] in the wind and the [Dsus]rain now, darling
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
Say good[G]bye, [Csus2/E] in the [Dsus2]wind and the rain now,
[G]Darling [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G] [Csus2/E] [Dsus]
[G]
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