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Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood Chords

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Say Goodbye To Hollywood Chords

(ver. 2)
Billy Joel
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Tuning: Standard

Billy Joel 
Say Goodbye to Hollywood (1976)
(Billy Joel)


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        e-B-G-D-A-E
C/G     0-1-0-2-x-3
C/E     0-1-0-2-x-x
G7sus4  1-1-0-0-x-3
F/G     1-1-2-3-x-3

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INTRO
| no chord | % | C    C/G | % |
 (drums only)

C                C/G         C
 Bobby's driving through the city tonight
        C/G C               C/G F
Through the lights in a hot new rent-a-car
C                    C/G    C
 He joins the lovers in his heavy machine
     C/G C              C/G F           C/E
It's a scene down on Sunset Boulevard

Dm7
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
G7sus4          Am
 Say goodbye my baby
F
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
F/G             | C    C/G | % |
 Say goodbye my baby

C                C/G     C
 Johnny's taking care of things for awhile
    C/G C                 C/G F
And his style is so right for troubadours
C                     C/G      C
 They got him sitting with his back to the door
    C/G C               C/G F           C/E
Now he won't be my fast gun anymore

Dm7
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
G7sus4          Am
 Say goodbye my baby
F
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
F/G             | C    C/G | C |
 Say goodbye my baby

Cmaj7                      B7       Em  
 Moving on is a chance you take any time 
           C      G                      D
You try to stay together, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Cmaj7                           B7            Em 
 Say a word out of line and you find that the friends 
            C       G          Dm G
You had are gone forever...for-e-ever

C              C/G    C
 So many faces in and out of my life
     C/G   C                   C/G F
Some will last, some will just be  now and then
C                 C/G   C
 Life is a series of hellos and good-byes
    C/G C                C/G F           C/E
I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

Dm7
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
G7sus4          Am
 Say goodbye my baby
F
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
F/G             | C    C/G | C |
 Say goodbye my baby

SOLO (sax)
| C    C/G | % | % | F |
| C    C/G | % | % | F    C/E |
| Dm7 | % | G7sus4 | Am |
| Dm7 | % | F/G | C    C/G | C |

Cmaj7                      B7       Em  
 Moving on is a chance you take any time 
           C      G                      D
You try to stay together, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Cmaj7                           B7            Em 
 Say a word out of line and you find that the friends 
            C       G          Dm G
You had are gone forever...for-e-ever

C              C/G    C
 So many faces in and out of my life
     C/G   C                   C/G F
Some will last, some will just be  now and then
C                 C/G   C
 Life is a series of hellos and good-byes
    C/G C                C/G F           C/E
I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

Dm7
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
G7sus4          Am
 Say goodbye my baby
F
 Say goodbye to Hollywood
F/G             | no chord | % | 
 Say goodbye my baby (drums only)

OUTRO
| C    C/G | % | % | F |
| C    C/G | % | % | F    C/E |
| Dm7 | % | G7sus4 | Am |
| Dm7 | % | F/G | no chord | % |
                  drums (fade)
            
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