50 Ways to Say Goodbye

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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5   -6   5 5 -5 -5
My heart was paralyzed
-4 6   -4 -4 5   5
My head was over sized
4    -5   4   -4 -4   -4 4   -3
I'll take the highroad like I should
5   -6   7    -9   7 -8
You said it's meant to be
-8 -10 -8 -8    -9 7
That it's not you, it's me
7     9 -9    -8 7 -8 7   -6
You're leaving now for my own good
5     -5
That's cool,
5 5 5     -5    5    5    5 -5
But if my friends ask where you are
5   5 5   5
I'm gonna say
-6    7   -9 -8 7   7 -6
She went down in an airplane
9     -8 7   7 -6
Fried getting suntanned
-8   -8 7 -8 -8 -8 7   -8 7   -9   7
Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand
-9 7    -9 7   -9 7   7   7   -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes
-6 -6 7 -9   -8 7 7 -6
She met a shark under water
-9 -9 -8 7    7    -6
Fell and no one caught her
-8 7 -8    -8 7 -8   7 -8 7   -9    7
I returned everything I ever bought her
-9 7    -9 7   -9   7   7 -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies
7   -8 7   7   6 -6 5 -5
And ways to say you died

5   -6     5     5   -5   -5
My pride still feels the sting
-4   6   -4 -4 5 5
You were my everything
4 -5   4    -4 -4 -4   4    -3
Someday I'll find a love like yours
-4 -4   4    -3
(a love like yours)
5     -6    7 -9 -8 9
She'll think I'm Superman
-8 -10 -8 -8 -9 7
Not su-per minivan
7    9   -9   -8   7 -8   7 -6
How could you leave on Yom Kippur?
5     -5
That's cool,
5 5 5     -5    5    5    5 -5
But if my friends ask where you are
5   5 5   5
I'm gonna say
-6   7    -9   -8 7 7 -6
She was caught in a mudslide
9 9 -8 7 7 -6
Eaten by a lion
-8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -8 7 -8 7 -9 7
Got run o-ver by a crappy purple Scion
-9 7    -9 7   -9   7   7 7 -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes
-6    7   -9 -8 7   7 -6
She dried up in the desert
-9    -8 7 7 -6
Drowned in a hot tub
-8   -8 -8   -8 7   -8   -8   -9     7
Danced to death at an east side night club
-9 7    -9 7   -9   7   7 -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies
7   -8 7   7   6 -6 5 -5
And ways to say you died

-6 7 7   7   7   7 7     7     7   7
I wanna live a thousand lives with you
-6 7 7 7   7   7    7     7 -6 -6
I wanna be the one you're dying to
-6 7   -6   7    7    7   -6 6
Love...but you don't want to
5     -5
That's cool,
5 5 5     -5    5    5    5 -5
But if my friends ask where you are
5   5 5   5
I'm gonna say
5     -5
That's cool,
5 5 5     -5    5    5    5 -5
But if my friends ask where you are
5   5 5   5
I'm gonna say
-6    7   -9 -8 7   7 -6
She went down in an airplane
9     -8 7   7 -6
Fried getting suntanned
-8   -8 7 -8 -8 -8 7   -8 7   -9   7
Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand
-9 7    -9 7   -9 7   7   7   -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes
-6 -6 7 -9   -8 7 7 -6
She met a shark under water
-9 -9 -8 7    7    -6
Fell and no one caught her
-8 7 -8    -8 7 -8   7 -8 7   -9    7
I returned everything I ever bought her
-9 7    -9 7   -9   7   7 -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies
-6   7    -9   -8 7 7 -6
She was caught in a mudslide
9 9 -8 7 7 -6
Eaten by a lion
-8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -8 7 -8 7 -9 7
Got run o-ver by a crappy purple Scion
-9 7    -9 7   -9   7   7 7 -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes
-6    7   -9 -8 7   7 -6
She dried up in the desert
-9    -8 7 7 -6
Drowned in a hot tub
-8   -8 -8   -8 7   -8   -8   -9     7
Danced to death at an east side night club
-9 7    -9 7   -9   7   7 -8 -8
Help me, help me, I'm all out of lies
7   -8 7   7   6 -6 5
And ways to say you died