Neither One Of Us Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye

NEITHER ONE OF US 
(WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE)
By: Jim Weatherly
Gladys Knight
Key: F

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It's sad to think we're not gon-na make it
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And it's got-ten to the point 
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where we just can't fake it
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but for some un-god-ly rea-son 
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we just won't let it die
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I guess nei-ther one of us 
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wants to be the first to say good-bye

V:2
I keep wondering, what 
I'm gonna do without you
And I guess you must be wondering 
that same thing too
So we go on, go on together living a lie
Because neither one of us 
wants to be the first to say goodbye

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Ev-‘ry-time I find the nerve
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to  say   I'm leav-in’
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Old mem-o-ries get in my way
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Lord knows, it's on-ly me
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that I'm de-ceiv-ing
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When it comes to say-ing good-bye
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That's a word I just can’t say

V:3
There can be no way, there can be no way
This can have a happy ending, no, no
So we just go on hurting and pretending
And convincing ourselves to give it 
just one more try

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Be-cause nei-ther one of us 
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wants to be the first to say good-bye