Guitar Tablature for

Goodbye Again

by John Denver
from Rocky Mountain High (1972)
Tablature by Daniel E. Smith


This is the figure for the verse, it is played twice during each verse.

   It's  five  o'clock...  morning and...    sun is on the     rise.     There's
         G       G/F#      Em                C                 G
   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----|-------3-------3-|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------3---------|
B:-----|-----0-------0---|-----0-----0-----|-----1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----|
G:-----|---0-------0-----|---0---------0---|---0---------0---|---0---------0---|
D:-----|-----------------|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------0-|
A:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|
E:-----|-3-------2-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|

   frosting on the   window panes...   sorrow in your    eyes.
           G/F#      Em                Am                D7
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-------3-------3-|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|
B:-----0-------0---|-----0-----0-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G:---0-------0-----|---0---------0---|---2---------2---|---2---------2---|
D:-----------------|---------------2-|---------------2-|-0-------0-------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|
E:-3-------2-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|---------------2-|


This is the chorus tab. The second guitar enters here, and strums the top (blue italicized) chords. The first guitar plays the picking indicated by the bottom chords and tab. Goodbye again I'm sorry to be leaving you. Goodbye Am D7 G Em Am Am D7 G G/F# Em Am + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------0---------|-------2---2-----|-------3-------3-|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----| B:-----1-----1-----|-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----1-------1---| G:---2---------2---|---2-----------2-|---0-------0-----|---0-----------0-|---2-----------2-| D:---------------2-|-0-------0-------|-----------------|---------2-------|---------2-------| A:-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------| again cause if you...know it's goodbye again D7 G Em Am D7 D7 G G/F# Em Am D7 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------2---2-----|-------3-------3-|-------0---0-----|-------0---------|-------2---2-----| B:-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----1-----1-----|-----1-------1---| G:---2-----------2-|---0-------0-----|---0-----------0-|-------------2---|---2-----------2-| D:-0-------0-------|-----------------|---------2-------|---2-----------2-|-0-------0-------| A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------| GUITAR 2 tacet I wish you could tell me Why do we always fight when I have to G/F# Em Am + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------3-------3-|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------| B:-----0-------0---|-----0-----0-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----| G:---0-------0-----|---0---------0---|---2---------2---|---2---------2---| D:-----------------|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-| A:-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| E:-3-------2-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------| go D + + + + + + + + e:-------2---2-----|-------2---2-----| B:-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---| G:---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-| D:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| A:-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|
The second verse begins here, and goes into the chorus again, then proceeds to the bridge. Again, GUITAR 1 plays tab and GUITAR 2 strums. to go and see some friends of mine some that I don't know Bm C G Em Bm C G G/F# Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------2---2-----|-------0---------|-------3-------3-|-------0---0-----| B:-----3-------3---|-----1-----1-----|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| G:---4-----------4-|---0---------0---|---0-------0-----|---0-----------0-| D:---------4-------|---------2-------|-----------------|---------2-------| A:-2---------------|-3-------------3-|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------| some who aren't familiar with my name Am D7 G Am D7 G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------0---0-----|-------2---2-----|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-0---------------|-----------------| G:---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-|-0-----2-----0---|-----------------| D:---------2-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|---2-----0-------| A:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---| E:-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------| Its something that's inside of me not hard to understand Bm C G Em Bm C G G/F# Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------2---2-----|-------0---0-----|-------3-------3-|-------0---0-----| B:-----3-------3---|-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| G:---4-----------4-|---0-----------0-|---0-------0-----|---0-----------0-| D:---------2-------|---------2-------|-----------------|---------2-------| A:-2---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------| its anyone who'll listen to me sing Am D7 Am D7 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------0---0-----|-----------0-----|-------2---2-----|-------2---2-----| B:-----1-------1---|---1---------1---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---| G:---2-----------2-|-----2---------2-|---2-----------2-|---2-----------2-| D:---------2-------|-------2---------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| A:-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Now, it goes back into a verse and chorus and ends on the D at the end of the chorus.
LYRICS It's five o'clock this mornin and the sun is on the rise There's frosting on the window pane and sorrow in your eyes The stars are fading quietly; the night is nearly gone And so you turn away from me and tears begin to come CHORUS And it's goodbye again I'm sorry to be leaving you Goodbye again Cause if you didn't know It's goodbye again And I wish you could tell me Why do we always fight when I have to go It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms I long to kiss the tears away and give you back your smile But other voices beckon me and for a little while CHORUS BRIDGE Have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know And some who aren't familiar with my name It's something that's inside of me; not hard to understand It's anyone who'll listen to me sing And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame You think if I were always here our love would be the same As it is the time we have is worth the time alone And lying by your side the greatest peace I've ever known CHORUS