Goodbye Again

John Denver

[Verse 1]
      G                Em               C             G
It's five o'clock this morning, and the sun is on the rise
        G               Em               Am             D
There's frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes
    G                Em           C               G
The stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone
     G          Em                Am              D
And so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come
 
{ CHORUS }
            Am      D       G           Em
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you
Am         D   G                Em
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
         Am     D         G              Em
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me

    Am                                D
Why do we always fight when I have to go
 
[Verse 2]
G                   Em                 C                 G
It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm
  G              Em             Am              D
I long to lay me down again, to hold you in my arms
  G                Em         C                   G
I long to kiss the tears away, give you back your smile
    G            Em             Am            D
But other voices beckon me, and for a little while
 
{ CHORUS }
        Am      D       G           Em
It's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you
Am         D   G                Em
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
         Am     D         G              Em
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
    Am                                D
Why do we always fight when I have to go
 
[Bridge]
          Bm              C                G                 Em
I have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know
Am                 D             G
Some who aren't familiar with my name,
     Bm                 C              G             Em
It's something that's inside of me not hard to understand
       Am       C             D
It’s anyone who listens to me sing
 
[Verse 3]
G                     Em         C           G
And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame
    G               Em               Am                 D
You think if I were always here, our love would be the same?
G            Em            C                   G
As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone
    G             Em                 Am              D
And lying by your side, the greatest peace I've ever known
 
{ CHORUS }
            Am      D           G           Em
But it's goodbye again, and I'm sorry to be leavin' you
Am         D   G                Em
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
         Am     D         G              Em
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
    Am                                D
Why do we always fight when I have to go