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Tuning: Half-Step Down\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n                                    G5<\/span>\r\neb|-------|-----------|-----------|-------|\r\nBb|-------|-----------|-----------|-------|\r\nGb|-------|-----------|-----------|-------|\r\nDb|-------|-3---------|-3---------|-5-----|\r\nAb|-1-2-3-|-1---1-2-3-|-1---1-2-3-|-5-----|\r\nEb|-------|-----------|-----------|-------|\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n                          G<\/span>\r\nGoodbye to you my trusted friend\r\n                                      Am<\/span>\r\nWe've known each other since we were nine or ten\r\n                                  G<\/span>\r\nTogether we've climbed hills and trees\r\n                      Am<\/span>\r\nLearned of love and ABC's\r\n            D<\/span>                       G<\/span>\r\nSkinned our hearts and skinned our knees\r\n \r\n                               G<\/span>\r\nGoodbye my friend it's hard to die\r\n                               Am<\/span>\r\nWhen all the birds are singing in the sky\r\n                              G<\/span>\r\nNow that the spring is in the air\r\n                      Am<\/span>\r\nPretty girls are everywhere\r\n\r\nD<\/span>                          G<\/span>\r\n  Think of me and I'll be there\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n       G<\/span>                        Am<\/span>\r\nWe had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n         D<\/span>                                               G<\/span>\r\nBut the hills that we'd climbed were just seasons out of time\r\n \r\n                Bb5<\/span>\r\neb|-----------|-------|\r\nBb|-----------|-------|\r\nGb|-----------|-------|\r\nDb|-----------|-3-----|\r\nAb|-1---1-2-3-|-1-----|\r\nEb|-----------|-------|\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n                              G\r\nGoodbye Papa, please pray for me\r\n                              Am\r\nI was the black sheep of the family\r\n                                     G\r\nYou've tried to teach me right from wrong\r\n                            Am\r\nToo much wine and too much song\r\n       D           G\r\nWonder how I got along?\r\n \r\n                           G\r\nGoodbye Papa it's hard to die\r\n                               Am\r\nWhen all the birds are singing in the sky\r\n                              G\r\nNow that the spring is in the air\r\n                     Am\r\nLittle children everywhere\r\nD                           G\r\n  When you see them I'll be there\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n       G                        Am\r\nWe had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n        D                                           G\r\nBut the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone\r\n \r\n       Bb                       Cm\r\nWe had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n        F                                           Bb\r\nBut the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone\r\n \r\n                G5\r\neb|-----------|-------|\r\nBb|-----------|-------|\r\nGb|-----------|-------|\r\nDb|-----------|-5-----|\r\nAb|-1---1-2-3-|-5-----|\r\nEb|-----------|-------|\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n                            G\r\nGoodbye Michelle my little one\r\n                               Am\r\nYou gave me love and helped me find the sun\r\n                           G\r\nAnd every time that I was down\r\n          G            Am\r\nYou would always come around\r\n           D                G\r\nAnd get my feet back on the ground\r\n \r\n                               G\r\nGoodbye Michelle it's hard to die\r\n                               Am\r\nWhen all the birds are singing in the sky\r\n                           G\r\nNow that spring is in the air\r\n                      Am\r\nWith the flowers everywhere\r\nD                              G\r\n  I wish that we could both be there\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n       G                        Am\r\nWe had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n        D                                               G\r\nBut the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach\r\n \r\n       A#                       Cm\r\nWe had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n        F                                               Bb\r\nBut the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach\r\n \r\n       B                        C#m\r\nWe had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n        F#                                          B\r\nBut the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone\r\n \r\n        B                          C#m\r\nAll our lives, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun\r\n        F#                                             B\r\nBut the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time\r\n \r\n(Fade out)\r\n
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Terry Jacks Tuning: Half-Step Down [Intro] G5 eb|——-|———–|———–|——-| Bb|——-|———–|———–|——-| Gb|——-|———–|———–|——-| Db|——-|-3———|-3———|-5—–| Ab|-1-2-3-|-1—1-2-3-|-1—1-2-3-|-5—–| Eb|——-|———–|———–|——-| [Verse 1] G Goodbye to you my trusted friend Am We’ve known each other since we were nine or ten G Together we’ve climbed hills and trees Am Learned of love and ABC’s D G Skinned our … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSeasons in the Sun<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28512,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28511\/revisions\/28512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}