Loudermilk - THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE Tab

Artist : Loudermilk
Song : THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:10 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./c/casinos/then_you_can_tell_me_goodbye.crd

A surprise 50s-style hit for the Casinos in early 1967 - note the use of
the so-called 'Hendrix' chord (Bb7#9) in the horn arrangement of this
lovely John D. Loudermilk ballad.  --AWR


                       "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
                            (John D. Loudermilk)

Intro:

	Bb7#9

	A   Bbdim   Bm7  E7-9 Bb7#9
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  / 

Verse 1:

	Amaj7        F#m            Bm7     E7-9    Bb7#9
	Kiss me each morning for a million years
	Amaj7         F#m             Bm7   E7-9
	Hold me each evening by your side
	Amaj7          F#m            Bm7     E7-9
	Tell me you'll love me for a million years
	A                 D
	Then if it don't work out
	A                 D
	Then if it don't work out
	A             D               E   Bb7#9
	Then you can tell me goodbye

Verse 2:

	Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
	Soften my dreams with your sighs
	Tell me you'll love me for a million years
	Then if it don't work out
	Then if it don't work out
	              D               A   [after organ solo: A7, to bridge]
	Then you can tell me goodbye

[organ solo: chords as per verse 2; omit one of the "then if it don't
 work out" lines]

Bridge:

	D                  A
	If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve
	B7                        E7            Bb7#9
	If you wait a lifetime before you leave

Verse 3:

	Then if you must go
	Mmm, I won't tell you no
	Just so that we can say we tried
	Tell me you'll love me for a million years
	Then if it don't work out
	Then if it don't work out
	              D               A [end cold]
	Then you can tell me goodbye


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers