Say hello, wave goodbye
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- D (2x)
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1. Standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo
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crying in the rain,
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it was a kind of so-so love,
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and I'm going to make sure it
doesn't happen again.
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D G C - D
You and I had to be the standing joke of the year,
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- D
you were a runaround, a lost and found and not for me, I feel.
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C - D
Take your hands off me, he.......y,
C
G Bm C - D
I don't belong to you, you
s.......ee,
C G
Bm C - D
take a look in my face for the last time.
C G Bm C - D
I never knew you, you never knew
me, say hello, goodbye.
G
C D G - C - D
Say hello and wave
goodby.............e !
G C D
2. We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt,
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and me in a suit, but it just wasn't me.
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D
You're used to wearing less,
and now your life's a mess,
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so insecure you see.
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Well, I've put up with all the
scenes, and this is one scene
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C - D
that's going to be played my
way.
+ CHORUS
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+ Say hello and wave goodby.............e !
G C
D
3. Under the deep red lights I can see the makeup
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sliding down.
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Well, hey, little girl, you
will always make up
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so take off that unbecoming
frown.
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As for me, well, I'll find someone
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C - D
who's not going cheap in the
sales,
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a nice little housewife who'll
give me the steady life
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and not keep going off the
rails.
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C - D
Take your hands off me, he.......y,
C
G Bm C - D
I don't belong to you, you
s.......ee,
C G Bm C - D
take a look in my face for the last time.
C G Bm C - D
I never knew you, you never knew
me, say hello, goodbye.
G
C D G - C - D
Say hello and wave
goodby.............e !
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+ Say hello and wave
goodby.............e !
G
C D G - C - D - G - C - D
Say hello and wave
goodby..............................e !
G C D G
Wave goodbye, say hello and
wave goodbye !
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Say hello, wave goodbye,
C
- D - G - C - D - G - C - D
goodby...............................e
!
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Say goodbye, say goodbye.
+ G - C - D (5x)
G C - D
+ We were born before the wind,
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C -
D
who are we to understand ?
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C - D
We were born before the wind.
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- C - D
Say goodbye.
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Through the rain, hail, sleet
and snow,
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C D
say goodbye, get on the train,
train, train !
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- C - D
Say goodbye, say goodbye.
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Say goodbye, say goodbye,
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in the wind and the rain now,
darling.
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Say goodbye, in the wind and the rain now, darling !
+ G - C - D (3x) - G
(orig. = capo 2nd) (David Gray)