Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye The Casinos
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:10 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
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]Kiss me each [F#m]morning for a m[Bm7]illion y[E7-9]ears[Bb7#9]
[Amaj7]Hold me each e[F#m]vening by your s[Bm7]ide[E7-9]
[Amaj7]Tell me you'll [F#m]love me for a m[Bm7]illion y[E7-9]ears
[A]Then if it don't w[D]ork out
[A]Then if it don't w[D]ork out
[A]Then you can t[D]ell me goodbye[E] [Bb7#9]
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]If you must go, oh [A]no, I won't grieve
[B7]If you wait a lifetime bef[E7]ore you leave[Bb7#9]
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
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