• Registered: 2008-01-02
  • Posts: 40

Topic: Farewell to a friend

I think that this will do very well for now.
Enjoy, (if you so desire); critique please...
Kiwi John

FAREWELL TO A FRIENDKEY G  4/4 swing feel


John Walding 2002




[G]I’VE PACKED MY BAGS, I,M [G7]READY TO GO


[B]SOON, I’LL HAVE TO [C]LEAVE


WON’T YOU [D]HOLD ME [D7]CLOSE


FOR [G]OLD TIMES SAKE


A [D]KISS, A [D7]HUG, A [G]HINT OF TEARS


SAY, YOU’LL [C]MISS ME, [D7]WHEN I’M [G]GONE[D7]




[inst:|G/G7|B/C|D/D7/G|D/D7/G|C/D7/G/D7|]


I’D [G]LOVE TO TAKE YOU [G7]WITH ME, BUT


THERE’S [B]ONLY ROOM, FOR [C]ONE


A [D]JOURNEY, FROM [D7]HERE, TO [G]ETERNITY


[D]NOTHING [D7]LEFT, BUT [G]MEMORIES


DON’T [C]FORGET ME



[D7]WHEN I’M [G]GONE[D7]


[inst:|G/G7|B/C|D/D7/G|D/D7/G|C/D7/G/D7|]


THE [G]JOUNEY BEGUN, [G7]A SINGLE STEP


A [B]MILLION MORE, TO [C]GO


THIS [D]DUSTY [D7]ROAD |////|


A [G]LIGHTER LOAD |////|


MEMOR-[C]IES, WEIGH [D7]NOTHING, AT ]G]ALL[D7]


[inst:|G/G7|B/C|D/D7/G|D/D7/G|C/D7/G/D7|]


[G]HOLD ME CLOSE, [G7]JUST ONCE MORE


[B]LET ME HOLD YOU, [C]TOO


SO [D]MUCH TO [D7]SAY |////|


BEFORE WE [G]PART, TODAY |////|


WILL YOU [C]WAVE, GOOD-[D7]BYE, AS I [G]LEAVE[B]


[slow to finisb]


WILL YOU [C]MISS ME, [D7]WHEN I’M [G]GONE


Bye.....

  • From: derbyshire
  • Registered: 2007-05-17
  • Posts: 2,844

Re: Farewell to a friend

hi john a nice weepie and great song...stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

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  • Registered: 2007-04-03
  • Posts: 3,489

Re: Farewell to a friend

MEMOR-[C]IES, WEIGH [D7]NOTHING, AT ]G]ALL[D7


Yes!

A very sad little song. I actually think memories can feel very heavy at times.

But then im a soppy old romantic anyway.

Thank You.

Old Doll.

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