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So Long Baby

Blasters

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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 22:02:05 -0600
From: jtb@xmission.com (J.T. Broderick)
Subject: The Blasters, So Long, Baby, Goodbye.crd

So Long, Baby, Goodbye
by Dave Alvin

The Blasters, "The Blasters", Slash Records, 1981, "The Blasters
Collection", Slash Records, 1990

The intro and between-verse parts are harmonica, but if you want to play
them on guitar they go something like

E------------------------------------------|
B-5-3--5-3--------5-3--------3-3-3-0-------|
G----------4-2-0------4-2-0----------2-0---|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

or something similar in Em pentatonic

G                                    Em
I know, I've been foolin' myself too long
Em                     C
Never right but always wrong
D                 G
Goodbye, baby, so long
G                                        Em
You know, you never let this thing catch on,
Em                       C
You never let me be that strong,
D                 G
Goodbye, baby, so long
C
There was a cold wind blowing on the night we met,
Em
The leaves fell from the trees
C
You made a lot of promises I ain't seen yet
D
I ain't gonna ask you please
G                              Em
You know, none of us are gonna cry,
Em                       C
It wasn't even worth the try,
D              G
So long, baby, goodbye
C
There was a cold wind blowin' on the night we met
Em
Windows were rolled up tight
C
We both asked for something we could never get
D
Now I'll do the thing that's right
G                             Em
We know, none of us are gonna cry
Em                     C
It wasn't even worth a try
D              G
So long, baby, goodbye