The Association - Goodbye Columbus guitar tab

"Goodbye Columbus"

(Jim Yester)

Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master

Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):

Written for Paramount Pictures, this was the title song for Ali McGraw's

first major film. A great exercise in songwriting, after viewing early

film rushes in New York, the group returned to L.A. to write, produce,

and record our part of the music score in an amazingly short period of

time. [A rejected Kirkman/Alexander composition was reworked into

_The Association_'s "Goodbye Forever".]

Verse 1:

Cm7/F Abmaj7 Cm7

Got to say hello, it's a lucky day

Bbmaj7 Dm7 Abmaj7 Cm7 Dm7

Kiss the moon goodbye and be on our way

Gm Eb

It's a lucky day 'cause I found you

Dm7 Abmaj7

Gonna build a new world around you

Dm7 Dbmaj7 Cm7/F

Touch the sun and run, it's a lucky day

Chorus:

Bb Gm

Hello life, goodbye Columbus

Dm7 Abmaj7

I've got a feelin' that you're gonna hear from us

Dm7 Gm Dbmaj7

You're gonna know that we've taken the world by surprise

Gbmaj7

Got that look in our eyes

Verse 2:

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Its a lucky day, just for changin'

Abmaj7 Dbmaj7

Leavin' the old world behind

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Lucky day for walkin' a new road

Abmaj7 Dbmaj7

Just to clear your mind

Cm7 Dm7

It's a day for startin' a new way

Eb Dm7

Tellin' the old one goodbye

Cm7 Dm7

Lucky day for gettin' above it

Eb Dbmaj7 Cm7/F

Spread your wings and fly

[repeat chorus]

Bb

It's a lucky day (goodbye Columbus...)

[repeat chorus]

Dbmaj7

It's a lucky day, yeah

Gbmaj7

Goodbye, goodbye Columbus

Coda [repeat to fade]:

Dbmaj7

Goodbye, goodbye Columbus

Gbmaj7

Goodbye, goodbye Columbus

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers