Goodbye Again chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Em
F
C
Gsus4
G

Intro 1

Verse 1
F 
Am 
Every night she sleeps alone
Em 
F 
Am 
And by her bed she puts the phone
Em 
F 
Am 
And every morning after that
Em 
She takes the phone
F 
and puts it back

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Verse 2
C 
Gsus4 
He's got a wife back home
C 
and three kids up and grown
Em 
C 
F 
But these are things
C 
that go unsaid
Gsus4 
He might call her from the road
F 
C 
Am 
just in time to say hello
Em 
Am 
Em 
F 
And   goodbye again
C 

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em 
F 
Am 
She keeps his picture tucked away
Em 
She thinks she'll have it
C 
F 
Am 
framed one day
Em 
And maybe he'll come
F 
Am 
see it there
Em 
F 
Hanging by her rocking chair

Verse 4
C 
Gsus4 
In a corner of her room
on a Sunday afternoon
C 
When all the world
F 
C 
is dull and gray
Gsus4 
She might close her eyes and      sit,
G 
Gsus4 
F 
rocking gently for      a bit
Am 
Till all the bad thoughts go away

Interlude 2

Gsus4

Verse 5
F 
Back when children played
Am 
their games
Em 
F 
Am 
London Bridge and Jesse James
Em 
She captured flags,
F 
Am 
she bounced the ball
Em 
F 
And every time, she beat them all

Verse 6
C 
Gsus4 
And now she comes home to a cat
in a three-room walk-up flat
flat
C 
flat
F 
C 
And plays a game of solitaire
Gsus4 
Well she made a fist last night,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
F 
and she  broke the hallway light
And the pieces scattered
Am 
everywhere

Interlude 3

Verse 7
C 
You see, he's
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
C 
got a wife back home and three kids up and grown
F 
C 
But these are things  that go unsaid
Gsus4 
G 
He might call her from the road
Gsus4 
F 
just in time     to say hello
Am 
Em 
F 
And goodbye again