Say Hello Wave Goodbye chords by
Soft Cell
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Key: C major

Intro 1

Verse 1
[Drum intro]
G G 
 
Standing in the door
C C 
 
Of the Pink Flamingo
G G 
 
C C 
 
Crying in the rain
G G 
 
C C 
 
It was a kind of so-so love
G G 
 
And I'm gonna make sure
C C 
 
It never happens again
G G 
 
C C 
 
You and I, it had to be
G G 
 
C C 
 
The standing joke of the year
G G 
 
You were a sleep around
C C 
 
A lost and found
G G 
 
C C 
 
And not for me I fear

Interlude 1

G

C

D

Whoa oh, oh

G

C

D

Verse 2
G G 
 
I  tried to make it work
C C 
 
D D 
 
You in a cocktail skirt
G G 
 
And me in a suit
C C 
 
D D 
 
Well, it just wasn't me
G G 
 
You're used to wearing less
C C 
 
D D 
 
And now your life's a mess
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
So insecure you seem
G G 
 
I  put up with all the scenes
C C 
 
D D 
 
And this is one scene
G G 
 
That's going to be
C C 
 
D D 
 
played my way

Chorus 1
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Take your hands off me
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I  don't belong to you, you see
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Take a look at my face
C C 
 
D D 
 
For the last time
C C 
 
I  never knew you
Em Em 
 
You never knew me
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 2

G

C

D

Say hello, wave goodbye

G

C

D

Verse 3
G G 
 
Under the deep red light
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
I  can see the makeup sliding down
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Hey little girl
C C 
 
D D 
 
You will always make up
G G 
 
So take off that
C C 
 
D D 
 
Unbecoming frown
G G 
 
What about me, well
C C 
 
D D 
 
I'll find someone
G G 
 
That's not going cheap
C C 
 
D D 
 
In the sales
G G 
 
A nice little housewife
C C 
 
D D 
 
Who'll give me a steady life
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
And won't keep going off the rails

Chorus 2
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Take your hands off me
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I  don't belong to you, you see
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Take a look at my face
C C 
 
D D 
 
For the last time
C C 
 
I  never knew you
Em Em 
 
You never knew me
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 3

G

C

D

Say hello, wave goodbye

G

C

D

Verse 4
G G 
 
We've been involved for
C C 
 
D D 
 
Quite a while now
G G 
 
And to keep you secret
C C 
 
D D 
 
Has been hell
G G 
 
We're strangers meeting
C C 
 
D D 
 
For the first time, okay?
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Just smile and say hello

Outro 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, then wave goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, then wave goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, then wave goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, then wave goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, wave goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, then wave goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say hello, say goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Say goodbye
C C 
 
D D 
 
Say goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Goodbye
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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