Say Hello Wave Goodbye chords by
Soft Cell (Official Version)
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Key: C majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1

Verse 1
[Drum intro]
C C 
 
Standing in the door
F F 
 
Of the Pink Flamingo
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Crying in the rain
C C 
 
F F 
 
It was a kind of so-so love
C C 
 
And I'm gonna make sure
F F 
 
It never happens again
C C 
 
F F 
 
You and I, it had to be
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
The standing joke of the year
C C 
 
You were a sleep around
F F 
 
A lost and found
C C 
 
F F 
 
And not for me I fear

Interlude 1

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

G

Whoa oh, oh

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

G

Verse 2
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
I        tried to make it work
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
You      in a cocktail skirt
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
And me       in a suit
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Well, it just     wasn't me
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
You're   used to wearing less
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
And      now your life's a mess
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
So       insecure you seem
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
I        put up with all the scenes
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
And this     is one scene
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
That's going    to be
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
played my way

Chorus 1
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Take     your hands off me
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
I        don't belong to you, you see
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
Take     a look at my face
F F 
 
G G 
 
For the last time
Csus4 Csus4 
 
I        never knew you
Am Am 
 
You never knew me
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 2

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

G

Say hello, wave goodbye

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

G

Verse 3
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Under    the deep red light
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
I        can see the makeup sliding  down
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Hey      little girl
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
You will always   make up
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
So take     off that
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
Unbecoming   frown
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
What     about me, well
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
I'll     find someone
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
That's not      going cheap
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
In the sales
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
A nice     little housewife
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Who'll give     me a steady life
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
And won't    keep going off      the rails

Chorus 2
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Take     your hands off me
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
I        don't belong to you, you see
Csus4 Csus4 
 
Am Am 
 
Em Em 
 
Take     a look at my face
F F 
 
G G 
 
For the last time
Csus4 Csus4 
 
I        never knew you
Am Am 
 
You never knew me
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 3

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

G

Say hello, wave goodbye

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

G

Verse 4
C C 
 
We've been involved for
F F 
 
G G 
 
Quite a while now
C C 
 
And to keep you secret
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Has      been hell
C C 
 
We're strangers meeting
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
For the first time, okay?
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G13 G13 
 
Just smile and say hello

Outro 1
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      then wave goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      then wave goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      then wave goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      then wave goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      wave goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      then wave goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say hello,      say goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Say goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Say goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Goodbye
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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ChordsC F Fmaj7 Cmaj7 G...

Chords

C
F
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
G
G13
Csus4
Am
Em

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Fmaj7: x-x-3-2-1-0
Cmaj7: x-3-2-0-0-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
G13: 3-x-3-4-5-x
Csus4: x-3-3-0-1-x
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Say Hello Wave Goodbye by Soft Cell, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Soft Cell's performance.

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