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

Intro 1

Verse 1
[Drum intro]
Db Db 
 
Standing in the door
Gb Gb 
 
Of the Pink Flamingo
Db Db 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Crying in  the rain
Db Db 
 
Gb Gb 
 
It  was a kind of so-so love
Db Db 
 
And I'm gonna make sure
Gb Gb 
 
It never happens again
Db Db 
 
Gb Gb 
 
You and I, it had to be
Db Db 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
The standing joke of the year
Db Db 
 
You were a sleep around
Gb Gb 
 
A lost and found
Db Db 
 
Gb Gb 
 
And not for me I fear

Interlude 1

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ab

Whoa oh, oh

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ab

Verse 2
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
I         tried to make it work
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
You       in a cocktail skirt
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
And me        in a suit
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Well, it just      wasn't me
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
You're    used to wearing less
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
And       now your life's a mess
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
So        insecure you seem
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
I         put up with all the scenes
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
And this      is one scene
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
That's going     to be
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
played my way

Chorus 1
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Take      your hands off me
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
I         don't belong  to you, you see
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Take      a look  at my face
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
For the last time
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
I         never knew you
Bbm Bbm 
 
You   never knew me
Fm Fm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 2

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ab

Say hello, wave goodbye

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ab

Verse 3
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Under     the deep red light
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
I         can see the makeup sliding   down
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Hey       little girl
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
You will always    make up
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
So take      off that
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
Unbecoming    frown
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
What      about me, well
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
I'll      find someone
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
That's not       going cheap
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
In the sales
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
A nice      little housewife
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Who'll give      me a steady life
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
And won't     keep going off       the rails

Chorus 2
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Take      your hands off me
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
I         don't belong  to you, you see
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Take      a look  at my face
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
For the last time
Dbsus4 Dbsus4 
 
I         never knew you
Bbm Bbm 
 
You   never knew me
Fm Fm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 3

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ab

Say hello, wave goodbye

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ab

Verse 4
Db Db 
 
We've been involved for
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Quite a while now
Db Db 
 
And to keep you secret
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Has       been hell
Db Db 
 
We're strangers meeting
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
For the first time, okay?
Db Db 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab13 Ab13 
 
Just smile and say hello

Outro 1
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       wave goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say hello,       say goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Say goodbye
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Say goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Goodbye
Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 
 
Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 
 
Ab Ab 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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Chords

Db
Gb
Gbmaj7
Dbmaj7
Ab
Ab13
Dbsus4
Bbm
Fm

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

Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Gb: 2-4-4-3-2-2
Gbmaj7: 2-x-3-3-2-x
Dbmaj7: x-4-6-5-6-x
Ab: 4-6-6-5-4-4
Ab13: 4-x-4-5-6-x
Dbsus4: x-4-6-6-7-x
Bbm: x-1-3-3-2-x
Fm: x-x-3-1-1-1

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 1

1

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Barre chords ask a lot of the fretting hand. The barre course walks through hand position, pressure, and the cleanest way to land each shape. Practice barre chords

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

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 experienced players looking to reproduce the full sonic intent and artistic expression of Soft Cell.

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