Say Hello Wave Goodbye chords by
Soft Cell (Official Version)

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Key: C majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1

Verse 1
[Drum intro]
Bb Bb 
 
Standing in the door
Eb Eb 
 
Of the Pink Flamingo
Bb Bb 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
Crying in  the rain
Bb Bb 
 
Eb Eb 
 
It  was a kind of so-so love
Bb Bb 
 
And I'm gonna make sure
Eb Eb 
 
It never happens again
Bb Bb 
 
Eb Eb 
 
You and I, it had to be
Bb Bb 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
The standing joke of the year
Bb Bb 
 
You were a sleep around
Eb Eb 
 
A lost and found
Bb Bb 
 
Eb Eb 
 
And not for me I fear

Interlude 1

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

F

Whoa oh, oh

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

F

Verse 2
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
I         tried to make it work
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
You       in a cocktail skirt
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
And me        in a suit
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Well, it just      wasn't me
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
You're    used to wearing less
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
And       now your life's a mess
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
So        insecure you seem
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
I         put up with all the scenes
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
And this      is one scene
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
That's going     to be
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
played my way

Chorus 1
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Take      your hands off me
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
I         don't belong to you, you see
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Take      a look at my face
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
For the last time
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
I         never knew you
Gm Gm 
 
You never knew me
Dm Dm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 2

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

F

Say hello, wave goodbye

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

F

Verse 3
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Under     the deep red light
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
I         can see the makeup sliding   down
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Hey       little girl
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
You will always    make up
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
So take      off that
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
Unbecoming    frown
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
What      about me, well
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
I'll      find someone
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
That's not       going cheap
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
In the sales
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
A nice      little housewife
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Who'll give      me a steady life
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
And won't     keep going off       the rails

Chorus 2
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Take      your hands off me
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
I         don't belong to you, you see
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Take      a look at my face
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
For the last time
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 
 
I         never knew you
Gm Gm 
 
You never knew me
Dm Dm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 3

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

F

Say hello, wave goodbye

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

F

Verse 4
Bb Bb 
 
We've been involved for
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Quite a while now
Bb Bb 
 
And to keep you secret
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Has       been hell
Bb Bb 
 
We're strangers meeting
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
For the first time, okay?
Bb Bb 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F13 F13 
 
Just smile and say hello

Outro 1
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       wave goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say hello,       say goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Say goodbye
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Say goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
Goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
 
F F 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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ChordsBb Eb Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 F...

Chords

Bb
Eb
Ebmaj7
Bbmaj7
F
F13
Bbsus4
Gm
Dm

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

Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Ebmaj7: x-x-1-3-3-3
Bbmaj7: x-1-3-2-3-x
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
F13: 1-x-1-2-3-x
Bbsus4: x-1-3-3-4-x
Gm: 3-5-5-3-3-3
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 10

10

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

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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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