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

Intro 1

Verse 1
[Drum intro]
F F 
 
Standing in the door
Bb Bb 
 
Of the Pink Flamingo
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
Crying in the rain
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It was a kind of so-so love
F F 
 
And I'm gonna make sure
Bb Bb 
 
It never happens again
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
You and I, it had to be
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
The standing joke of the year
F F 
 
You were a sleep around
Bb Bb 
 
A lost and found
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And not for me I fear

Interlude 1

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

C

Whoa oh, oh

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

C

Verse 2
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
I        tried to make it work
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
You       in a cocktail skirt
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
And me       in a suit
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Well, it just      wasn't me
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
You're   used to wearing less
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
And       now your life's a mess
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
So       insecure you seem
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
I        put up with all the scenes
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
And this      is one scene
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
That's going    to be
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
played my way

Chorus 1
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Take     your hands off me
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
I        don't belong to you, you see
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Take     a look at my face
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
For the last time
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
I        never knew you
Dm Dm 
 
You never knew me
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 2

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

C

Say hello, wave goodbye

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

C

Verse 3
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Under    the deep red light
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
I         can see the makeup sliding  down
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Hey      little girl
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
You will always    make up
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
So take     off that
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
Unbecoming    frown
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
What     about me, well
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
I'll      find someone
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
That's not      going cheap
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
In the sales
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
A nice     little housewife
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Who'll give      me a steady life
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
And won't    keep going off       the rails

Chorus 2
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Take     your hands off me
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
I        don't belong to you, you see
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Take     a look at my face
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
For the last time
Fsus4 Fsus4 
 
I        never knew you
Dm Dm 
 
You never knew me
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Say hello, goodbye

Interlude 3

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

C

Say hello, wave goodbye

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

C

Verse 4
F F 
 
We've been involved for
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Quite a while now
F F 
 
And to keep you secret
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Has       been hell
F F 
 
We're strangers meeting
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
For the first time, okay?
F F 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C13 C13 
 
Just smile and say hello

Outro 1
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       wave goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       then wave goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say hello,       say goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Say goodbye
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Say goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
Goodbye
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 
 
C C 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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ChordsF Bb Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 C...

Chords

F
Bb
Bbmaj7
Fmaj7
C
C13
Fsus4
Dm
Am

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

F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Bbmaj7: x-1-3-2-3-x
Fmaj7: x-x-3-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
C13: x-3-2-3-3-5
Fsus4: x-x-3-3-1-1
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 5

5

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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