Not Getting Better Goodbye
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C F
Seems like I've been here before
G C
Just outside some closing door
F G
Standing here just searching for a line
C F
You'd think by now I'd have it down
G C
I know I should be wiser now
F G
Cause no one's gonna bail me out this time cause
F G C
I'm not gettin any better at goodbyes
F C
I'm not any better now than when I first began
D7 G
It hurts every bit as much as it did way back then
C F
I suppose I cry a lot
G Am F G C
The only thing for sure is I'm not gettin' any better at goodbyes
SOLO
C F
Friends will come and friends will go
G C
But lovers memories die so slow
C F G
And they won't always let you know it's time oh
C F
But even this shall pass I guess and
G C
You'll be just like all the rest
C F G
I'll start dusting off all my best lines cause
F G C
I'm not gettin' any better at goodbyes
F C
I'm not any better now than when I first began
D7 G
It hurts every bit as much as it did way back then
C F
I suppose I cry a lot
G Am F G C
The only thing for sure is I'm not gettin any better at goodbyes
F G C
I'm not gettin any better at goodbyes
>From Buddy Miller "Cruel Moon"
Hightone Records 1999
Warner Brothers Music(ASCAP)
Buddy Miller vocals/guitar
Al Perkins steel guitar
Joy Lynn White vocals
How to play Not Getting Better Goodbye
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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