So Long Farewell
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Tablatura interativa
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BbCapotraste:
1st traste
SO LONG, FAREWELL
As recorded by The Vandals
(From the 1998 Album HITLER BAD, VANDALS GOOD)
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
A
There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
A
And the bells in the steeple too
E
And up in the nursery, an absurd little bird
A
Is popping out to say cuckoo (Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo)
A
Regretfully they tell us, but firmly they compel us
D A E A A E A E
To say goodnight to you
[Verse 1]
A
So long, farewell
A
Auf Wiedersehen, good night
A
I hate to go
E A E A E A E
And leave this pretty sight
[Verse 2]
A
So long, farewell
A
Auf Wiedersehen, adieu
A
Adieu, adieu
E A E A E A
To you and you and you
[Verse 3]
E A
So long, farewell
A
Au revoir, auf Wiedersehen
A
I'd like to stay
E A E A E A
And taste my first champagne
[Verse 4]
E A
So long, farewell
A
Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
A
I leave and heave
E A E A E A
A sigh and say goodbye, goodbye
[Verse 5]
A
I'm glad to go
A
I cannot tell a lie
A
I flit, I float
E A E A
I fleetly flee, I fly
[Verse 6]
A
The sun has gone
A
To bed and so must I
A
So long, farewell
D
Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
[Outro]
B E A
Goodbye
A
Goodbye
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