Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

X2

Verse 1

 Goodbye, my love

 The country is in need of me

 And I heard there were signs for war

So I'm goin' overseas

Verse 2

So don't cry, my love

 The skies above will cry for you

 And I'll be safe so hold belief

I'll come back home for you

Chorus

 Yeah

Yeah

 So please tell me it's not true

 After all the love I've given

 You've found someone new

 And oh, of all the things I've seen

 This has got to be, got to be

 The greatest tragedy

 Oh you, you let it all slip away

 But soon you'll find

 Soon you'll find yeah

 What you can't replace

Bridge 2

 La la la

(I gave away my love)

 La la la la la la la

(That I promised you I would keep)

 La la la la la la

(a thousand deaths I died that day)

 La la la la la la la

(When two became one)

 La la la

(A greater force pulled you away

So I got on my knees and begged

This silence replaced my tears

 So goodbye my love

 August 1, 1965)

Chorus

 Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

 So please tell me it's not true

 After all the love I've given

 You've found someone new

 And oh, of all the things I've seen

 This has got to be, got to be

 The greatest tragedy

 Oh you, you let it all slip away

 But soon you'll find

 Soon you'll find yeah

 What you can't replace

Guitar solo

(Figure out strumming)

 Yeah

 Goodbye my love

 As I bid farewell to thee

 All is fair in love and war

 So I'm goin' overseas