verse 1 
Cm 
There’s a long goodbye. 
G7                       Bb7   G7 
And it happens everyday 
Cm 
when some passerby 
Fm7 
invites your eye 
Bb7 
to come her way. 

Dm7      
Even as she smiles 
Dm7 
a quick hello, 
Dm7 
you’ve let her go. 
           Cm 
You’ve let the moment fly. 
 

[Refrão]
Cm                                      Fm7 
Too late you’d turn your head, 
      Dm7                        G7        
you’d know you’ve said 
Cm 
the long goodbye. 

verse 2 
        G7                     Bb7   G7 
Can you recognise the theme – 
Cm 
on some other street 
Fm7 
two people meet 
Bb7 
as in a dream, 

Dm7 
running for a plane 
Dm7 
through the rain. 
Dm7                     Cm 
If the heart is quicker than the eye, 
Fm7 
they could be lovers 
  G7       Cm 
Until they die. 
 

[Refrão]
Cm 
It’s too late to try 
Cm     Fm7   
when a missed hello 
Dm7         G7   Cm 
becomes the long goodbye.