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"Goodbye Columbus"
(Jim Yester)
Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):
Written for Paramount Pictures, this was the title song for Ali McGraw's
first major film. A great exercise in songwriting, after viewing early
film rushes in New York, the group returned to L.A. to write, produce,
and record our part of the music score in an amazingly short period of
time. [A rejected Kirkman/Alexander composition was reworked into
_The Association_'s "Goodbye Forever".]
Verse 1:
Cm7/F Abmaj7 Cm7
Got to say hello, it's a lucky day
Bbmaj7 Dm7 Abmaj7 Cm7 Dm7
Kiss the moon goodbye and be on our way
Gm Eb
It's a lucky day 'cause I found you
Dm7 Abmaj7
Gonna build a new world around you
Dm7 Dbmaj7 Cm7/F
Touch the sun and run, it's a lucky day
Chorus:
Bb Gm
Hello life, goodbye Columbus
Dm7 Abmaj7
I've got a feelin' that you're gonna hear from us
Dm7 Gm Dbmaj7
You're gonna know that we've taken the world by surprise
Gbmaj7
Got that look in our eyes
Verse 2:
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Its a lucky day, just for changin'
Abmaj7 Dbmaj7
Leavin' the old world behind
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Lucky day for walkin' a new road
Abmaj7 Dbmaj7
Just to clear your mind
Cm7 Dm7
It's a day for startin' a new way
Eb Dm7
Tellin' the old one goodbye
Cm7 Dm7
Lucky day for gettin' above it
Eb Dbmaj7 Cm7/F
Spread your wings and fly
[repeat chorus]
Bb
It's a lucky day (goodbye Columbus...)
[repeat chorus]
Dbmaj7
It's a lucky day, yeah
Gbmaj7
Goodbye, goodbye Columbus
Coda [repeat to fade]:
Dbmaj7
Goodbye, goodbye Columbus
Gbmaj7
Goodbye, goodbye Columbus
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
