I Still Can't Say Goodbye
Chet Atkins • Key:
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I Still Can't Say Goodbye
Chet Atkins
#From: steve.johnson@his.com
Spoken introduction:
"You know, every time I look in the mirror I see my Dad.
I think that's why this song means so much to me."
#Capo II
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
When I was
D
young, my
C
Dad would
D
say
G
Come on
D
Son let's go
Bm
out and
C
play
G
Sometimes it
D
seems like
C
yester
Dsus4
day
D
Em
D/F#
G
C
D
G
And I'd climb
D
up the
C
closet
D
shelf
G
When
D
I was all
Bm
by my-
C
self
G
Grab his hat
D
and fix
C
the br
Dsus4
im
D
Em
Pretending
D/F#
I was
G
him
D
No matter how
C
hard I
G
try
D
No matter how many
C
tears I
G
cry
D
No matter how many
Em
years
D
go
Em/C#
by
I
C
still can't
D
say good-
C
by
Em
e
D/F#
G
Em
D/F#
G
He always took
D
care of
C
Mom and
D
me.
G
We all
D
cut down a
Bm
Christmas
C
tree
G
He always
D
had some
C
time for
Dsus4
me
D
Em
D/F#
G
C
Wind
D
blows through the
Em
trees
Em/D
C
Street lights, they
D
still shine
Gmaj7
bright
C
Most
D
things are the
Em
same
Em/D
but I
Em/C#
miss my Dad to-
C
night
Dsus4
D
G
I walked by a S
D
alvation
C
Army st
D
ore
G
Saw a hat
D
like my da
Bm
ddy wore
C
G
Tried it on
D
when I w
C
alked
Dsus4
in
D
Em
Still trying to
D/F#
be like
G
him
D
No matter how
C
hard I
G
try
D
No matter how many
C
years go
G
by
D
No matter how many
Em
tears
D
I c
Em/C#
ry
I
C
still can't
D
say good-
C
by
Em
e
D/F#
G
Em
D/F#
G
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