Seasons in the sun
Good bye to you my thrusted friend, we`ve known each other since we were
nine or ten; together we climbed hills and trees,
learned of love A B C; skinned our harts and skinned our
knees. Good bye my friend it`s hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky
now that the spring is in the air
pretty girls are ev'`ry where, think of me and I`ll be there
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun,
but the hills thet we climb were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye papa plees pray for me, I was the blacksheep of the family,'
you tried to teach me right from wrong, too much wine and too much song,
wounder how I got along.
Goodbye papa it`s hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky,
now that the spring is in the air,
little children everywere ,
when you see them I'll be there.
We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun,
but the wine and the song like the seasons out of time.
Goodbye Michelle my little one,
you gave me love and helped me find the sun,
and every time that I was down,
you always come around and
get my feet back on the ground,
Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
now that the spring is in the air,
whit the flowers everywhere,
I wish that we could both be there.
We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach
"Every thing was better in the good old days,
when everybody was in pain"
'Seasons in the Sun' - Terry Jacks
standard tuning (EBGDAE)
guaranteed to clear the room every time (although I
long for the day when Codeine or Low does a cover)
chords
- x02220 - 022100
- x13331 - 133211
- x24432 - 244322
- x35543 - 466444
- x46664
riff 1 riff 2
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-0-1-2-0-----0-1-2-0-- --0-1-2----|
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(play both of these with lots of reverb)
how it all goes together.....
(note: in the song, theres no guitar during the first
half of each verse, just a cheesy keyboard figure. I've
listed guitar chords anyway; I usually play them with
a palm mute to simulate the keyboard)
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(intro: play riff 1 twice, then play riff 2 once)
goodbye to you my trusted friend
we've known each other since we were nine or ten
together we've climbed hills and trees
learned of love and ABCs
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees
goodbye my friend its hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky
now that the spring is in the air
pretty girls are everywhere
think of me and I'll be there
we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time
(play riff 2 once)
goodbye papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
you tried to teach me right from wrong
too much wine and too much song
wonder how I got along
goodbye papa its hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky
now that the spring is in the air
little children everywhere
when you see them I'll be there
we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the wine and the song
like the seasons have all gone
we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the wine and the song
like the seasons have all gone
(play riff 2 once)
goodbye Michelle my little one
you gave me love and helped me find the sun
and every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground
goodbye Michelle its hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky
now that the spring is in the air
with the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there
we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the stars we could reach
were just starfish on the beach
we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the stars we could reach
were just starfish on the beach
we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the wine and the song
like the seasons have all gone
all our lives we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time
(fade out, mercifully)