Song: Goodbye Friend
Artist: Bowling For Soup
Album: My Wena EP
Year: 2009


This is a great song... it's one of the serious BFS songs...
By which I mean seriously good... which of course is expected...
But yeah here's my take on the song... you know since there
wasn't another tab of it on here... so yeah... enjoy...
(By the by I'm going to put the chords with lyrics after the tab)


Verse:  (To save space I only put half of the times each chord is played
         so play each one twice in the verse or just listen to the song
         for the rhythm...)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--------|
D|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--------|
A|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mute: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
D|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
A|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mute: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mute: * * * * * * * * 


Pre-Chorus:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|
A|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:  (Hold out the power chords while playing the high strings)

e|--------0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------|
B|------0---0---0---0---0-------0---0----------------------------------------|
G|------------4-------6-----4------------------------------------------------|      x2
D|----2-------4-------6-----4------------------------------------------------|
A|----2-------2-------4-----2------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------0-------0-------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|------0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-------2-------4-------4----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-------2-------4-------4----------------------------------------------|
A|----0-------0-------2-------2----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2---------4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2---------4-4-4-4--------|
D|----6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--------|
A|----4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E|--------------------0-0-0-0-------------------------0-0-0-0----------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
D|----2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
A|----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Final Verse:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2----------------------|
D|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2----------------------|
A|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mute: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 



Outro:

e|--------0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------|
B|------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------------------------------------|
G|------------4-------6-------2----------------------------------------------|      x2
D|----2-------4-------6-------2----------------------------------------------|
A|----2-------2-------4-------0----------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

      (Hold the E chord)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Order:
Verse x1
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus x1
(Hold a low E power chord)
Verse x1
Pre-Chorus x2  (Continue to play the second chord on the first time)
Chorus x1
Bridge x1
Final Verse x1
Chorus x2  (Skip the second line of the chorus on the first time through
            but play it on the second time)
Outro x1






Chords with Lyrics:

E                     Eb
He told everybody goodbye 

                     C#m
He had a look in his eye 

     A                     B
Like this could be the last time 

E                      Eb
I knew you were feelin down 

                       C#m
I wish that I had been around more 

      A
Could I have changed things? 

        B
Maybe I could have changed things 





             A                        B
And it's the rainy days that mostly remind me 




E
Goodbye friend 

  B
I hope you found 

    C#m                      B
The answers you were lookin' for 

E
Goodbye friend 

        B              C#m         B
I don't think you ever knew 

               A
That there was someone here 

              B
That there is someone here 


                E
Who misses you 




E                   Eb
You were my biggest fan 

                     C#m
Together forever and then

   A             B
So many things I should've known 

E                                  Eb
You were always there to help me along 

                             C#m
And always there to sing my song 

       A
I wish I had told you 

            B
Man, I sure hope I told you 




             A                       B
And it's the rainy days that still remind me 

             A                            B
Ya, it's the crazy, crazy days I need you here 




E
Goodbye friend 

  B
I hope you found 

    C#m                      B
The answers you were lookin' for 

E
Goodbye friend 

        B              C#m        B
I don't think you ever knew 

               A
That there was someone here 

              B
That there is someone here 




C#m
Selfishly 

    A
I'm mad at you 

    E                   B
For making me feel like this 

               C#m
I wish I could talk to you 

     A
Like I used to 

    E                         B
And tell you that sometimes I hate you for doing 

A
This to the people 

     B
That love you so 

C#m
They look at me 

     B               A
Like I'm supposed to know 

             A
And that I'm tired 



E                           Eb
So thank you for saying goodbye 

                            C#m
And letting me know we're alright 

                    A
I hope that I deserved that 



E
Goodbye friend 

  B
I hope you found 

    C#m                   B
Whatever you were lookin' for 

E
Goodbye friend 

        B              C#m       B
I don't think you ever knew 





E
Goodbye friend 

  B
I hope you found 

    C#m                      B
The answers you were lookin' for 

E
Goodbye friend 

        B              C#m         B
I don't think you ever knew 

               A
That there was someone here 

              B
That there is someone here 


                
Who misses you 




E                 B                C#m                  A
                             Oh, I miss you                 God, I

E                 B                C#m                  A
miss you                         I miss you


E...