#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "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
