Intro (Riff 1): 
A5 D5 C#5 C5 F#5 G5 B5 
 
F#5 B5 A5 E5 F#5 
(with random fills) x2 
 
Verse 1: 
A5 (hammer 9)  
Words get tangled on your tongue 
C#5 B5 
And you stumble on your feet 
F#5 (hammer root E5 ) 
When you miss somebody 
A5
And everywhere you think you see them 
C#5 B5  
Walking down the street 
F#5 F#5 B5 B5  
When you miss somebody 
D5 (hammer sus4 )
When you miss somebody 
Eb5 A5 A5 F#5 F#5   
You tell yourself a hundred thousand times 
B5 B5 
Nobody ever lives forever 
D5 E5 E5 
So you give it one more try 
B5 G5 
To wave goodbye, wave goodbye    

{Riff 1} 
 
Verse 2 (as 1): 
A5 
Every hurtful thing you ever said 
C#5 B5 
Is ringing in your ear 
F#5 (hammer root E5 ) 
When you miss somebody 
A5
And everything of beauty that you see 
C#5 B5  
Only brings a tear 
F#5 F#5 B5 B5 
When you miss somebody 
D5 (hammer sus4 )
When you miss somebody 
Eb5 A5 A5 F#5 F#5 
You tell yourself everything will be alright 
B5 B5 
Try to stand up strong and brave 
D5 E5 E5 
When all you want to do is lay down and die 
 
Bridge: 
F#5 C#5 D5 D5 
How long Ive waited for an answer or a sign 
A5 C#5 
Lonely and weary from 
D5 F5 
This troubled task of trying 
B5 E5 
To wave goodbye 

Verse 3:
A5  
So now you start to recognize 
C#5 B5 
That every single path you see 
F#5 F#5 B5 B5 
Leads to a tear in your eye 


G5 E5 
So wave goodbye,  
F#5 F#5 
Wave goodbye, 
D5 E5 
Wave goodbye 
A5 D5 C#5 C5 F#5 G5 B5    F#5 
Wave goodbye 

 
por samsmith