I’M NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE – Billy Preston


Intro: C-G/C-F-Fm/C- (2X)


C               G/C               
 Somebody lied  to me
     F                  Fm/C              C    G/C-F-Fm/C
 It just can't be, you can’t be gone forever
C          G/C               
 Somebody got it wrong
 F               G/C              Am 
 You were gonna love me all my life


  D/F#                G        E   /Ab        Am
 Weren’t we good together? Now I'm on my own
    D/F#                  G                E/G#          Ab-Fm7  
 And I don't think I'll ever learn to live one day alone.


Chorus:

C pause       Caug/E       Fm7       G/F Em7       Am         
 So/woh I'm never gonna say goodbye, say goodbye
        Dm7                G7sus4             C9
 It’s something I can't bring myself to do
   C         Caug/E break  Caug/E        Fm7        G/F
 ‘Cause as long           as   I don’t say goodbye
Em7       Am       Dm7               G7sus4            adlib (Intro chords)
 Darling I know part of me will always be with you.


C             G/C
 What am I gonna do?
   F            Fm/C            C  G/C   F Fm/C
 Havin' you, is all I've ever wanted  (wanted)
C              G/C               
 Where am I gonna go   
     F              G/C                Am 
 To feel the way I felt inside your arms?


  D/F#               G        E/G#             Am
 Still my life is better, loving you as I do
   D/F#               G                E/G#              Ab-Fm7 
 Thanks for being with me darling thanks for being you...


Repeat Chorus 3x---

     C7sus-C#7sus
... you


Coda: C#-Ab/C#-F#/C#-F#m/C#

         (Repeat Coda Chords)
    with you