Mel Tillis

A Million Old Goodbyes

Mel Tillis


Tom: C

C                      G7
There’s a plane  out tonight

      Am                               Em
And I swear to you I’m gonna take that flight

C                F              C
Please don’t you come to see me cry

       Dm                           G7
You’ve seen it in a million old goodbyes


          C             G7
There was me  there was you

          Am                      Em
But there never was an us to hook onto

C          F                     C
There were times  we touched the sky

Dm            G7              C
Long before a million old goodbyes


Am                                            F
Breaking up sometimes is more loving than the staying up

                                  Dm
Crying nights and planning how to patch it up

F              D7                C      G7
Knowing it was something needing giving up


       C           G7
It was good it was fine

      Am                          Em
We’ve played out this ending many times

C      F                C
We can say that we have tried

Dm           G7              C
Way beyond a million old goodbyes


Am                                            F
Breaking up sometimes is more loving than the staying up

                                  Dm
Crying nights and planning how to patch it up

F              D7                C      G7
Knowing it was something needing giving up


                       G7
There’s a plane  out tonight

      Am                               Em
And I swear to you I’m gonna take that flight

C      F                C
We can say that we have tried

Dm           G7              C
Way beyond a million old goodbyes

Dm           G7              C
Way beyond a million old goodbyes