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Cam – What Goodbye Means Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
           C     G     
Our little house feels 
        Am
big and empty
     Em        F       
Just me and my shadow, 
          C
here all alone
G                C       
    And I try to keep it 
        G       Am
    the way you left it
        F               
Just in case you decide 
        C    G Am
to come home

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Am                 
Now I'm staring at 
     G    C
this paper  that 
you left for me to sign
        Dm             F    
But I'm holding off in case 
                G    C G
you change your mind

[Chorus]
                   C
Was it something I did?
                   F
Was it something I didn't do?
       G
Do you just need some time?
                             C
Maybe take one more night to think 
it through
                    Em
Oh, I hope it's not hopeless
                   F
And you might come back to me
        G
I don't wanna let go
                           C
'Cause I know what goodbye means

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[Verse 2]
C                          
Was I breaking your heart, 
        G      Am
and you didn't show it?
Em          F         
Or when you tried to, 
                C
I missed it somehow?
G                         C      
    Was it there from the start? 
           G      Am
    Should I have known it?
Em          F               
If I didn't hear you, well, 
           C   G  Am
I hear you now

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am                     G    C
As I'm staring at this paper   
and the boxes by the door
       Dm             
'Til I can't see much 
   F               G
of anything anymore

[Chorus]
                   C
Was it something I did?
                   F
Was it something I didn't do?
       G
Do you just need some time?
                          
Maybe take one more night 
   C
to think it through
                    Em
Oh, I hope it's not hopeless
                   F
And you might come back to me
        G
I don't wanna let go
                           C
'Cause I know what goodbye means

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[Bridge]
C                     G     
Is the truth too close, and 
    C        G    Am
the past too far away?
         C    G
Is the future lost?

[Chorus]
G N.C.
  Was it something I did?
       C           F
Was it something I didn't do?
       G
Do you just need some time?
                          
Maybe take one more night 
   C
to think it through
                    Em
Oh, I hope it's not hopeless
                   F
And you might come back to me
        G
I don't wanna let go
                           C     C
'Cause I know what goodbye means

[Outro]
        G
I don't wanna let go
                           C     C
'Cause I know what goodbye means

How to play What Goodbye Means: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for What Goodbye Means by Cam on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

What Goodbye Means by Cam is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, G, Am, Em, F and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – C – G – Am (V – I – V – vi in C major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.