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Chicago – If This Is Goodbye Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC GG/BAmG/AF E7E7/G#Am/GFm6 Dm7 Fmaj7 Ab6C/B

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These are the chords for If This Is Goodbye by Chicago on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

C              G

[Verse 1]
 C            G/B
     (I know) Just a
buncha crazy kids
Am
Look at all the things we did
Never thought it'd end like
 G/A  G  C
(Woah-ho-woah, wake up)
 thi-is
G/B
Playin' in the high-school band
Am
Never really had a plan
Am
Made it to the promised land
 C   G     C
(Woah-woah oh)

[Pre-Chorus]
    F        G
(So here's a toast)
   C      G/B     Am    G
To me and you and every single
 F         G
(Cheers, a toast)
 show
   C      G/B      Am     G
To livin' fast but always dancin'
 F        G
(Here's a toast)
 slow
   E7     E7/G#    Am   Am/G   F
To sayin' yes when ever I said no
Fm6

[Chorus]
C               Am
If this is good bye
(If this is goodbye)
      Dm7
Let's take one more shot
for the memories
Fm6
Life's too short to be enemies
    Am      Am/G    Fmaj7
And if this ends to night,
yeah (If this еnds to night)
        Dm7
You can save your tears
for the othеr guys
Fm6
I'll see you in another life

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  [Verse 2]
   C     G/B
(I know) Every story has to end
Am
We may never compre hend
             Am
What a crazy ride it's been
               C
(Woah-ho-oh-oh-woah)
         G/B
(Oh, no) We may never
be best friends
Am
For a couple hours, we can
Am
For a couple hours, pretend

[Pre-Chorus]
    F        G
(So here's a toast)
   C      G/B     Am    G
To me and you and every single
 F         G
(Cheers, a toast)
 show
   C      G/B      Am     G
To livin' fast but always dancin'
 F        G
(Here's a toast)
 slow
   E7     E7/G#    Am
To sayin' yes when ever
Am/G   F     Fm6
I said no

[Chorus]
C               Am
If this is good bye
(If this is goodbye)
           Dm7
Let's take one more shot
for the memories
Fm6
Life's too short to be enemies
    Am      Am/G    Fmaj7
And if this ends to night,
                      Dm7
yeah (If this еnds to night)

You can save your tears
for the othеr guys
Fm6
I'll see you in another life

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[Post-Chorus] 2:13
     C
Good bye
    Am                   Dm7
And maybe if the stars a lign
     Fm6          G      C
I'll see you in a nother life
       Am                      Dm7
You're missin' all the time to cry
        Fm6  G    Ab6   G/B
We have one  more night so

[Chorus]
C          C/B  Am
If this is good bye,
yeah (Ah-ah-ah)
           Dm7
Let's sing one more song
for the memories
Fm6
Life's too short to be enemies
Am   Am/G            Fmaj7
     If this ends to night
     (Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh)
        Dm7
You can save your tears
for the other guys
Fm6
I'll see you in another life

[Chorus]
C               Am
If this is good bye
(Goodbye, goodbye,
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye)
            Dm7
7Let's take one more
shot for the memories
Fm6
Life's too short to be enemies
Am      Am/G    Fmaj7
If this ends to night,
yeah (If this ends tonight)
        Dm7
You can save your tears
for the other guys
Fm6
I'll see you in another life

[Post-Chorus]
     C
Good bye
    Am                   Dm7
And maybe if the stars a lign
     Fm6          G      C
I'll see you in a nother life
       Am                      Dm7
You're missin' all the time to cry
        Fm6  G    Ab6   G/B
We have one  more night so
     C
Good bye

How to play If This Is Goodbye: key, chords and progression

If This Is Goodbye by Chicago is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 14 chords: C, G, G/B, Am, G/A, F, E7, E7/G#, Am/G, Fm6, Dm7 and Fmaj7 and 2 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Am – Dm7 – Fm6 (I – vi – ii7 – iv6 in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – reh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F, Fm6 and Ab6 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.