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James Bay – Goodbye Never Felt So Bad Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
    G           D      C
Goodbye never felt so bad
G   D   Em   C
G   D   C

[Verse 1]
               G
Show me your smile,
D                Em       C
  mine's got a crack in it
           G    D
Hold me a while  and
                 C
a little while more
           G
Tell me again,
                D
 this is not forever
                 Em
Your skin on my skin,
               C
walk to the door
            G
I'm cavin' in, trying
          D
not to buckle down
           C
 to the floor

[Chorus]
 G         D          Em
Goodbye never felt so bad
 C                G
Just as soon as you're gone,
   D           Em
 I want you back
 C               G
Darling, I know, we said,
        D
"No tears"
           Em         C
Said, "No need to be sad"
 G         D           C
Goodbye never felt so bad

[Verse 2]
                 G
It hits like a train,
  D              Em       C
   soft as we might say it
                G   D
A shot to the brain,
                   C
  it cuts to the core
            G             D
Even though we Go down together
               Em
It's opposite corners
         C
 of the world
               G
I don't wanna know
              D
this pain forever
                Am     C
But I wanna be yours, ay

[Chorus]
 G         D          Em
Goodbye never felt so bad
 C                G
Just as soon as you're gone,
  D           Em
 I want you back
 C
Darling, I know,
 G              D
we said, "No tears"
           Em         C
Said, "No need to be sad"
 G         D           C
Goodbye never felt so bad

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[Post-Chorus]
G   D   Em   C
G          D          Am
Goodbye never felt so bad

[Bridge]
C
   I swear it's getting
              Bm
worse every time
The fear is getting hot
         Am
 on the back of my mind
But I don't wanna
           G
lose you again
C
  I hate to walk away
            Bm
from your heart
I tell myself I'm good,
           Am
but I'm falling apart
No, I don't wanna lose
       D
you again

[Chorus]
 G         D          Em
Goodbye never felt so bad
 C                G
Just as soon as you're gone,
  D           Em
 I want you back
 C               G
Darling, I know, we said,
        D
 "No tears"
           Em         C
Said, "No need to be sad"
 G         D
Goodbye never felt
     Am   C
 so bad,   oh

[Outro]
 G    D  Em    C
Ooh, ooh,Ooh, oo
  G         D           C
goodbye never felt so bad
 G    D  Em    C   G
Ooh, ooh,Ooh, oo  goodbye
    D           C
 never felt so bad

How to play Goodbye Never Felt So Bad: key, chords and progression

These are Goodbye Never Felt So Bad chords by on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Goodbye Never Felt So Bad by James Bay sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: G, D, C, Em, Am and Bm.

Most of the song cycles through G – D – Em – C (I – V – vi – IV in G major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

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