Year: 1965 - Album: Carpenters Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition
Written by John Bettis/Richard Carpenter
(no chord) Bbsus2 Bb I'll say good - bye to love; Cm7/b5/Bb F7/Bb Bb F7/Bb No one ever cared if I should live or die. Bbsus F7/Bb D7/sus4/G D7/F# Gm Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by; Gm/F Em7/b5 Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F And all I know of love is how to live without it -- D7/F# Gm Gm/F Em7/b5 I just can't seem to find it. Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Eb/F So I've made my mind up I must live my life alone; Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Eb/F And though it's not the easy way, I guess I've always known Bbsus2 Bb I'd say good - bye to love. Cm7/b5/Bb F7/Bb Bb F7/Bb There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine; Bbsus F7/Bb D7/sus4/G D7/F# Surely time will lose these bitter memories and I'll Gm Gm/F Em7/b5 Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Find that there is someone to believe in and to live for, D7/F# Gm Gm/F Em7/b5 Something I could live for. Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Eb/F All the years of useless search have fin'ly reached an end Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Eb/F Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend D7 Gm Cm7/b5 F7/sus4 F7 From this day, love is forgotten -- I'll go on as best I can. Instrumental Interlude: First 5 lines of verse Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Eb/F What lies in the future is a mystery to us all Bb/F Eb/F Bb/F Eb/F No one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls G F/G Em/G Dm/G There may come a time when I will see that I've been wrong, C/G G Csus2 C But for now this is my song, and it's goodbye to love Csus2 C I'll say goodbye to love. Instrumental Coda: ||: C - G/C | C7/Bb - F | Fm6 - C/G | D9/F# - Gsus G :|| Last Time: | C - G/C | C7/Bb - F | Fm6 - C/G | D9/F# - Gsus G