Goodbye Tiger Chords

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Chords

Cmaj7

G/F#

Am7

Em9

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GOODBYE TIGER
Written by Richard Clapton
 
4 beats per chord (anticipated changes)
` = 2 beats
 
INTRO:
G  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7  (two times)
 
VERSE:
G         G   Am                        C                  G   G
  "Geez", he said  the bands don't seem to play round here no more
Am                        C
  And Saturday night just aint the same
Am                    C               C             G   G
  Wish everything was back the way it used to be be-fore
Am                   Bm                C             `G  `G/F#
  Now I sit here and push my long hair back behind my ears
Em                   Em         C                 C
  The face I used to hide behind  is now becoming ghostly with the years
 
LINK:
D  C  Em  D
            Good-
 
CHORUS:
G   G    Am7             C          G    G
bye Tiger  chasing those dolce vita times
Am7           C                   G         G
  Somehow you seem to have left me far behind
Am7                   Em9            Am7      Am7(11)
  But you can hear me whisper on the nightline  good
Am7  Am7        Em9  Em9        Am7  Am7
bye  Tiger good-bye  Tiger good-bye
 
RE-INTRO: (solo)
G  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
 
G  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
               I keep
 
VERSE-SHORT:
G        G    Am                   C            G      G
Shifting round  I wear the dust of many foreign streets
Am             C                     G  G
  Drifting and shifting with the wind__
Am                      Bm             C              `G  `G/F#
  Now this same wind is howling like a cyclone here in-side
Em          Em               C           C
  And I see I've got nothing left to hide
 
BRIDGE:
Am7        Em9            Am7          Am7(11)
  Nobody's gonna take the stage tonight
Am7             Em9        Am7  Am7
  So I sit here anyway and sigh   good
 
CHORUS:
G   G    Am7             C          G    G
bye Tiger  chasing those dolce vita times
Am7           C                   G         G
  Somehow you seem t'have left me far behind
Am7               Em9            Am7      Am7(11)
  You can hear me whisper on the nightline  good
Am7  Am7        Em9  Em9        Am7  Am7
bye  Tiger good-bye  Tiger good-bye
 
OUTRO: (fade with ad lib vocal)
G  G  Cmaj7  Cmaj7
 
================================================================================
 
CHORDS:
    G  Cmaj7  Am  C   Bm  G/F#  Em  D  Am7(11)  Em9
E|--3----3----0---0---2----3----0---2---0--------0--|
B|--0----0----1---1---3----0----0---3---1-(3)----3--|
G|--0----0----2---0---4----0----0---2---0--------0--|
D|--0----2----2---2---4----0----2---0---2--------4--|
A|--2----3----0---3---2---------2---0---0--------2--|
E|--3----------------------2----0----------------0--|
 
Eveything about this song (structure and performance) says
"loose" so don't try to duplicate the recording precisely.
TAB shows typical arpeggios with anticipated changes.
'Bright' piano stabs on the C-chord are F#-A (#11,13)
 
INTRO: (let ring)
   G                               Cmaj7                             G
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-0-------0-------|---0-----0-------|-0-------0-------|---0-----0-------|
G|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|
D|-----0-------0---|-------0-----0---|-----2-------2---|-------2-----0---|
A|-----------------|---------------3-|-------3-------3-|-----------------|
E|-------3-------3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
 
   G                               Cmaj7                               G
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-----3-------|
B|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----0-----0-----|
G|---0-------0-----|-------0---0-----|---0-------0-----|-0-----0---------|
D|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---2-----------3-|-------3-------3-|------------g3---|
E|-------3-------3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
 
g = grace note hammer-on from scale step below
 
 
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Goodbye Tiger – Richard Clapton

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Thanks for this. Great effort! However, I think that Bm in the verse is the “Ralph” chord. Richard told me he uses it a lot and if you watch enough videos you can see what he plays. Later, he told me he actually picked it off David Crosby. 😂 it’s probably a modified Em9 but I just call it the Ralph chord, too! 🤷‍♂️ 0-2-4-0-3-0 Something like that… try it! Ralph is my favourite and one of the best singer-songwriters in Australia. 😎

Thanks for this. Clapton (not that one) is an underestimated writer who did some of the best stuff in the 70’s and 80’s Australian music scene.