Verse 1CG
Well, I came by your house the other day
AmC
Your mother said you went away
FC
She said there was nothing that I could have done
GC
There was nothing nobody could say
CG
Me and you, we've known each other
AmC
Yeah, ever since we were sixteen
F
I wished I would have known
C
I wished I could have called you
FGC
Just to say "Goodbye, Bobby Jean"
Verse 2CGAmC
Now you hung with me when all the others turned away turned up their nose
F
We liked the same music
C
We liked the same bands
GC
We liked the same clothes
CG
We told each other that we were the wildest
AmC
The wildest things we'd ever seen
F
Now I wished you would have told me
C
I wished I could have talked to you
FGC
Just to say "Goodbye, Bobby Jean"
BridgeF
Now we went walking in the rain
CAm
Talking about the pain from the world we hid
F
Now there ain't nobody, nowhere, nohow
CG
Gonna ever understand me the way you did
Verse 3CG
Well maybe you'll be out there on that road somewhere
AmC
In some bus or train traveling along
FC
In some motel room there'll be a radio playing
GC
And you'll hear me sing this song
CG
Well if you do, you'll know I'm thinking of you
AmC
And all the miles in between
FCAm
And I'm just calling one last time, not to change your mind
FGC
But just to say "I miss you baby. Good luck. Goodbye, Bobby Jean"
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