Crosby, Stills & Nash – 49 Bye Byes (Guitar)

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[Intro] (3/4) B E A E G#m x2 [Verse 1]

B           E       Amaj7    B
 Forty nine reasons all in a line

B            E          Amaj7 E           G#m
 All of them good ones, a  -  all of them lies

B                E           Amaj7     B
Driftin' with my lady, we're oldest of friends

B              E                Amaj7 E      G#m
 Need a little work and there's fen - ces to mend

[Verse 2] (4/4)

B           Bsus4
 Steady girl     be my world

(Steady girl)

B                    Bsus4
'Til the drifter come,    now she's gone

(Be my world)

B              Bsus4
 I let that man     play his hand

(Drifter come)

B             Bsus4             F#
 I let them go,    how was I to know?

(Now you're gone)

                                     B
I'm down on my knees, nobody left to please

[Verse 3] (3/4)

E  A  E  G#m
(no lyrics)

B         E          A           B
 Now it's over, they left in the spring

B            E                   A  E      G#m
 Her and the drifter looking for beautiful things

B     E     A     B
(no lyrics)

B     E     A     E    G#m
(no lyrics)

[Verse 4] (4/4)

B           Bsus4
 Steady girl     be my world

(Steady girl)

B                    Bsus4
'Til the drifter come,    now she's gone

(Be my world)

B              Bsus4
 I let that man     play his hand

(Drifter come)

B             Bsus4             F#
 I let them go,    how was I to know?

(Now you're gone)

                                     B
I'm down on my knees, nobody left to please

[Pre-Chorus]

Bsus4   B     Bsus4        B
  On my knees,     feeling wrong

Bsus4    B     Bsus4    F# C# E A F#/A#
  Mama's gone, oh

[Chorus 1]

B       G#m   F#
Bye bye ba  - by (Bye, bye baby)

A  Amaj7 E                      B  Bsus4 B
Wri  -   te if you think of it maybe

B      G#m  F#
Know I love you (Know I love you)

A Amaj7 E                        B  Bsus4 B
Go      if it means that much to you

[Bridge]

                 F#
Hey, but you can run baby

       E                 D                  A
If the feeling's wrong before too long it's crazy

           B                      A                           B
And you're trapped, babe, and you know that's not where it's at, babe

            A                        B
You're just seein' things through a cat's eye, baby

B
 That's not my old lady

             A/B       B
Come on and tell me ba - by

            A/B       B
You better tell me ba - by

          F# C# E           A    F#/A#
Who do you       Who do you lo - ve?

[Chorus 2]

B         G#m   F#
Time will tell  us

A Amaj7 E              B  Bsus4 B
Who      is trying to sell us

B        G#m   F#
Bye, bye ba  - by (Bye, bye, bye, bye baby)

A  Amaj7 E                     B  Bsus4 B
Wri  -   te if you think of it maybe

[Bridge]

                 F#
Hey, but you can run baby

       E                 D                  A
If the feeling's wrong before too long it's crazy

           B                      A                           B
And you're trapped, babe, and you know that's not where it's at, babe

            A                        B
You're just seein' things through a cat's eye, baby

B
 That's not my old lady

             A/B       B
Come on and tell me ba - by

            A/B       B
You better tell me ba - by

          F# C# E           A    F#/A#
Who do you       Who do you lo - ve?

[Outro] (3/4) B E A E G#m