Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Chords
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Benny Goodman is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, Em7, A7, F, D7, Gm, Fdim, Gm6, Am, G, D7/13-, E7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D Bm D Bm Em7 A7
Ev'ry time we say goodbye, I die a little.
D A7 F A7 D D7 Gm
Ev'ry time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little,
D Fdim Gm6 A7 Am D7 G
Why the gods above me, who must be in the know,
Gm D7/13- Fdim A7
Think so little of me they allow you to go.
D Bm D Bm D Bm E7 A7
When you're near there's such an air of spring about it,
D A7 F A7 D D7 G Gm
I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it.
D Fdim Gm A7
There's no love song finer,
D7 G Gm
But how strange the change from major to minor
D B7 E7 G A7 D
Ev'ry time we say good-bye.