(Bb)This is for my peo ple who just (F)lost some bod y, your (Gm7)best friend, your ba by, your (Dm)man or your la dy.

(Eb)Put your hand way up high,

we will nev er (Cm7)say

bye.

No, no, no.

(Bb)Ma mas, dad dies, sis ters, broth ers, (F)friends and cous ins,

(Gm7)this is for my peo ple who lost their grand moth ers.

(Eb)Lift your head to the sky

’cause we will nev er (Cm7)say

bye.

(Bb)As a child

(F)there were them times

(Gm7)I did n’t get it but you (Dm)kept me in line.

I did n’t (Eb)know why you did n’t show up some times on Sun day morn ings and I (Cm7)missed you.

But I’m glad we (Eb)talked through

all them (Bb)grown folk things

sep a (F)ra tion brings.

You (Gm7)nev er let me know it, you (Dm)nev er let it show, be cause you (Eb)loved me

and ob vi (Bb)ous ly,

there’s so much (Cm7)more left to say if you were (Eb)with me to day, face to (Bb)face.

Nev er knew (F)I could hurt like this,

and ev ’ry day (Dm)life rolls on I wish I could talk to you for a while.

(Bb)Miss you but I try not to cry

as

time

goes

by.

And it’s true that you’ve (F)reached a bet ter place,

still I’d give the (Dm)world to see your face.

And be right here next to you,

but it’s like you’re gone too soon.

Now the hard est thing to do

is say

bye

bye.

Bye (F)bye, bye bye, bye (Gm7)bye.

Bye (Dm)bye, bye bye, bye (Eb)bye.

Bye (Bb)bye, bye bye, bye (Cm7)bye.

Bye (Eb)bye.

And you (Bb)nev er got a chance to see how (F)good I’ve done,

and you (Gm7)nev er got to see me back at (Dm)num ber one.

I (Eb)wish that you were here to cel e (Bb)brate

to geth er, I (Cm7)wish that we could spend the hol i (Eb)days

to geth er.

I re (Bb)mem ber when you used to tuck me (F)in at night

with the (Gm7)ted dy bear you gave me that I (Dm)held so tight.

I (Eb)thought you were so strong you’d make it (Bb)through

what ev er, it’s (Cm7)so hard to ac cept the fact you’re (Eb)gone

for ev er.

I nev er knew (Eb)bye.

(CN.C.)This is for my peo ples who just lost some bod y, your best friend, your ba by, your man, or your la dy.

Put your hand way up high,

we will nev er say

bye.

No, no no.

(Bb)Ma mas, dad dies, sis ters, broth ers, (F)friends and cous ins,

(Gm7)this is for my peo ples who lost their grand moth ers.

(Eb)Lift your head to the sky

’cause we will nev er (Cm7)say

bye,

bye.

Nev er knew (F)I could hurt like this,

and ev ’ry day (Dm)life rolls on I wish I could talk to you for a while.

(Bb)Miss you but I try not to cry

as

time

goes

by.

And it’s true that you’ve (F)reached a bet ter place,

still I’d give the (Dm)world to see your face.

And be right here next to you,

but it’s like you’re gone too soon.

Now the hard est thing to do

is say

bye

bye.

Bye (F)bye, bye bye, bye (Gm7)bye.

Bye (Dm)bye, bye bye, bye (Eb)bye.

Bye (Bb)bye, bye bye, bye (Cm7)bye.

Bye (Eb)bye.

Bye (F)bye, bye bye, bye (Gm7)bye.

Bye (Dm)bye, bye bye, bye (Eb)bye.

Bye (Bb)bye, bye bye, bye (Cm7)bye.

Bye (Eb)bye.

Bye