Goodbye Dolly

Intro
A    E    F#m7    Goodbye DDolly

Verse 1
The ANews Came Soft, But It Hit Like A EWave.
Took The Breath From The F#m7World And The Words I Couldn't Save.D​
You Lived A Life So AFull It Barely Fit Inside These YearsE.
From The Mountains Of TennesF#m7see To The Stage And The TDears.
You Sang A Coat Of Many AColors And The Love That Never EFades,
Turn Hard Times Into An F#m7Anthem The World Still PDlays.

Verse 2
A Little Girl With Big ADreams Who Never Once Looked EDown.
Built A Kingdom Out Of RhineF#m7stones And A Heart That Wore A CDrown.

Chorus
Goodbye ADolly. Though The Words Feel Hard To ESay,
Heaven Gave A F#m7Legend On This QDuiet August Day.
Goodbye ADolly. Rest Easy At ELast.
The Songs You Left BeF#m7hind Us Will NDever Be The Past.
You Gave Us Joy And AHonesty And Strength We Didn't EKnow.
Now The Stage Is A Little F#m7Darker And The LDights Are Burning Low.
GoodAbye, GoodEbye Dolly

Verse 3
AYou Wrote The Songs That Held Us When The Nights Got ELong And Cold.
Told Us It Was F#m7Okay To Be Soft And SDtill Be Bold.
From Jolene To 9 To A5, And The Ones That Made Us Cry,
You Put The Truth Inside The EMelody And Never Told A Lie.
You Loved Your Carl For F#m7Decades, Kept That Promise Pure And True.
And When He Left DLast Year, It Broke A Piece Of You.
Still You Kept On AGiving, Still You Kept On Shining Bright,
Until The Final ECurtain Fell On This Quiet Summer DNight.
I Keep AHearing All The Laughter That You Left Inside The Air,
The EWay You Made The Broken Feel Like Someone Still Could Care.
You F#m7Opened Doors For Dreamers And You Never Asked For Praises,
Kept On DPlanting Seeds Of Hope In A Thousand Different Ways.
The ABooks You Sent To Children, The Light You Poured On Every Stage,
The EWay You Made The Ordinary Feel Like Something We Could Save.
F#m780 Years Of Living And Still It Feels Too Soon,
Like The DMusic Stopped Before The Final Verse Was Through.

Chorus
Goodbye ADolly. Though The Words Feel Hard To ESay,
Heaven Gave A F#m7Legend On This QDuiet August Day.
Goodbye ADolly. Rest Easy Now At ELast.
The Songs You Left BeF#m7hind Us Will NDever Be The Past.
You Gave Us Joy And AHonesty And Strength We Didn't EKnow.
Now The Stage Is A Little F#m7Darker And The LDights Are Burning Low.
GoodAbye, GoodEbye Dolly

Verse 4
I AHope The Quiet Finds You Gentle.
I EHope The Pain Has Finally Ceased.
F#m7I Hope You’re Somewhere Singing Where The WDeary Find Their Peace.
You Gave More Than AMost Will Ever Give.
You Loved More Than EMost Will Ever Show.
And Even Though The F#m7Final Note Is Falling, Your MDusic Still Will Grow.
Young AGirls With Big Dreams Will Still Be Listening To Your Sound,
E  Finding Courage In The WayF#m7   You Stood Your Sacred Ground.
D  The World Feels A Little QuieAter, A Little Less Complete,
E  Without The Voice That Taught Us HowF#m7   To Rise Above Defeat.
D   So We’ll Keep Your Songs APlaying When The Nights Get Far Too ELong,
And Hope That Somewhere Far AF#m7bove You're Singing Your Own SDong.
Goodbye Is Just A Word We ASay When The Living Still Remain,
E  But The Love You Left BeDhind Us Will Never Know That Name.

Chorus
Goodbye ADolly. Though The Words Feel Hard To ESay,
Heaven Gave A F#m7Legend On This QDuiet August Day.
Goodbye ADolly. Rest Easy Now At ELast.
The Songs You Left BeF#m7hind Us Will NDever Be The Past.
You Gave Us Joy And AHonesty And Strength We Didn't EKnow.
Now The Stage Is A Little F#m7Darker And The LDights Are Burning Low.
A  Goodbye, GoodEbye Goodbye F#m7Dolly, Yeah, RDest Easy Now.
You ALived Enough For EAll Of Us.D    Goodbye, ADolly.