Intro: B

B           E               B
Young James McGill was born alive
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The doctors rescuing him with knives
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But his young mother went and died,
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James he cried, his first goodbye
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James he cried, Hello Goodbye
E         B            F#  B 
oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo

B          E              B
A doctor came with a blue zeal
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then diagnosed the boy surreal
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They sealed him in a room of steel
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To seal the world, to heal the boy
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He would no longer have to feel
E         B            F#  B 
oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo

B           E                   B
So built a fortress in his manger
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So made a sun made out of paper
E                B    E            B
So forged a friend of wind and vapor
E            B   E               F#
Oh come on James for godness sake, oh
E         B            F#  B E         B            F#     B
oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo-oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo

E                 B         F#           B
From a spark to a flame to a fire in the rain
E               B               F#           B
To a smolder in sky that brings tear to your eyes
E                       B              F#          B
That will stream to the sea, that will burn in the light
E                     B                F#            B
That will lift to the clouds what will rain when you die
E         B         F#       B      
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada
E         B         F#       B
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada

B
Then one day,
B
Then one day,
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Then one day old James he died
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His cold heart still his body's white
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But still he rose up to the sky
E             B
He rolled his eyes
E        B
Began to cry
E           B  E         F#
Hello Goodbye was just a lie
E         B            F#  B 
oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo

B               E                    B
Dear god I hope that the last part's true
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For as this song is nearly through
B             E                B
One thing for sure can't be the night
E                 B
This song will end
E     B
Ladadada
E     B E           F#
Ladadada, Hello Goodbye
E         B            F#  B E         B            F#     B
oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo-oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo

E                 B         F#              B
From a spark to a flame to a fire in the rain
E                   B            F#              B
To a smolder in sky that brings tear to your eyes
E                   B            F#              B
That will stream to the sea, that will burn in the light
E                   B            F#              B
That will lift to the clouds what will rain when you die
E         B         F#       B      
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada
E         B         F#       B    
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada