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[Verse]
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Last night I heard a record playin'
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On the radio, as I walked through the door
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And the song revived some sweet old memories
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'Cause I knew I've heard the tune somewhere be- -fore

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I stopped a moment and I listened
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And then I finally real- -ized
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That you were here the night you wrote it
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A song called The Beginning Of Good bye

[Chorus]
  G                             D
I knew, that night, that it was over
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And that I couldn't keep you. Should I try?
       D                       G
'Cause you were really talkin' to me
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*When you wrote The Beginning Of Good bye

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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You left, and patiently I waited
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'Cause I believed you'd write to me
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But you don't have time there for an old friend
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With your new friends in Nashville, Tennessee

[Chorus]
  G                             D
I knew, that night, that it was over
                                       A7
And that I couldn't keep you. Should I try?
       D                       G
'Cause you were really talkin' to me
      A7                               D
*When you wrote The Beginning Of Good bye