A*TEENS “HI AND GOODBYE”
(revised)

Chords used:

(D Major)

D......xx0232
D/F#...200232
Em.....022000
F#m....20x222
F#m7...202220
G......320003
G(9)...3x0203
Asus...x02230
A......x02220
Bm.....x24432

(E Major)

E......022100
F#m....200232
G#m....466444
A......x02220
A/C#...x4222x
Bsus...x24452
B......x24442
B/D#...x6444x
C#m....x46654


Intro:
D   A   Bm   F#m   G   Em   A

First Stanza:

Bm
  I see you walking down the street,

G
  I catch your eye before we meet,

A                                      G   A
  But you look down to check your feet.

Bm
  I wish I'd say, “Are you okay?

G
  You're looking better every day.”

A                                G   D
  But I just smile and walk away.

Pre-chorus:

Em             A
  Why did two lovers

D/F#             G
  End up like strangers?

Em              A               G(9)   A
  When did we stop seein’ eye to eye?


Chorus:

D        A               Bm       F#m
Every day, you took my breath away

                 G       A       G/B       Asus  A
But now there's no reply, only "hi", "goodbye".

         D            A              Bm       F#m
Like a dream come true, when it was me and you,

            G             A
Now I just don't know why,

         G/B       A               [1. D to Interlude] [2. Em to Bridge]
We say "hi", and "hi", and "goodbye".


[Interlude directly after first chorus:

...A  Bm  F#m  G

 Em            A
Hi and goodbye...]


Second Stanza:

Bm
  I know it sounds like a cliché,

G
  But when I pass our old café

A                                G   A
  It almost feels like yesterday.

Bm
  We shared a blanket in the cold

G
  To give a promise made of gold.

A                                      G   D
  We had a deal through heart and soul.


Pre-chorus


Chorus


Bridge:

      F#m7      Bm     G                      A
I remember the way we always had words to say

                     Em
And nothing could tear us apart,

     F#m
I knew you by heart.

 G
We were eye to eye...

 Em              A              D   A   Bm   F#m   G
Now we're only 'hi and goodbye'.


Key Change: to E Major


Final chorus (chords only):


E   B   C#m   G#m   A   B   A/C#   Bsus   B

E   B   C#m   G#m   A   B   A/C#   B

E   B   C#m   G#m   A   B   A/C#   Bsus   B

E   B/D#   C#m   G#m   A   B   A/C#   B


Outro:

E   B   C#m   G#m   A

 F#m          B
Hi and goodbye

E   B   C#m   G#m   A

 F#m          B   E
Hi and goodbye

The A*Teens are one of my favorite pop bands. I love this song. It's so sad,
and yet the fact that it's written in the major mode gives it an air of resignation
and acceptance to the way things are between the two lovers - and how they're going
to remain. Maybe it adds a bit of hope too.