Chords for Michael W. Smith - How To Say Goodbye (with intro)

[N] [C] How to Say Goodbye.
This song is from [Ab]
the record Stand,
_ _ inspired [Bb] by dropping _ my daughter Whitney [Ab] off to college
in Southern [Am] California.
It's one of the [Ab] hardest things I've ever [Bb] had to do.
You try to seize that moment when they're three, five,
and 10, and 15, [Ab] and all of a sudden it's time to let them go
and that's not real easy.
_ _ And so that was the [A] inspiration for the song.
Hopefully this [Bb] song will be a comfort to you,
whether it's _ graduation, one of your kids getting married.
_ This is just a part of [Ab] life.
So _ _ _ now with no [Bb] further ado, here is [G] How to Say Goodbye. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Tell me when the time we had slipped away.
_ Tomorrow [Am] turned to yesterday _ [F] and I [G] don't [F] know how. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Tell me what can stop this [F] river of [C] tears.
It's [Am] been building up for [F] years for this moment [C] now. _
_ _ _ Here I _ [Am]
stand, _ [F] _ arms open [C]
wide.
_ _ _ I've held you [Am]
close, kept you [F] safe till you could [C] fly.
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_ _ [C] _ Tell me where the road ahead [F] is [C] gonna bend
and how to [Am] harness up [F] the wind and [G] how to [C] say goodbye. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Tell me why, _ why does following your dreams
make you [Am] far away from [F] me?
_ And I [G] knew that it [F] would. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Tell me how to fill the [F] space you left [C] behind
and how [Am] to laugh instead of [F] cry and how [G] to say [C] goodbye. _ _
_ _ _ Here I [Am] _ _
stand, [F] _ arms open _
[C] wide.
_ _ [G] I've held you [Am]
close, kept [F] you safe till you could [C] fly.
_ Tell me how to fill the space you left behind
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ Tell me where the road [F] ahead is gonna [C] bend
and how [Am] to harness up the wind [F] and how to [G] say goodbye.
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