Chords for Patty Loveless — "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" — Live | 1994

_ _ _ This song is I hope that it moved you as much as it moved me the very first time I heard it
I thought I was never ever ever gonna be able to get through the lyrics of this song and
It was actually inspired
By one of the writers who's what his name is Burton Collins.
It was inspired by his grandmother who passed away a few years ago and
It [C#] means a whole lot to him and and I think it might mean [E] something to you too
_ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F#] through the back window
[E]
59 way [B] I watched my best friend Jamie slip further [F#] away I
Kept on waving
[E] Till I [B] couldn't see
And through my tears I asked [F#] again why we [B] couldn't [F#] stay
[E] Mama whispered softly
[F#] Time will ease your [E] pain
laughs about change and [F#] nothing ever stays the same and [B] she said how can I
To [F#] say [B] goodbye
_ So okay to her and it's [F#] okay to cry
[E] Come let [F#] me hold you [B] and I [E] will try
_ [B] How can [G#m] I _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Say Goodbye [E] [B] I
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] Sit [F#] on our [E] bed.
He [B] packed his suitcase.
I
held a [F#] picture of
our wedding day
His hands were trembling
[E] We both [B] were crying
He kissed me gently and then [E] he [F#] quickly walked [B] away [E] I
Called him mom
She [B] said time will [F#] ease your pain
[E] Laughs about change [Bm] and nothing never stays [F#] the same and she said [B] how can I? _
[F#] To [B] say goodbye
So okay to her
[G#] And so [F#] okay to cry
[E] Come [F#] let me hold you [B] and I [E] will try
_ [B] How [G#m] can I help you [B] _ [F#] Say _ _
Goodbye
_ [B] _ [B] Sitting _ [F#] _ [A#m] _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ with mom
[E] Alone in her bedroom
[B] She opened her
[F#] And then squeezed my hand
She said I have to go now [E] my time here is old [B] and
With her final words.
She tried to [F#] help me [B] understand
[E] Mama whispered softly [B] time will [F#] ease your [E] pain
Laughs about change and [B] nothing ever [F#] stays the same
And she [B] said how can I?
_ [F#] Say [B] goodbye
_ So okay to her and it's okay [F#] to cry
[E] Come let [F#] me hold [B] you
Now [E] we'll try _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] How can I [G#m] _ _ [B] _ [F#] Say _ _ goodbye _ [B] _ [E] [B] You
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _
_ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _