G D A7 D G A7 D [Verse] D G Last night I heard a record playin' D A7 On the radio, as I walked through the door D G And the song revived some sweet old memories A7 D 'Cause I knew I've heard the tune somewhere be- -fore G I stopped a moment and I listened D A7 And then I finally real- -ized D G That you were here the night you wrote it A7 D D7 A song called The Beginning Of Good bye [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 [Instrumental] G D A7 D G A7 D [Verse] D G You left, and patiently I waited D A7 'Cause I believed you'd write to me D G But you don't have time there for an old friend A7 D D7 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