To play the song in the original key place capo on 3rd fret and play in D major (the original key is F major)
Independence Day
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GDDAGGDG
P1:
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GDGDGDAG
S1:
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow
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GDGDGDAG
S2:
Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us There's a darkness in this town that's got us too But they can't touch me now and you can't touch me now They ain't gonna do to me what I watched them do to you
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GDAGGDAG
R1:
So say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day all down the line Just say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day this time
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GDGDGDAG
S3:
Now I don't know what it always was with us We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines There was just no way this house could hold the two of us I guess that we were just too much of the same kind
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GDAGGDAG
R2:
Well say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day all down the line Just say goodbye it's Independence Day All men must make their way come Independence Day
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GDDAGGDG
M1:
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GDGDGDAG
S4:
Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint And the highway she's deserted clear down to Breaker's Point There's a lot of people leaving town now leaving their friends, their homes At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone
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GDGDGDAG
S5:
Well Papa go to bed now, it's getting late Nothing we can say can change anything now Because there's just different people coming down here now and they see things in different ways And soon everything we've known will just be swept away
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GDAGGDAG
R3:
So say goodbye it's Independence Day Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say But won't you just say goodbye it's Independence Day I swear I never meant to take those things away
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GDDAGGDG
D1:
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