A better copy...

Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
Words & Music by James Hudson & Calvin Carter
Recorded by The McGuire Sisters, 1954 (#7)


Refrain (sing twice):

C                Am7               Dm7    G7*
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go,

C                Am7               Dm7    G7*
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.

C          C7               F          Fm7
I hate to leave you, but I really must say

    C    G/B   G7    G/B   C
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.


C7          Dm7    Fdim         C       C7
Well, it's three o'clock in the morning;

Dm7    Fdim       G7       C    C7
Baby, I just can't treat you right.

      F                   Fm7
Oh, I hate to leave you, baby,

C      C/B A7       F      Dm7      G7
Don't mean maybe, because I love you so.



Repeat Refrain


C7      Dm7   Fdim         C       C7
Now, my mother    and my father,

      Dm7 Fdim   G7             C    C7
Might hear if I stay here too long,

    F             Fm7            C    C/B A7
One kiss and we'll part, and you'd better be going,

F                Dm7      G7 G#7   A7
Although I hate to see you go.



Final Refrain:



D                Bm7               Em7    A7
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go,

D                Bm7               Em7    A7
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go.

D DM7      D7       D6    G    G/F# F/E   
I hate to leave you, but I really must say

    D    D9    A7    Em7   D
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.



*The G7 chord that ends the first line of each verse suggests a variety of "walking bass" progressions of leading back to the C. A favorite of mine would voice the G7 as 323003, follwed by a G9 of 303203 and back to the G7 formation. The basic G-A-B to the C chord works just as well.