Chords:
a2: x02200
d2: xx0230
*** intro:
e | b a
c#m | b e
a | e b | d2 |

*** verse 1:
a2 e
remember this, given us
c#m b a2
by someone's set of parents
e b
i don't recall, i admit
d2 a2
i don't know just who's to blame
e f#m
for relics of our history...
A2 e
to tell the truth, it wasn't bad
c#m b a2
we had to have a reason
e b
and lack of love wasn't it
d2 a2
we both know we had a past
e f#m
but present must contain
a e b
a future where both of us can fit

*** chorus:
e b a
so long and sorry, darling
c#m b e
i was counting to forever
a e b
and never even got to ten
e b a
so long and sorry, darling
c#m b e
when we found a rip in heaven
a e b d2
we should have just ascended then

*** verse 2:
it's funny how you just assume a2 | e
you're going to work it out c#m | b | a2
or give it at least a try e | b |
but optimistic feelings can't be d2 | a
passed from hand to hand e | f#m
you handle them they tend to die a | e | b

*** chorus:
so long and sorry, darling e | b a
i was counting to forever c#m | b e
and never even got to ten a | e b
so long and sorry, darling e | b a
when we found a rip in heaven c#m | b e
we should have just ascended then a | e b

*** bridge:
d2 e
well, better than if i just go away
g#m c#m b a a2
preserving the fiction of
e
indifference now
b
replacing love

*** instrumental:
e | b a
c#m | b e
a | e b
*** chorus:
so long and sorry, darling e | b a
i was counting to forever c#m | b e
and never even got to ten a | e b
so long and sorry, darling e | b a
when we found a rip in heaven c#m | b e
we should have just ascended then a | e b
*** coda:
a e b
we should have just ascended then
a e b
we should have just ascended then
D /c# /b | a /g# /f# | e