BYE  BYE  LOVE

Time signature:  4/4
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Popularized by the Everly Brothers
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Accordion Notation
​For this Unit 3, please ignore the bar lines and focus on the treble notes.

​Outside row (low) = Buttons 2 - 5  ​plus o1
Chorus:

  :4*  :4*   |   ::4   |   :4*    :4*   |   .4   "3*   .;3   |   .r          
Bye  bye      love,    bye  bye     hap-pi-ness,    

.4*   .4*   |   .4   "3*   :3      "2   |   .3      .3   .3*    "3*  "3~ | ~::    |
hel - lo      lone - li - ness,    I      think  I'm  gon - na   cry____. 

  :4*  :4*   |   ::4   |   :4*    :4*   |   .4      "3*   .;3    |   .r    
Bye  bye      love,   bye   bye     sweet  ca - ress, 

.4*    :4*   |    .4   "3*   :3     "2   |   .3    .3   .3*    "3*    "3~ | ~:    .r
Hel - lo       emp - ti - ness,   I       feel  like  I     could die_____. 

 .2   |   .3      .3     .3*     "3*  "3~ | ~::     |
Bye    bye   my  love    bye  bye_____.


Verse 1 (of 2)

   .4      .3*    .3   |   :3*  :3*~ | ~.   .3*     .3     .2*   |   ::3     |   .r
There goes my      ba - by____   with some-one      new; 

  .4     .3*     .3     |   :3*   :3*~ | ~.    .3*  .3     .2*   |   ::3     |   .r
She  sure  looks     hap - py___,       I  sure  am      blue. 

  .3    .3*    .4   |   :4*   :4*~ | ~.   .4   .4*         .o1     |   ::5    |   .r
She  was  my      ba - by____    till   he     stepped       in;  

   .5     .4*  .4   |   :3*    :3*~ | ~.    .3*    .3       .2*   |   ::3~ | ~::    |      
Good-bye  to       ro-mance___  that  might  have     been___ 


Note:  Repeat chorus after each verse.
          Repeat final line of closing chorus a couple of times, fading out at end.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Key:  A

Group:  The Everly Brothers 

​Posted by:  catman916

Recorded in 1957
Key:  Gb

Group:  Simon & garfunkel

​Posted by:  ​kylecrazyford

Gb is not a common accordion key, but (further down this list), Simon & Garfunkel sing it with the Everly Brothers in the key of A.
Key:   Eb

Singers:   Ricky Nelson and
                The Four Preps

​Posted by:  BIRDY KITTEN

Performed in 1957
Key:  C

Singer:  Anne Murray

Posted by:  jerico1960
Key:  A

Singer:   Roy Orbison

Posted by: bisindie54

In this video, the chorus of the song is "abbreviated", and in different ways.
​
Key:  B ?

Singer:  Madeleine Peyroux

Posted by: RTL - Toujours
                  avec vous
Key:  B

Group:  The Ditty Bops

​Posted by:  Stefano Zino
Key:  C

Group:  The Willis Clan (Jet,
              Brenda & Jenny)

Posted by: CCF Media

They omit the second verse.
Key:  Ab

Singers:  Glen Campbell and
                Ray Charles

​Posted by: 
              GlenCampbellVEVO

​
Key:  A

Singers:  Billy Gilman and
               Adam Levine (coach)

Posted by: billy gilman blog
Key:  A

Groups:  The Everly Brothers
                Simon & Garfunkel 

Posted by: Chakhnashvilli
                   Paata

New York concert 2003
Key:  Ab

Singer:  Joan Baez, and the
              Grateful Dead

​Posted by:  Dead Toons
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
Chorus:  Bye bye love,  bye bye happiness,
               Hello loneliness,
               I think I'm-a gonna cry.
               Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress,
               Hello emptiness,
               I feel like I could die;
               Bye bye my love bye-bye.

There goes my baby with-a someone new
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She was my baby till he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might have been

Chorus:  Bye bye love,  bye bye happiness,
               Hello loneliness,
               I think I'm-a gonna cry.
               Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress,
               Hello emptiness,
               I feel like I could die;
               Bye bye my love bye-bye.

I'm-a through with romance, I'm a-through with love
I'm through with a'countin' the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free
My lovin' baby is through with me

Chorus:  Bye bye love,  bye bye happiness,
               Hello loneliness,
               I think I'm-a gonna cry.
               Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress,
               Hello emptiness,
               I feel like I could die;
               Bye bye my love bye-bye.
               Bye bye my love bye-bye.
               Bye bye my love bye-bye.
Background Links:
Click HERE for additional info about this song  (wikipedia).

Click HERE  for biographical info on the Everly Brothers (wikipedia)
​
Click HERE ​for information about the husband and wife composing team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (wikipedia) .