Gallagher & Lyle, Breakaway (1976)
Key: :[C] (w: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)
INTRO: [F] [G] [C] [F] //
[F] [G] [Asus4] [Am]
VERSE 1:
[F] I watch the
[G] distant lights go
[C] down the
[F] runway
[F] Disa-
[G]-ppear into the
[C] evening
[F] sky
[Dm7] Oh you
[G] know I'm with you
[Am] on your journey
[F] Never
[G] could say good-
[Asus4]-bye
[Am]
VERSE 2:
[F] And you will
[G] waken in a-
[C]-nother
[F] country
[F] Greet the
[G] morning under
[C] foreign
[F] skies
[Dm7] Leaving
[G] me to face a-
[Am]-nother Monday
[F] It's not
[G] easy to get
[Asus4] by
PRE-CHORUS:
[A] It's not the place you're going
[Amaj7] to
[C#7] It's just a phase you're going
[F#m] through
[F#m/E]
[B7] Though I won't stop you, I don't
[E+] want you to
CHORUS:
Breaka-
[F#m7]-way
[B7] [D6/E] Fly across your
[A] ocean
Breaka-
[F#m7]-way
[B7] [D6/E] Time has come for
[A] you
Breaka-
[F#m7]-way
[B7] [D6/E] Fly across your
[A] ocean
Breaka-
[F#m7]-way
[B7] [D6/E] Time has come
VERSE 3:
[F] And now you
[G] travel on your
[C] own o-
[F]-pinion
[F] Leave your
[G] fears and doubts to
[C] fade a-
[F]-way
[Dm7] Dust your
[G] dreams and take them
[Am] on your journey
[F] Spread your
[G] wings and fly
[Asus4] away
[A]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[A] It's not the sun you're tryin to
[Amaj7] find
[C#7] Something else is on your
[F#m] mind
[F#m/E]
[B7] You need a little space and time to
[E] Breakaway
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [A5] [D5] [E5] :
[x2] //
[A open] 