Gallagher & Lyle, Breakaway (1976)
Key: :[C#] (w: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)
INTRO: [F#] [G#] [C#] [F#] //
[F#] [G#] [A#sus4] [A#m]
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
[D#m7] Oh you
[G#] know I'm with you
[A#m] on your journey
[F#] Never
[G#] could say good-
[A#sus4]-bye
[A#m]
VERSE 2:
[F#] And you will
[G#] waken in a-
[C#]-nother
[F#] country
[F#] Greet the
[G#] morning under
[C#] foreign
[F#] skies
[D#m7] Leaving
[G#] me to face a-
[A#m]-nother Monday
[F#] It's not
[G#] easy to get
[A#sus4] by
PRE-CHORUS:
[A#] It's not the place you're going
[A#maj7] to
[D7] It's just a phase you're going
[Gm] through
[Gm/F]
[C7] Though I won't stop you, I don't
[F+] want you to
CHORUS:
Breaka-
[Gm7]-way
[C7] [D#6/F] Fly across your
[A#] ocean
Breaka-
[Gm7]-way
[C7] [D#6/F] Time has come for
[A#] you
Breaka-
[Gm7]-way
[C7] [D#6/F] Fly across your
[A#] ocean
Breaka-
[Gm7]-way
[C7] [D#6/F] 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
[D#m7] Dust your
[G#] dreams and take them
[A#m] on your journey
[F#] Spread your
[G#] wings and fly
[A#sus4] away
[A#]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[A#] It's not the sun you're tryin to
[A#maj7] find
[D7] Something else is on your
[Gm] mind
[Gm/F]
[C7] You need a little space and time to
[F] Breakaway
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [A#5] [D#5] [F5] :
[x2] //
[A# open] 