Gallagher & Lyle, Breakaway (1976)
Key: :[B] (w: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)
INTRO: [E] [F#] [B] [E] //
[E] [F#] [G#sus4] [G#m]
VERSE 1:
[E] I watch the
[F#] distant lights go
[B] down the
[E] runway
[E] Disa-
[F#]-ppear into the
[B] evening
[E] sky
[C#m7] Oh you
[F#] know I'm with you
[G#m] on your journey
[E] Never
[F#] could say good-
[G#sus4]-bye
[G#m]
VERSE 2:
[E] And you will
[F#] waken in a-
[B]-nother
[E] country
[E] Greet the
[F#] morning under
[B] foreign
[E] skies
[C#m7] Leaving
[F#] me to face a-
[G#m]-nother Monday
[E] It's not
[F#] easy to get
[G#sus4] by
PRE-CHORUS:
[G#] It's not the place you're going
[G#maj7] to
[C7] It's just a phase you're going
[Fm] through
[Fm/D#]
[A#7] Though I won't stop you, I don't
[D#+] want you to
CHORUS:
Breaka-
[Fm7]-way
[A#7] [C#6/D#] Fly across your
[G#] ocean
Breaka-
[Fm7]-way
[A#7] [C#6/D#] Time has come for
[G#] you
Breaka-
[Fm7]-way
[A#7] [C#6/D#] Fly across your
[G#] ocean
Breaka-
[Fm7]-way
[A#7] [C#6/D#] Time has come
VERSE 3:
[E] And now you
[F#] travel on your
[B] own o-
[E]-pinion
[E] Leave your
[F#] fears and doubts to
[B] fade a-
[E]-way
[C#m7] Dust your
[F#] dreams and take them
[G#m] on your journey
[E] Spread your
[F#] wings and fly
[G#sus4] away
[G#]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[G#] It's not the sun you're tryin to
[G#maj7] find
[C7] Something else is on your
[Fm] mind
[Fm/D#]
[A#7] You need a little space and time to
[D#] Breakaway
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [G#5] [C#5] [D#5] :
[x2] //
[G# open] 