Gallagher & Lyle, Breakaway (1976)
Key: :[G#] (w: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)
INTRO: [C#] [D#] [G#] [C#] //
[C#] [D#] [Fsus4] [Fm]
VERSE 1:
[C#] I watch the
[D#] distant lights go
[G#] down the
[C#] runway
[C#] Disa-
[D#]-ppear into the
[G#] evening
[C#] sky
[A#m7] Oh you
[D#] know I'm with you
[Fm] on your journey
[C#] Never
[D#] could say good-
[Fsus4]-bye
[Fm]
VERSE 2:
[C#] And you will
[D#] waken in a-
[G#]-nother
[C#] country
[C#] Greet the
[D#] morning under
[G#] foreign
[C#] skies
[A#m7] Leaving
[D#] me to face a-
[Fm]-nother Monday
[C#] It's not
[D#] easy to get
[Fsus4] by
PRE-CHORUS:
[F] It's not the place you're going
[Fmaj7] to
[A7] It's just a phase you're going
[Dm] through
[Dm/C]
[G7] Though I won't stop you, I don't
[C+] want you to
CHORUS:
Breaka-
[Dm7]-way
[G7] [A#6/C] Fly across your
[F] ocean
Breaka-
[Dm7]-way
[G7] [A#6/C] Time has come for
[F] you
Breaka-
[Dm7]-way
[G7] [A#6/C] Fly across your
[F] ocean
Breaka-
[Dm7]-way
[G7] [A#6/C] Time has come
VERSE 3:
[C#] And now you
[D#] travel on your
[G#] own o-
[C#]-pinion
[C#] Leave your
[D#] fears and doubts to
[G#] fade a-
[C#]-way
[A#m7] Dust your
[D#] dreams and take them
[Fm] on your journey
[C#] Spread your
[D#] wings and fly
[Fsus4] away
[F]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[F] It's not the sun you're tryin to
[Fmaj7] find
[A7] Something else is on your
[Dm] mind
[Dm/C]
[G7] You need a little space and time to
[C] Breakaway
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [F5] [A#5] [C5] :
[x2] //
[F open] 