Gallagher & Lyle, Breakaway (1976)
Key: :[A] (w: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)
INTRO: [D] [E] [A] [D] //
[D] [E] [F#sus4] [F#m]
VERSE 1:
[D] I watch the
[E] distant lights go
[A] down the
[D] runway
[D] Disa-
[E]-ppear into the
[A] evening
[D] sky
[Bm7] Oh you
[E] know I'm with you
[F#m] on your journey
[D] Never
[E] could say good-
[F#sus4]-bye
[F#m]
VERSE 2:
[D] And you will
[E] waken in a-
[A]-nother
[D] country
[D] Greet the
[E] morning under
[A] foreign
[D] skies
[Bm7] Leaving
[E] me to face a-
[F#m]-nother Monday
[D] It's not
[E] easy to get
[F#sus4] by
PRE-CHORUS:
[F#] It's not the place you're going
[F#maj7] to
[A#7] It's just a phase you're going
[D#m] through
[D#m/C#]
[G#7] Though I won't stop you, I don't
[C#+] want you to
CHORUS:
Breaka-
[D#m7]-way
[G#7] [B6/C#] Fly across your
[F#] ocean
Breaka-
[D#m7]-way
[G#7] [B6/C#] Time has come for
[F#] you
Breaka-
[D#m7]-way
[G#7] [B6/C#] Fly across your
[F#] ocean
Breaka-
[D#m7]-way
[G#7] [B6/C#] Time has come
VERSE 3:
[D] And now you
[E] travel on your
[A] own o-
[D]-pinion
[D] Leave your
[E] fears and doubts to
[A] fade a-
[D]-way
[Bm7] Dust your
[E] dreams and take them
[F#m] on your journey
[D] Spread your
[E] wings and fly
[F#sus4] away
[F#]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[F#] It's not the sun you're tryin to
[F#maj7] find
[A#7] Something else is on your
[D#m] mind
[D#m/C#]
[G#7] You need a little space and time to
[C#] Breakaway
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [F#5] [B5] [C#5] :
[x2] //
[F# open] 