Gallagher & Lyle, Breakaway (1976)
Key: :[A#] (w: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)
INTRO: [D#] [F] [A#] [D#] //
[D#] [F] [Gsus4] [Gm]
VERSE 1:
[D#] I watch the
[F] distant lights go
[A#] down the
[D#] runway
[D#] Disa-
[F]-ppear into the
[A#] evening
[D#] sky
[Cm7] Oh you
[F] know I'm with you
[Gm] on your journey
[D#] Never
[F] could say good-
[Gsus4]-bye
[Gm]
VERSE 2:
[D#] And you will
[F] waken in a-
[A#]-nother
[D#] country
[D#] Greet the
[F] morning under
[A#] foreign
[D#] skies
[Cm7] Leaving
[F] me to face a-
[Gm]-nother Monday
[D#] It's not
[F] easy to get
[Gsus4] by
PRE-CHORUS:
[G] It's not the place you're going
[Gmaj7] to
[B7] It's just a phase you're going
[Em] through
[Em/D]
[A7] Though I won't stop you, I don't
[D+] want you to
CHORUS:
Breaka-
[Em7]-way
[A7] [C6/D] Fly across your
[G] ocean
Breaka-
[Em7]-way
[A7] [C6/D] Time has come for
[G] you
Breaka-
[Em7]-way
[A7] [C6/D] Fly across your
[G] ocean
Breaka-
[Em7]-way
[A7] [C6/D] Time has come
VERSE 3:
[D#] And now you
[F] travel on your
[A#] own o-
[D#]-pinion
[D#] Leave your
[F] fears and doubts to
[A#] fade a-
[D#]-way
[Cm7] Dust your
[F] dreams and take them
[Gm] on your journey
[D#] Spread your
[F] wings and fly
[Gsus4] away
[G]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BRIDGE:
[G] It's not the sun you're tryin to
[Gmaj7] find
[B7] Something else is on your
[Em] mind
[Em/D]
[A7] You need a little space and time to
[D] Breakaway
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [G5] [C5] [D5] :
[x2] //
[G open] 