{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2053319,"song":"Always Leaving","artist":"Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11449967-always-leaving-chords-by-walter-mitty-and-his-makeshift-orchestra/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2053319?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":10,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThought about it all day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nbeen meaning to tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nit's too late to explain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\ntoo soon to make sense of it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nall I can offer is this belated goodbye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust imagine if you're always coming and going[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\npurposely misplaced and not sure where home is[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut always get homesick in the cradle of night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee, if your heart had a backdoor I'd sure slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCowardly, but it's my go-to[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeems like every so-long needs some profound thing to say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut honest, there's nothing to tell you...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nExcept... I hope you enjoy this mess[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand what you love leads you to success[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when you think of me now and then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nforgive your friend who's always leaving.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I think distance is perfect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\ncause it prolongs our romanticized state in all this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand sometimes I really wanna call you but for some reason shy away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbecause I know you'd be glad, and that makes me sad.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'll show up on some cloudy day and we'll make a million pancakes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we'll talk like it's been no time at all, still young, dumb, impressionable[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]CM7[/ch]\r\nand you've finished Innocents Abroad[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]CM7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand you set me up with your extra cot[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]CM7[/ch]                   [ch]CM7[/ch]\r\nand I keep my stories to a minimum, cause you're sick of them[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I bet you would have loved the highlands of Guatemala,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEurail Belgium to Spain, backpacking Yosemite[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUtila on a full moon dive...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nour falling out was no one's but mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee, there's this ache in my chest and it won't go away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndoctor says I pulled a muscle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I think it's some residue from what I couldn't say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso I carved in the wall of a hostel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wrote... I hope you enjoy this mess[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand what you love leads you to success[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when you think of me now and then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nforgive your friend who's always leaving.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe I'm not cut out for all this[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmaybe I want more than life can give[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I hope you know it pains me to no end[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto be your friend who's always leaving.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nG D\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nG D","chords":["G","D","Em","C","CM7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}