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If You Go Away

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      (orig. = capo 3rd)    (Terry Jacks)
1. IAmf you go away, on this summer day,
    then you might Dmas well take the sun away,
    all the birdGs that flew in the summer sky,
    when our love waCs new and our hearts were high.
    When the day was yFoung, and the nights were long,E  
    and the moon stAmood still for the nightbird's song.
    If you go aFway, if you go away, if Eyou go away.Am  
But if you stay, AmI'll make you a dayF  
like no day has been, or wiEll be again.Am  
We'll sail the sun, weAm'll ride on the rain,F  
we'll talk to the trees, weG'll fly with the wind.Am  
2. But if you go awaAmy, when I love you so,
    there'll be nothiDmng left in the world you know,
    just an emptGy room full of empty space
    like the empty Clook I see on your face.
    If you go aFway, if you go away, if Eyou go away.Am  
+  CHORUS    +  But if you go away, if you Dmgo away, if you go awayE.Am  

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If You Go Away

by Terry Jacks

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Terry Jacks)

1. If you go away, on this summer day,

then you might as well take the sun away,

all the birds that flew in the summer sky,

when our love was new and our hearts were high.

F E

When the day was young, and the nights were long,

and the moon stood still for the nightbird's song.

F E Am

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

Am F

But if you stay, I'll make you a day

E Am

like no day has been, or will be again.

Am F

We'll sail the sun, we'll ride on the rain,

G Am

we'll talk to the trees, we'll fly with the wind.

2. But if you go away, when I love you so,

there'll be nothing left in the world you know,

just an empty room full of empty space

like the empty look I see on your face.

F E Am

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

Dm E Am

+ CHORUS + But if you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

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