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On The Turning Away

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[Intro]
G C G C D
G C Em D
G C Em C
G Em G C
G C Em D/F# G
[Verse 1]
On the turning aGway
From the Cpale and downEmtrodden
And the Dwords they Gsay
Which we Cwon't understandEm  
"Don't acCcept that what's GhappeningEm  
Is just a Gcase of others' sCufferingG  
Or you'll Cfind that you're Emjoining D/F#in
The Gturning away
G C G C D
[Verse 2]
It's a sin that someGhow
Light is Cchanging to Emshadow
And Dcasting it's Gshroud
Over Call we have knownEm  
Unaware how the Cranks have GgrownEm  
Driven on by a Gheart of CstoneG  
We could find that we're Call aEmlone
In the D/F#dream of the Gproud
[Verse 3]
On the wings of the Gnight
As the Cdaytime is Emstirring
Where Dspeechless uGnite
In a Csilent accordEm  
Using words you will Gfind are strangeEm  
And mesmerised as they Glight the CflameG  
Feel the new wind of CchangeEm  
On the D/F#wings of the Gnight
[Pre-Solo]
G C G C D
[Guitar Solo]
Em D C C D
Em D Am Am Bm
C D Am Am Bm
C D
[Bridge]
Em
G D/F# D Bm F#m Em
 G   Cadd9x3
G Cadd9 D
[Verse 4]
No more turning aGway
From the Cweak and the Emweary
No more Dturning aGway
From the Ccoldness insideEm  
Just a world that we Call must Gshare
EmIt's not enough just to Gstand and CstareG  
Is it only a Cdream that there'll Embe
no more D/F#turning aGway?
[Instrumental Verse]
G C Em D
G C Em C
G Em G C
G C Em D/F#
[Outro]
G

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On The Turning Away

by Vanishing Point

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

F#m

Cadd9

[Intro]

G C G C D

G C Em D

G C Em C

G Em G C

G C Em D/F# G

[Verse 1]

On the turning away

C Em

From the pale and downtrodden

D G

And the words they say

C Em

Which we won't understand

C G Em

"Don't accept that what's happening

G C G

Is just a case of others' suffering

C Em D/F#

Or you'll find that you're joining in

The turning away

G C G C D

[Verse 2]

It's a sin that somehow

C Em

Light is changing to shadow

D G

And casting it's shroud

C Em

Over all we have known

C G Em

Unaware how the ranks have grown

G C G

Driven on by a heart of stone

C Em

We could find that we're all alone

D/F# G

In the dream of the proud

[Verse 3]

On the wings of the night

C Em

As the daytime is stirring

D G

Where speechless unite

C Em

In a silent accord

G Em

Using words you will find are strange

G C G

And mesmerised as they light the flame

C Em

Feel the new wind of change

D/F# G

On the wings of the night

[Pre-Solo]

G C G C D

[Guitar Solo]

Em D C C D

Em D Am Am Bm

C D Am Am Bm

C D

[Bridge]

G D/F# D Bm F#m Em

G Cadd9

G Cadd9 D

[Verse 4]

No more turning away

C Em

From the weak and the weary

D G

No more turning away

C Em

From the coldness inside

C G

Just a world that we all must share

Em G C G

It's not enough just to stand and stare

C Em

Is it only a dream that there'll be

D/F# G

no more turning away?

[Instrumental Verse]

G C Em D

G C Em C

G Em G C

G C Em D/F#

[Outro]

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