I Can't Get Away

©2005 Garrett Clevenger

{A} x2 {D} x2 {A F#m D A } {A E A }

Chorus:
A x2 D x2      I'm goin' away! I'm goin away! Babe, I'm leavin' today!
A F#m D A    Like fire needs water, I need you.
A  E A            Babe, I'm goin' away!

A    D  A   E  A              The first time that you made me blue I tried to get away.
A    D  A   E  A              Like fire needin' air, I needed you. That's why I had to stay. But you've
F#m  D  A  F#m  D  E   brought me down too many times even for poor me.
A    D  A   E  A              Now I know I got to go. So, Babe, here's what I say,

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A    D  A   E  A              When you get home you'll find me gone. Gone, so, oh, so gone.
A    D  A   E  A              Don't bother to follow me 'cause Babe, you've done me wrong.
F#m  D  A  F#m  D  E   I've been here way too many times even for poor me.
A    D  A   E  A              Now I'm on the road far from home. Far from where I belong.

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A    D  A   E  A              See me out there all alone singin' this song.
A    D  A   E  A              Right here's way more crueler than you. But I gotta be strong.
F#m  D  A  F#m  D  E   It's brought me down too many times even for poor me.
A    D  A   E  A              Now my battle feels like fightin' a Viet Cong.

A x2 D x2      I've gone away! I've gone away! Babe, what can I say?
A F#m D A    Like a baby needs a mother, I need you
A  E A            and Babe, I need you today!

A    D  A   E  A              I can feel sad for myself or forgive. It is my choice.
A    D  A   E  A              I can still go home, she'll never know I'd gone. She's still out with the boys.
F#m  D  A  F#m  D  E   She's brought me back so many times and only brings me.
A    D  A   E  A              I guess I'll change the words to this song so I can just rejoice.

A x2 D x2      I'm not goin' away! I'm not goin away! Babe, I'm not leavin' today!
A F#m D A    Like a man needs a woman, I need you.
A  E A            Babe, I can't get away!
A  E A            I can't get away!

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