How Can I Leave You Again
Words & Music by John Denver
from I Want To Live (1977)
Unusual chord
Asus4 : ||223|
Em+5 : |22|1|
D Em G D Bm G Em D Bm Em A Asus A
D
In a space ship over the mountain
Em7 G D
Chasing rainbows in the setting sun
G Em7 D Bm
Leaving heart and home for the city of angels
Em7 A
I feel my life is undone
D
There are pathways winding below me
Em7 G D
In pleasure I've gone where they go
G Em7 D Bm
In the quiet stillness I can hear symphonies
Em7 A
The loveliest music I know.
Em7 A D Bm
How can I leave you again
Em7 A F#m Bm
I must be clear out of my mind
Em7 F#m G
Lost in a storm I've gone blind
Em7 A D
Oh how can I leave you again.
Em7 D
Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened
Em7 G D
Still longer since I've walked with you
Em7 D
For the first time I know what I'm missing
Em7 Em+5 A Asus4 A
Some answers are no longer true
D
So I question the course that I follow
Em7 G D
I'm doubtful and deep in despair
G Em7 D Bm
My heart is filled with impossible notions
Em7 A
Can it be you no longer care?
D
Still, I ride on the wings of a high wind
Em7 G D
Blowing steady and strong behind me
G Em7 D Bm
As the clouds surrender my fate is for certain
Em7 A
I'm a sailor who runs to the sea
Em7 A D Bm
How can I leave you again
Em7 A F#m Bm
I must be clear out of my mind
Em7 F#m G
Lost in a storm I've gone blind
Em7 A D
Oh how can I leave you again.