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The Leaving (So Long) Chords

Music by: Midge Ure
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[Intro 1]
[D][A][Bm][G][Bm][D]
[A][G][Bm][D][A][G]
[Bm][G][Em]
I'll [D]walk away from my

[Verse 1]
town
See which way the wind
blows [A]my future, oh
Find what's before [Bm]me
[G]There [D]must be something better
Must be something more [Bm]than
[D]I've [G]had so far
Something new, something [A]good
Something [Bm]worth being put here [C]for
So [D]long,

[Verse 2]
so [A]long, [Bm]so lo[G]ng
[D]Move into the

[Verse 3]
city
Find myself [A]a job with a purpose, oh
I'll work for [Bm]a reason
[G]And [D]hope that reject turns
to warm self- respect
And I'll [G]start to live
Live the life that I [A]thought
would be [Bm]mine
From the day I was [C]born
So [D]long,

[Verse 4]
so [A]long, [Bm]so long

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][Bb][D][A]
[Bb][A]
[D]Find myself

[Verse 5]
a partner
Turn my partner into a [A]family, oh
We'll grow old togeth[Bm]er
Then I'll [D]know that it can be
All that it should be and [G]then
And only then I'll [A]know
that I've [Bm]had
What by rights is [C]mine
So [D]long,

[Verse 6]
so [A]long, so [Bm]long

[Outro 1]
[Bm]
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