How Can I Leave
John DenverVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
In a spaceship over the mountains
chasing rainbows in the setting sun
leaving heart and home for the city of angels
I feel my life is undone
There are pathways winding below me
In pleasure I've gone where they go
In the quiet stillness, I can hear symphonies,
the loveliest music I know
(Chorus)
How can I leave you again?
I must be clear out of my mind
Lost in a storm I've gone blind
Oh, how can I leave you again?
(Bridge)
Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened
still longer since I've walked with you
For the first time I know what I'm missing
Some answers are no longer true..... so I
(Verse 2)
question the course that I follow
I'm doubtful, deep in despair
My heart is filled with impossible notions
Can it be you no longer care?
Still I ride on the wings of a high wind
blowing steady and strong behind me
As the clouds surrender, my fate is for certain --
I'm a sailor who runs to the sea... but (to chorus)
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Readable chord sheet for How Can I Leave by John Denver
[D] [Em] [A] [A7Sus4] In a sp[D]aceship over the mountains chasing [Em7]rainbows in[G] the setting s[D]un leaving h[G]eart and [Em7]home for the c[D]ity of [Bm]angels I [Em7]feel my life is und[A]one There are p[D]athways winding below me In p[Em7]leasure I've g[G]one where they [D]go In the qu[G]iet s[Em7]tillness, [D]I can hear [Bm]symphonies, the [Em7]loveliest music I kn[A]ow (Chorus) [Em7]How can I l[A]eave you ag[D]ain? [Bm] I [Em7]must be clear o[A]ut of my [F#m7]mind [Bm] [Em7]Lost in a [F#m]storm I've gone bl[G]ind Oh, [Em7]how can I l[A]eave you ag[D]ain? (Bridge) Oh, it's [Em7]been a long time since I've l[D]istened still [Em7]longer since I've walked with y[D]ou For the f[Em7]irst time I know what I'm m[D]issing Some [Em]answers are no l[C]onger t[A]rue[A7sus4]..... so I (Verse 2) qu[D]estion the course that I follow I'm [Em7]doubtful, d[G]eep in desp[D]air My h[G]eart is [Em7]filled with imp[D]ossible [Bm]notions Can it [Em7]be you no longer c[A]are? Still I r[D]ide on the wings of a high wind blowing s[Em7]teady and st[G]rong beh[D]ind me As the cl[G]ouds sur[Em7]render, my f[D]ate is for [Bm]certain -- I'm a [Em7]sailor who runs to the s[A]ea... but (to chorus)