He's On The Beach
Kirsty MaccollVersions2
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He was just a friend of mine
I'd run into from time to time
Long before he moved away
We used to share a taste for wine
Still I never knew that he was sad back then
He said the time had come for him to take a holiday
And he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
He sends those postcards now
I'm not sure where he is
but he's out of reach
When he called me up one day
And said that he was going away
I thought he meant a week in France
And not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay
Still he had to take his chances
He said the time had come for him to make a move away
And he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
He writes those postcards now
He's on his own again
And he's out of reach
(my baby gets it on the beach)
And I don't blame him
Leaving was the best thing he could do
He longed for changes
I just hope he's happy
When he does the things he thinks he has to do
And he tries, and he tries
Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself
Somehow he's trying to be someone else
And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
It's in his postcards now
He's on his own again
So far out of reach
And he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
It's in his postcards now
He's in Australia
So far out of reach
And he says it's brilliant there
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Readable chord sheet for He's On The Beach by Kirsty Maccoll
[B] [F#] [B] [F#] [B]He was just a friend of mine I'd [F#]run into from time to time L[Abm]ong before he moved away We u[E]sed to share a taste for w[B]ine Still I never k[F#]new that he was sad back [E]then He s[B]aid the [E]time had[F#] come for him t[E]o take[B] a [F#]holiday And he says it's b[B]rilliant there There's something [E]in the air And sunshine ev[B]erywhere He's on the b[F#]each I know he's c[B]hanged somehow He sends those p[E]ostcards now I'm not sure w[B]here he is but he's out of r[F#]each W[B]hen he called me up one day And s[F#]aid that he was going away I th[Abm]ought he meant a week in France And n[E]ot twelve thousand miles to Sydney [B]Bay Still he had to t[F#]ake his chances [E] He s[B]aid the [E]time had[F#] come for him t[E]o make[B] a m[F#]ove away And he says it's b[B]rilliant there There's something i[E]n the air And sunshine e[B]verywhere He's on the b[F#]each I know he's c[B]hanged somehow He writes those p[E]ostcards now He's on his o[Eb]wn again And he's out of r[B]each (my baby gets it on the b[Eb]each) And I don't b[Abm]lame him L[E]eaving was the[F#] best thing he coul[Eb]d do He longed for ch[Abm]anges [E]I just hope he's happy When he d[F#]oes the things he t[E]hinks he has t[C#]o do And he tries, and he tries Yes he tries but he's a little bit [E]hard on [B]hims[E]el[F#]f Somehow he's t[E]rying to be someone[B] el[E]se[F#] And he says, he says, he says it's [B]brilliant there There's something [E]in the air And sunshine e[B]verywhere He's on the b[B]each I know he's ch[B]anged somehow It's in his pos[E]tcards now He's on his o[Eb]wn again So far out of r[F#]each And he says it's b[B]rilliant there There's something [E]in the air And sunshine e[B]verywhere He's on the b[F#]each I know he's c[B]hanged somehow It's in his p[E]ostcards now He's in Aust[Eb]ralia So far out of r[F#]each And he says it's br[B]illiant there [E] [B] [A] [F#]