Song: If you go away
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Composer: Jacques Brel
English lyrics: Rod McKuen
Tabbed by: DJ
30th Oct 2012
Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of F#m)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em * = xx2000 F#m7-5 = 202210 D7 = xx0212
Em7/D = xx0000 B7sus4 = x22202 G = 320033
Em6/C# = x42000 B7 = x21202 Am/C = x32210
Cmaj7 = x32000 Em = 022000 F6 = 131231
Am = x02210 A/C# = x4222x
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[Intro]
Em * Em7/D Em6/C# Cmaj7 F#m7-5 B7sus4 B7
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[Verse 1]
Em
If you go a - way ...on this summer day,
Am
Then you might as well take the sun away,
D7
All the birds that flew ...in the summer sky,
G
When our love was new, and our hearts were high,
Am/C B7
When the day was young, and the night was long,
Em * Em7/D
And the moon stood still ...for the nightbird's song,
Am/C B7 Em
If you go away, if you go away, ...if you go away!
[Verse 2]
Em * Em7/D Em6/C#
But, ...if you stay, I'll make you a day...
B7 Em
Like no day has been, or will be a - gain,
B7 Em * Em7/D Em6/C#
We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain,
D7 G
We'll talk to the trees, and worship the wind,
B7 Em F6
Then, if you go, I'll under - stand,
F#m7-5 B7 Em
Leave me just enough love to hold in my hand,
G Am
If you go a - way, if you go a - way,
B7 B7sus4 B7
If you go a - way!
[Verse 3]
Em
Ne me quitte pas, il faut oublier,
Am
Tout peut s'oblier, qui s'enfuit déjà,
D7
Oubli - er le temps ...des malentendus,
G
Et le temp perdu, a savoir comment,
Am/C B7
Oubli - er ces heures ...qui tuai - ent parfois,
Em * Em7/D
A coups de pourquoi ...le couer du Bonheur,
Am/C B7
Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas,
Em A/C# Em
Ne me quitte pas!
[Verse 4]
Em * Em7/D Em6/C#
But, ...if you stay, I'll make you a night,
B7 Em
Like no night has been, or will be a - gain,
B7 Em * Em7/D Em6/C#
I'll sail on your smile, I'll ride on your touch,
D7 G
I'll talk to your eyes, that I love so much,
B7 Em F6
Then, if you go, I'll under - stand,
F#m7-5 B7 Em
Leave me just enough love to hold in my hand,
G Am
If you go a - way, if you go a - way,
B7 B7sus4 B7
If you go a - way!
[Verse 5]
Em
If you go away, as I know you must,
Am
There'll be nothing left in this world to trust,
D7
Just an empty room, full of empty space,
G
Like the empty look ...I see on your face,
Am/C B7
Oh, I'd have been the shadow of your shadow,
Em * Em7/D
If it might have kept me by your side,
Am/C B7 Em
...If you go away, if you go away, if you go a - way!
Please, don't go away!
