Break Away

The Beach Boys

Compositor: Beach Boys

Tom: F

C
            C                        Dm
         (Break, break, shake away, break, break away)
          Gm7      C7       F7+    F  E
         (Do what, do what I wanna do)
         Dm7  G7  Gm7/C     D7

         Gm7            C
         Time will not wait for me
         A7          Dm
         Time is my destiny
         G               C              B         Bb
         Why change the part of me that has to be free
         Gm7            C
         The love that passed me by
                 A7          Dm
         I found no reason why
                 G               C         B         Bb
         But now each day is filled with the love
         (Bb)            Gm
         That very same love
                       Bb7+  
         That passed me by
                    G7  G7
         And that is why

 Chorus 1:
                 C                  Dm 
         I can breakaway from that lonely life
                   Gm7        C7  F7+    F   E
         And I can do what I wanna do
              Dm7       G7       Gm7/C
         And breakaway from that empty life
                 D7
         And my world is new

         Gm7            C
         When I laid down on my bed
                 A7          Dm
         I heard voices in my head
                 G               C      B          Bb
         Telling me now "Hey it's only a dream"
         Gm7            C
         The more I thought of it
                 A7          Dm
         I had been out of it
                 G               C      B          Bb
         And here's the answer I found instead
         G               C      B          Bb
         (Baby baby) Found out it was in my head
                 G               C      B          Bb
         (Baby baby) Found out it was in my head
                 G               C      B          Bb
         (Baby baby) Found out it was in my head

Chorus 2:
                 C                  Dm 
         And I can breakaway to the better life
                           Gm7        C7  F7+    F   E
         Where the shackles never hold me down
                      Dm7       G7       Gm7/C
         I'm gonna make a way for each happy day
                         D7
         As my life turns around

 Coda:
          Bb
         Come on we're free to break away
                        Gm
         Now won't you come on, you're free to break away
             Bb                                              Gm
               Come on you're free to break, break away
           Bb                                              Gm
               Come on you're free to break, break away
          Bb                                          Gm
         Feel the vibrations in all the sensations, breakin' away
          Bb                                          Gm
         Feel the vibrations in all the sensations, breakin' away  (Fade)