How Can I Leave You Again

John Denver

Tom: G

Intro - D - Em - A - A7sus4 
Di di di di di la la la la la la  
 
 
(verse 1) 
       D 
In a spaceship over the mountains, 
        Em7        G             D 
chasing rainbows in the setting sun, 
         G        Em7           D      Bm 
leaving heart and home for the city of angels, 
  Em7                A 
I feel my life is undone, 
           D 
There are pathways winding below me, 
    Em7           G              D 
In pleasure I've gone where they go, 
         G    Em7       D          Bm 
In the quiet stillness, I can hear symphonies, 
    Em7                 A 
the loveliest music I know, 
 
Em7        A          D    Bm 
How can I leave you again, 
  Em7            A        F#m7  Bm 
I must be clear out of my mind, 
Em7       F#m               G 
Lost in a storm I've gone blind, 
    Em7        A          D 
Oh, how can I leave you again,  
 
 
(Bridge) 
         Em7                          D 
Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened, 
      Em7                            D 
still longer since I've walked with you, 
         Em7                        D 
For the first time I know what I'm missing, 
     Em              C      A  A7sus 
Some answers are no longer true, so I, 
 
 
(Verse 2) 
  D 
question the course that I follow, 
    Em7        G          D 
I'm doubtful, deep in despair, 
    G       Em7            D       Bm 
My heart is filled with impossible notions, 
       Em7               A 
Can it be you no longer care, 
         D 
Still I ride on the wings of a high wind, 
         Em7         G       D 
Blowing steady and strong behind me, 
         G       Em7         D          Bm 
As the clouds surrender, my fate is for certain, 
      Em7                     A 
I'm a sailor who runs to the sea, but 
 
 
(Chorus) 
Em7        A          D    Bm 
How can I leave you again, 
  Em7            A        F#m7  Bm 
I must be clear out of my mind, 
Em7       F#m               G 
Lost in a storm I've gone blind, 
    Em7        A          D 
Oh, how can I leave you again,