Leaving

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[Verse 1]
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Jet fuel and traffic lines
                    D
Pulling up to the delta signs
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Distant shape of my hometown
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Black stain where the wheels touch down
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I pick up the morning news
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I pass the man whos never shined my shoes
                     Am
Through security and to the train
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That will take me to the airplane

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Count the miles on the highway
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The sum of all my days
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Theres a postcard theres a call
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And theres a picture for your bedroom wall

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But do you ever wonder through and through
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Whos that person standing next to you
                   Am
And after all the nights apart
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Is there a home for a travelling heart

[Chorus]
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But if I werent leaving you
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I don't know what I would do
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But the more I go the less I know
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Will the fire still burn on my return
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Keep the path lit on the only road I know
                    D
Honey all I know to do is go

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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A cup of coffee and my bags are packed
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The same vow not to look back
                    Am
Familiar emptiness inside
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As the distances grow wide
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And though I vow to memorize
                      D
The last look in your loving eyes
                   Am
Its here dusk and there dawn
                                C
Oh its like a curtain getting slowly drawn

[Chorus]
                G  D      Am  C
But if I werent leaving you
             G    D       Am  C
I don't know what I would do
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But the more I go the less I know
                     G            C
Will the fire still burn on my return
         Am               C
Keep the path lit on the only road I know
                    D
Honey all I know to do is go

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
                G  D      Am  C
But if I werent leaving you
             G    D       Am  C
I don't know what I would do
               G              C
But the more I go the less I know
                     G            C
Will the fire still burn on my return
         Am               C
Keep the path lit on the only road I know
                    D
Honey all I know to do is go

[Outro]
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