So far away    (video)    (intro)    (midi)

 

    C - F - C - F (2x)

 

          C

1. So far away,

                                                    F

    doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore ?

   Dm                    G                      C

    It would be so fine to see your face at my door,

      F         Am        Dm

    doesn't help to know...

 

       G             - C

2. You're just        time away,

                                                      - F

    long ago I reached for you and        there you stood

     Dm                 G                     C

    holding you again could only do me good.

       F       Am    Dm            G            - C

    How I wish I could, but you're so          far away.

 

     Am                                 C                       F              - Am

    One more song about moving along the highway,

     Dm                        G                      C

    can't say much of anything that's new.

      Em                                    Dm

    If I could only work this life out my way

          G                    - Am           Dm

    I'd rather spend it          bein' close to you.

 

            G            - C

3. But you're so         far away,

                                                    F

    doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore,

   Dm                    G                       C

    it would be so fine to see your face at my door

       F        Am        Dm

    doesn't help to know

      G           - C                            Am         F              - Dm - G

    you're so         far away, yeah yeah, so far away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Am                              C                           F

    Travelin' around sure gets me down and lonely,

    Dm                   G                        C

    nothin' else to do but close my mind.

       Em                                                Dm

    I sure hope the road don't come to own me,

                 G             Am            Dm              - G

    there's so many dreams I've yet to find.

 

            G            - C

4. But you're so        far away,

                                                    F

    doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore,

                       - Dm       G                       C

    it would be           so fine to see your face at my door,

                 F        Am        Dm    G          - C

    and it doesn't help to know you're so        far away,

                         F                  - Dm        - G

    yeah, you're so far away,          hey,

                    - C                   - Dm - G

    you're so        far away,

 

+  C - F - Dm - G (2x) ...

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Carole King)