Here I go again
C - F - C - F - C - Am - F - G (2x) C
- C7
F G - C C7
1. When dawn comes to touch my
purple haze,
F G
C C7
and evening's drowsiness to
carry me away,
F
G C Am
I know once again that there
is nothing we can save,
Dm
G
so I'll pack up my things,
I'll be on my way.
- C
F - C F
Yes, here I go again, off down the road again,
C Am
- F G
thinking thoughts of days gone by.
C F - C F
Here I am again, singing my songs again,
C Am
- F G
C - C7
thinking and dreaming thoughts of you and I.
F G
C C7
2. Swirls of giant colors swam madly through
my head,
F G
C C7
I looked around to find you,
but I just found him instead.
F G C Am
It might have been a dream for
all the things we said,
Dm G
but you promised me, darling
you promised me !
- C F - C F
Yes, and here I go
again, off down the road again,
C Am - F G
thinking thoughts of things gone by.
C F - C F
Here I am again, singing my songs again,
C Am - F
G C -
C7
thinking and dreaming, oh I feel like I could cry.
F G C C7
3. Father's gone to fight the war, he left us
here alone,
F G
C C7
I shiver in the lonesome night beside the
telephone,
F G C Am
but time brings no word, I guess he's not coming home,
Dm G
it feels like the end, it
feels like the end, my friend.
C F - C F
Here we go again, off down the road again,
C
Am - F G
thinking thoughts of things gone by.
C
F - C F
Here I am again, singing my songs again,
C Am - F G
thinking and dreaming, oh I feel like I could - -
C Am - F G
thinking and dreaming, oh I feel like I could - -
C Am - F G C
thinking and dreaming, oh I feel like I could die.
F C
Oh, yeah!
(Country Joe McDonald)