How Can I Leave You Again

Words & Music by John Denver
from I Want To Live (1977)


Unusual chord

Asus4 : ||223|
Em+5  : |22|1|

D  Em  G  D  Bm  G  Em  D  Bm  Em  A  Asus A

          D
   In a space ship over the mountain
	    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#m  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.

             Em7			 D
   Oh, it's been a long time since I've listened
          Em7	        G	        D
   Still longer since I've walked with you
	    Em7			       D
   For the first time I know what I'm missing
	Em7	    Em+5        A  Asus4  A
   Some answers are no longer true

	 D
   So I question the course that I follow
        Em7	     G		   D
   I'm doubtful and 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

    Em7	       A	     D  Bm
   How can I leave you again
      Em7	   A		  F#m  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.