B5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 He was just a friend of mine F#5 I'd run into from time to time G#5 Long before he moved away E5 B5 We used to share a taste for wine F#5 E5 Still I never knew that he was sad back then B5 E5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 He said the time had come for him to take a holiday B5 And he says it's brilliant there E5 There's something in the air B5 And sunshine everywhere F#5 He's on the beach B5 I know he's changed somehow E5 He sends those postcards now B5 I'm not sure where he is F#5 but he's out of reach B5 When he called me up one day F#5 And said that he was going away G#5 I thought he meant a week in France E5 B5 And not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay F#5 E5 Still he had to take his chances B5 E5 F#5 E5 B5 F#5 He said the time had come for him to make a move away B5 And he says it's brilliant there E5 There's something in the air B5 And sunshine everywhere F#5 He's on the beach B5 I know he's changed somehow E5 He writes those postcards now D#5 He's on his own again B5 And he's out of reach D#5 (my baby gets it on the beach) G#5 And I don't blame him E5 F#5 D#5 Leaving was the best thing he could do G#5 He longed for changes E5 I just hope he's happy F#5 E5 C#5 When he does the things he thinks he has to do And he tries, and he tries E5 B5 E5 F#5 Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself E5 B5 E5 F#5 Somehow he's trying to be someone else B5 And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there E5 There's something in the air B5 And sunshine everywhere B5 He's on the beach B5 I know he's changed somehow E5 It's in his postcards now D#5 He's on his own again F#5 So far out of reach B5 And he says it's brilliant there E5 There's something in the air B5 And sunshine everywhere F#5 He's on the beach B5 I know he's changed somehow E5 It's in his postcards now D#5 He's in Australia F#5 So far out of reach B5 E5 B5 A5 F#5 ... And he says it's brilliant there
