B F# B F#
BHe (x2444x@1)was just a friend of mine
    F#I'd (244322@1)run into from time to time
 Abm
Long before he moved away
    E (022100@1)                       BWe (x2444x@1)used to share a taste for wine
               F# (244322@1)                     EStill (022100@1)I never knew that he was sad back then
    B (x2444x@1)     E (022100@1)     F# (244322@1)           E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)F#He (244322@1)said the time had come for him to take a holiday

                  BAnd (x2444x@1)he says it's brilliant there
                  EThere's (022100@1)something in the air
               BAnd (x2444x@1)sunshine everywhere
             F#He's (244322@1)on the beach
             BI (x2444x@1)know he's changed somehow
                EHe (022100@1)sends those postcards now
              BI'm (x2444x@1)not sure where he is
                 F#but (244322@1)he's out of reach

 BWhen (x2444x@1)he called me up one day
     F#And (244322@1)said that he was going away
    AbmI (133111@4)thought he meant a week in France
     E (022100@1)                                BAnd (x2444x@1)not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay
                 F# (244322@1)            EStill (022100@1)he had to take his chances
    B (x2444x@1)     E (022100@1)     F# (244322@1)           E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1) F#He (244322@1)said the time had come for him to make a move away

                  BAnd (x2444x@1)he says it's brilliant there
                   EThere's (022100@1)something in the air
              BAnd (x2444x@1)sunshine everywhere
             F#He's (244322@1)on the beach
             BI (x2444x@1)know he's changed somehow
                 EHe (022100@1)writes those postcards now
             EbHe's (x43121@3)on his own again
                 BAnd (x2444x@1)he's out of reach
                         Eb(my (x43121@3)baby gets it on the beach)

             AbmAnd (133111@4)I don't blame him
 E (022100@1)           F# (244322@1)               EbLeaving (x43121@3)was the best thing he could do
                AbmHe (133111@4)longed for changes
EI (022100@1)just hope he's happy
         F# (244322@1)               E (022100@1)           C#When (x43121@1)he does the things he thinks he has to do

And he tries, and he tries
                                   E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1) EF#
Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself
              E (022100@1)                B (x2444x@1)EF#
Somehow he's trying to be someone else

                                   BAnd (x2444x@1)he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there
                  EThere's (022100@1)something in the air
              BAnd (x2444x@1)sunshine everywhere
             BHe's (x2444x@1)on the beach
              BI (x2444x@1)know he's changed somehow
               EIt's (022100@1)in his postcards now
             EbHe's (x43121@3)on his own again
               F#So (244322@1)far out of reach

                  BAnd (x2444x@1)he says it's brilliant there
                  EThere's (022100@1)something in the air
              BAnd (x2444x@1)sunshine everywhere
             F#He's (244322@1)on the beach
             BI (x2444x@1)know he's changed somehow
             EIt's (022100@1)in his postcards now
            EbHe's (x43121@3)in Australia
               F#So (244322@1)far out of reach
                   B (x2444x@1)           EB AF#  ...
And he says it's brilliant there