(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Terry Jacks)


    Am
1. If you go away, on this summer day,
                   Dm
    then you might as well take the sun away,
                G
    all the birds that flew in the summer sky,
                    C
    when our love was new and our hearts were high.
                      F                                    E
    When the day was young, and the nights were long,
                   Am
    and the moon stood still for the nightbird's song.
               F                       E                    Am
    If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
 
                 Am                            F
But if you stay, I'll make you a day
                           E                       Am
like no day has been, or will be again.
                      Am                            F
We'll sail the sun, we'll ride on the rain,
                           G                               Am
we'll talk to the trees, we'll fly with the wind.
 
                    Am
2. But if you go away, when I love you so,
                     Dm
    there'll be nothing left in the world you know,
                G
    just an empty room full of empty space
                  C
    like the empty look I see on your face.
               F                       E                     Am
    If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
 
                                           Dm                     E                     Am
+  CHORUS    +  But if you go away, if you go away, if you go away.