When I Go Away
Levon Helm (Larry Campbell)
Riff |-------------------0--3--| Strum | D - D u - u d u |
|-------------0--3--------| 1 2 & & 4 &
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Riff] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
[Riff] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Early in the | [Am] morning, | ...when the church bells | toll.... |
| [Am] ...The choir's gonna | sing, | ...and the hearse will | [G] roll... |
| [G] ... On down to the | [Am] graveyard, | ...where it's cold and | gray... |
| [Am] ...And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the |
| [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am↓]
Don't want no | [Am] sorrow, | ...for this old orphan | boy... |
| [Am] ...I don't want no | crying, | ...only tears of | [G] joy... |
| [G] ...I'm gonna see my | [Am] mother, | ...gonna see my | father... |
| [Am] ...And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the |
| [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] |
Chorus
| [G] I'll be lifted up to the | clouds on the wings of | [Am] angels | [Am]
There's | [G] only flesh and bones in the | ground where my troubles will | [E7] stay |
| [E7] ...See that storm over | [Am] yonder, | ...it's gonna rain all | day... |
| [Am] ...But then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the |
| [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Bridge
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard |
| [Am] Home to leave my | troubles in the graveyard
| [Am] Home to leave my | [Am↓] trials
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the |
| [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] . All my kin who | love me, | ... all my friends who | care... |
| [Am] . Look beyond the | dark clouds | ...we're gonna meet up | [E7] there |
| [E7] . When they lay me in the | [Am] cold ground, | . bow your heads and | pray | [Am]
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the | [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the | [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Bridge
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard |
| [Am] Home to leave my | troubles in the graveyard
| [Am] Home to leave my | [Am↓] trials
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the | [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the | [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Ah when I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] .. when I go a- | way (When I go a- | [Am] way)
When I go a- | [Am] way (When I go a- | way) When I go a- | [Am↓] way
#Play along with the original in this key.
#Last Updated 20/03/23 JJ
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Levon Helm (Larry Campbell)
Riff |-------------------0--3--| Strum | D - D u - u d u |
|-------------0--3--------| 1 2 & & 4 &
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Riff] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
[Riff] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Early in the | [Am] morning, | ...when the church bells | toll.... |
| [Am] ...The choir's gonna | sing, | ...and the hearse will | [G] roll... |
| [G] ... On down to the | [Am] graveyard, | ...where it's cold and | gray... |
| [Am] ...And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the |
| [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am↓]
Don't want no | [Am] sorrow, | ...for this old orphan | boy... |
| [Am] ...I don't want no | crying, | ...only tears of | [G] joy... |
| [G] ...I'm gonna see my | [Am] mother, | ...gonna see my | father... |
| [Am] ...And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the |
| [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] |
Chorus
| [G] I'll be lifted up to the | clouds on the wings of | [Am] angels | [Am]
There's | [G] only flesh and bones in the | ground where my troubles will | [E7] stay |
| [E7] ...See that storm over | [Am] yonder, | ...it's gonna rain all | day... |
| [Am] ...But then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the |
| [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Bridge
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard |
| [Am] Home to leave my | troubles in the graveyard
| [Am] Home to leave my | [Am↓] trials
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the |
| [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] . All my kin who | love me, | ... all my friends who | care... |
| [Am] . Look beyond the | dark clouds | ...we're gonna meet up | [E7] there |
| [E7] . When they lay me in the | [Am] cold ground, | . bow your heads and | pray | [Am]
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the | [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the | [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Bridge
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard |
| [Am] Home to leave my | troubles in the graveyard
| [Am] Home to leave my | [Am↓] trials
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the | [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the | [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Ah when I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] .. when I go a- | way (When I go a- | [Am] way)
When I go a- | [Am] way (When I go a- | way) When I go a- | [Am↓] way
#Play along with the original in this key.
#Last Updated 20/03/23 JJ
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