Departure chords by Michael Johnson

SimplifiedF · G · Am · Dm · C

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Hey,
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let's go up on the mountain tonight
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And be lovers out under the stars
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From up there the free
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ways are rivers of light
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With diamonds and rubies for cars
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And the city is spread like
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a net at your feet
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Catching the stars as they fall
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And all of the things that
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are driving you crazy
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Won't really matter at all
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Hey, let's go up on the
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mountains tonight
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You can bring all your
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memories along
We'll take all the very be
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st  times of our lives
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And set them down into  a  song
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And we'll stand on a peak
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overlooking the world
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And sing it as loud as we can
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Not one of the millions below us will hear it
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But won't the elation be
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great?
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And we'll catch us a ride on
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the wings of an angel
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Flying too close to the ground
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And if she is flying away to forever
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Maybe we'll never come down
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