Far Away chords by Ingrid Michaelson (Ver. 3)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

tempo = 98 bpm

Intro:
A 16 beats

Verse 1:
A              E         A7           D          A      E           A     E
I will live my life as a lobsterman's wife on an island in the blue bay.
        A            E           A7             D
He will take care of me, he will smell like the sea,
    A           E                  A
And close to my heart he'll always stay.

Verse 2:
A                 E              A7         D             A
I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls, little Ella and
E         A      E
Nelly and Faye.
          A             E            A7             D
While I'm combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare
       A      E           A
On our island in the blue bay.

Chorus:
     E        E7             D       A
Far away far away, I want to go far away.
     E                      F#m7add4
To a new life on a new shoreline.
          E         E7          D          A
Where the water is blue and the people are new.
    E      E7     Dm6/B
To another island    in another life.

A 8 beats

Verse 3:
A                     E         A7         D     A           E          A     E
There's a boy next to me and he never will be anything but a boy at the bar.
      A              E                A7         D
And I think he's the tops, he's where everything stops.
      A       E              A
How I love to love him from afar.

Verse 4:
        A                E         A7      D           A                 F#m7add4
When he walks right past me then I finally see on this bar stool I can't stay.
       A         E          A7          D
So I'm taking my frown to a far distant town
      A      E           A
On an island    the blue bay.

Chorus:
E             E7             D      A
Far away far away, I want to go far away.
E                           F#m7add4
To a new life on a new shoreline.
          E        E7           D          A
Where the water is blue and the people are new.
    E      E7     Dm6/B
To another island    in another life.

Bridge:
Amaj7                  F#m7add4
I want to go far away away away.
                       Emaj7
I want to go far away away away
                  A
I want to go far away

Outro:
 E   E7  D      A   E   E7  F#m7add4
Away aay uh-aay aay aay
          E        E7           D          A
Where the water is blue and the people are new.
   E       E7       D       A
To another life, to another life.
   E            E7    Dm6/B               A
To another shoreline     In another life