Dont Walk Away

Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Xanadu" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

           C/E
  C   Cmaj7/E      F      F/G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Intro

SPECIAL VOICINGS and CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
Cmaj7/E 0-3-2-0-0-0
C/E     0-x-2-0-1-0
F/G     3-x-3-2-1-1
G6      3-5-x-4-5-3
Gaug    3-5-x-4-4-3
Ddim    x-x-0-1-3-1

Intro

| C   Cmaj7/E C/E  | F F/G |
| C   Cmaj7/E C/E  | F F/G |

Verse 1

C             Em
Why do I say, don't walk away
       Dm
You'll be the way you were before
     G6                Gaug
When you don't want me anymore
C                  Em
Don't turn around, don't ever leave
  Ddim
A lonely room where empty days
    G6           Gaug
Are gathering to meet me

Bridge

            F     C/E
When you're gone, gone
Dm                    G        C
How in the world will I-I-I go on

Pre-Chorus

C        C/E   F    F/G                 C
  (Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
C        C/E   F    F/G                 C
  (Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
C        C/E   F      G
  (Don't walk away)

Chorus

            C
Don't walk away (don't walk away)
              Am
Don’t say goodbye (don't say goodbye)
            F
Don't turn around (don't turn around)
             G
Don’t let it die (don't let it die)
             C
When shadows fall (when shadows fall)
            Am
When day is done (when day is done)
                F
All through the night (all through the night)
          G
All of my life (all of my life)
             Fm          C
Don't walk away-ay-ay-ay-ay

Verse 2

C              Em
Is it a dream, when will it end
     Dm
When everything we've ever known
    G6            Gaug
Has ended and I'm all alone
C                Em
Where will I go, where will I be
    Ddim
The feelings that I've never shown
   G6               Gaug
Maybe I'll find the answer

Bridge

            F     C/E
When you're gone, gone
Dm                    G        C
How in the world will I-I-I go on

Pre-Chorus

C        C/E   F    F/G                 C
  (Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
C        C/E   F    F/G                 C
  (Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
C        C/E   F      G
  (Don't walk away)

Chorus

            C
Don't walk away (don't walk away)
              Am
Don’t say goodbye (don't say goodbye)
            F
Don't turn around (don't turn around)
             G
Don’t let it die (don't let it die)
             C
When shadows fall (when shadows fall)
            Am
When day is done (when day is done)
                F
All through the night (all through the night)
          G
All of my life (all of my life)
C        C/E   F      G
  (Don't walk away)

Chorus

            C
Don't walk away (don't walk away)
              Am
Don’t say goodbye (don't say goodbye)
            F
Don't turn around (don't turn around)
             G
Don’t let it die (don't let it die)
             C
When shadows fall (when shadows fall)
            Am
When day is done (when day is done)
                F
All through the night (all through the night)
          G
All of my life (all of my life)

Chorus

            C
Don't walk away (don't walk away)
              Am
Don’t say goodbye (don't say goodbye)
            F
Don't turn around (don't turn around)
             G
Don’t let it die (don't let it die)
             C
When shadows fall (when shadows fall)
            Am
When day is done (when day is done)
                F
All through the night (all through the night)
          G
All of my life (all of my life)