Am    Dm    Am    Dm

F
I've just reached a place
Am
Where the willow don't bend.
            Dm
There's not much more to be said
            Bb
It's the top of the end.
       F
I'm going,
      C
I'm going,
      Dm
I'm gone.


I'm closin' the book
On the pages and the text
And I don't really care
Owe! What happens next.
I'm just going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

I been hangin' on threads,
I been playin' it straight,
Now, I've just got to cut loose
Before it gets late.
So I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

        Am                                                             G
        Grandma said, "Boy, go and follow your heart,
         G                                     C              G
        And you'll be fine at the end of the line.
         G                               C           G
        All that's gold isn't meant to shine.
                  Am                               C              D
        Don't you and your one true love ever part."


I been walkin' the road,
I been livin' on the edge,
Now, I've just got to go
Before I get to the ledge.
So I'm going,
I'm just going,
I'm gone.


AT BUDOKAN VERSION


Am    Dm    Am    Dm

                F
Well, I've just reached a place
Gm
Where I can't stay awake.
Am
I got to leave you baby
                 Bb     Am  Gm
Before my heart will break.
       F
I'm going,
      C
I'm going,
      Dm     C    Dm
I'm gone.


Come over here baby.
'Cause I'm telling you this,
You gotta believe it.
You gotta give me one more kiss.
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

Fix me one more drink baby,
And hold me one more time,
But don't get too close,
To make me change my mind.
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

                        Am                                                                                       G
        Now my mama always said something true: "You gotta follow your heart,
         G                              C              G
        You'll be fine at the end of the line.
         G                                  C           G
        All that's gold wasn't meant to shine.
         Am                                                             F         C     G
        Just don't put your horse in front of your cart."

(Instrumental verse)

Now from Boston to Birmingham,
Is a two day ride.
But I got to be going now,
'Cause I'm so dissatisfied.
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

Am       G

G
Going, going, going going gone.
A
Going, going, going going gone.
G
Going, going, going going gone.
B                      A      E  D     B
Going, going, going going gone.


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