Fm Ab7 F7 F (Riff) Fm7 (riff) Fm7 F riff
[Verse 1]
F Fm
All my life I wanted to fly
Bb Fm
Like the birds that you see way up in the sky
F
Making circles in the morning sun
F
Flying high in the sky 'till the day is done
Fm F
(I can't break away)
Fm
Like a child in his fantasy
F Fm
Punching holes in the walls of reality
F
All my life I wanted to fly
F
But I don't have the wings and I wonder why
F Ab
(I can't breakaway )
F Ab
(I can't breakaway )
F Bb F
Whoa, well mama told me When I was young,
Fm
Stand tall girl, You're number one (she said)
F
But you can't be what you wanna be
Db F
But you can shake the course of your destiny
Fm
I can't breakaway
Gm7 F
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
Fm
Well no, no, no, no, no
I can't breakaway
Bb Fm
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
Fm
Oh yeah, I share, I share you, who?
Fm
One is one, one
Fm
And two is two, two
Fm
You want me
Fm
And I hang you, Black is Black (black is black)
Ab Fm
And white is white (white is white)
Ab
So come out in the middle
N.c Fm
'Till midnight, I can't breakaway
Fm F
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
Fm
Well no, no, no, no, no
I can't breakaway
Fmin7 Bb
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
F
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah-heh-heh
[Interlude]
Fm F7 Fm F7 Fm
[Verse]
Ab7
(Cowbell)
F
Well, mama told me,
Fm
When I was young,
Fm
Stand tall girl, stand tall girl
You're number one (you're number one)
Db
(she said)You can't be what you wanna be
Bb Fm
But you can change the course of your destiny
I can't breakaway
Bb Fm
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
Fm
No, no, no, no, no
I can't breakaway
Bb F
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
Fmin7
I can't, I can't, I can't breakaway
Bb
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
F Fmin7
No, no, no., no, no
Fmin7
I can't breakaway
Bb Fm
Ah-min-ah, do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la.
Fm
Woo ooh ooooh oh
Fmaj7
I can't break away (I can't breakaway)