Arlo Guthrie – World Away From Me (Ukulele)

words and music by Arlo Guthrie Intro: C Cmaj C7 F C Cmaj C7 F C Cmaj C7 F Fm G C

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I've been keeping on the run

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I've been traveling with the sun

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I've been singing all my life and getting by

Got to keep up with what's going on

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In this place I've been so long

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And I guess I'll just keep singing all my life

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And it's so good to come home

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To a woman all alone

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Forgetting how hard loneliness can be

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She will take me from this world

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Then she'll gently take the world away from me

l'll be coming home at night While the kids are sleeping tight She'll be lit by firelight and looking fine And the kids jump out of bed Hello Daddy, what did you get Did you think of anything on down the line She'll be talking with her smile Saying, honey, wait awhile The kids have missed you, soon they'll be asleep She will take me from this world Then she'll gently take the world away from me Oh the prophets and the sages And the wise men through the ages All that's written down on pages from above Just can't adequately describe What I'm feeling here inside It's just useless to be living without love And I'll take her by her hand Just a woman and a man Without trying to understand what we should be She will take me from this world Then she'll gently take the world away from me