Don’t turn around    (video)

 

    G - C - D - C (2x)

 

                           G       - C - D

1. If you wanna leave,

                 C                G    - C - D - C

    I won’t beg you to stay,

                               G             - C - D

    and if you gotta go, darlin’,  

                       C               G    - C - D

    maybe it’s better that way.

 

                              C

    I’m gonna be strong, gonna be fine,

                            D

    don’t worry about this heart of mine,

                                  C

    just walk out that door and see if I care,

                      D

    go on and go now !

 

        C                G                                        Am                        C

But don’t turn around, ‘cause you’re gonna see my heart breaking,

  C               G                                   Am            D

don’t turn around, I don’t want you seeing me cry.

  C                G                             Am                         C

Just walk away, it’s tearing me apart that you’re leaving,

                        F    - C - D                                   G    - C - D - C

I’m letting you go,               but I won’t let you know.

 

                                  G                 C    - D

2. I won’t miss your arms around me,  

     C                G           C             D        - C

    holding me tight, so tight, real tight,

                               G               C    - D

    and if you ever think about me,

              C                       G      - C - D

    just know that I’ll be alright.

 

                              C

    I’m gonna be strong, gonna do fine,

                           D

    don’t worry about this heart of mine,

                          C

    I know I’ll survive and I’ll make it thru’,

                           D

    and I’ll even learn to live without you.

 

        C                G                                        Am                        C

But don’t turn around, ‘cause you’re gonna see my heart breaking,

  C               G                                   Am            D

don’t turn around, I don’t want you seeing me cry.

  C                G                             Am                         C

Just walk away, it’s tearing me apart that you’re leaving,

                        F    - C - D                                   G    - C - D

I’m letting you go,               but I won’t let you know.

 

    Am                                   D

+       I wish I could cry out loud that I love you, baby,

Am                                         Am

    I wish I could say to you : Don’t go, don’t go, don’t go.

 

        C                G                                        Am                        C

But don’t turn around, ‘cause you’re gonna see my heart breaking,

  C               G                                   Am            D

don’t turn around, I don’t want you seeing me cry.

  C                G                             Am                         C

Just walk away, it’s tearing me apart that you’re leaving,

                        F    - C - D

I’m letting you go.

 

+  repeat CHORUS (2x, with lyrics variations) ...

 

 

    (Neil Diamond)