C
           C               Dm
         (Break, break, shake away, break, break away)
          Gm7    C7     F7+    F E
         (Do what, do what I wanna do)
         Dm7  G7  Gm7/C     D7

         Gm7         C
         Time will not wait for me
         A7       Dm
         Time is my destiny
         G        C          B      Bb
         Why change the part of me that has to be free
         Gm7         C
         The love that passed me by
              A7       Dm
         I found no reason why
              G         C        B      Bb
         But now each day is filled with the love
         (Bb)        Gm
         That very same love
                 Bb7+
         That passed me by
               G7    G7
         And that is why

 Chorus 1:
              C           Dm
         I can breakaway from that lonely life
               Gm7      C7   F7+  F  E
         And I can do what I wanna do
           Dm7      G7    Gm7/C
         And breakaway from that empty life
             D7
         And my world is new

         Gm7         C
         When I laid down on my bed
              A7       Dm
         I heard voices in my head
              G         C   B         Bb
         Telling me now "Hey it's only a dream"
         Gm7         C
         The more I thought of it
              A7       Dm
         I had been out of it
             G           C    B       Bb
         And here's the answer I found instead
         G         C    B       Bb
         (Baby baby) Found out it was in my head
             G         C    B        Bb
         (Baby baby) Found out it was in my head
             G         C    B        Bb
         (Baby baby) Found out it was in my head

Chorus 2:
             C            Dm
         And I can breakaway to the better life
                   Gm7       C7  F7+   F E
         Where the shackles never hold me down
                Dm7      G7     Gm7/C
         I'm gonna make a way for each happy day
                   D7
         As my life turns around

 Coda:
         Bb
         Come on we're free to break away
                Gm
         Now won't you come on, you're free to break away
             Bb                              Gm
               Come on you're free to break, break away
           Bb                              Gm
               Come on you're free to break, break away
         Bb                              Gm
         Feel the vibrations in all the sensations, breakin' away
         Bb                              Gm
         Feel the vibrations in all the sensations, breakin' away  (Fade)