Tuning: Half a step down from normal tuning (but sounds fine in standard tuning too)

Intro: C F C F x2

Some birds fly away to the horizons warmer days,

Summer feels better than the blistering cold

I long for more than this doing a job just so I live

I know my soul’s vision can’t be changed

Someday soon I’ll travel to find me

And this abyss ain’t as dark as I feared

So I’m gonna pack my things and go

Travel the world before I’m old

I’ll send you photos in the post

That captured the moments I love the most

This is my great escape

This is my great escape

I want to climb up mountains

Drink from nature’s fountains

Who knows what I’ll do on my way

I want to feel lost and stranded

Find love in a different language

Who knows who I’ll meet on my way

Now I’m sure this is what I need

Space to roam and be completely free

So I’m gonna pack my things and go

Travel the world before I’m old

I’ll send you photos in the post

That captured the moments I love the most

This is my great escape

This is my great escape

Am Am/F7 G
I was once told whilst growing up

If you want to leave then go while you can

Am Am/F7 G
Before you get stuck, before you become

Another cog in the working machine

Well that’s not me so…

Break C, F, Am, G x2

So I’m gonna pack my things and go

Travel the world before I’m old

I’ll send you photos in the post

That captured the moments I love the most

I’m gonna pack my things and go

Travel the world before I’m old

Now I’ll send you photos in the post

That captured the moments I love the most

This is my great escape

This is my great escape

This is my great escape

This is my great escape

Semi tone down so this is how your guitar should be tuned:

Verse 1:
Listen close before my words are froze.
The numbness is setting in.
Keep control and just breath slow,
There’s not long before I have to go.

Your fragile frame can’t take this pain, I know.
If you're losing grip there’s one thing you should know.

Chorus:
If you’re suffocating my lungs will save you. I’d give my dying breath.
And I hope you take it if it means I don’t make it. I’d rather drown
Knowing you’re safe and sound.

Verse 2:
When love was young and we were strong,
It felt like I gave you life.
Now we’re pulled by the tide on seperate sides,
but the water that connects us remains.

Each time we try we always end up sinking.
Two can’t survive on one air supply.

Chorus:
If you’re suffocating my lungs will save you. I’d give my dying breath.
And I hope you take it if it means I don’t make it. I’d rather drown
Knowing you’re safe and sound.

Bridge:
There’s no time left for us, so go.
Don’t think, just leave me here on my own.
Be honest with yourself there’s nothing left here.
We can’t change what fate has brought us
We can’t be saved from the waters.

Chorus:
If you’re suffocating my lungs will save you. I’d give my dying breath.
I hope you take it if it means I don’t make it. Oh, I’d rather drown
Knowing you’re safe and sound.

If you’re suffocating my lungs will save you. I’d give my dying breath.
I hope you take it if it means I don’t make it. Oh, I’d rather drown
Knowing you’re safe and sound.

If you’re suffocating my lungs will save you. I’d give my dying breath.
I hope you take it if it means I don’t make it. Oh, I’d rather drown
Knowing you’re safe and sound.