Break Away


Single
Break Away / Celebrate The News
Appeared On
Written By
Brian Wilson/Reggie Dunbar
Produced By
Brian and Murry Wilson
Lead Vocals
Carl (on the verses), Al (on the choruses) (with Brian and Mike)
Recorded On
March 31 and April 23, 1969
Length
2:56
Notes
  • Released as a single, as the Beach Boys were still obliged to Capitol for one more single.
  • This is a tremendous song and a personal favorite, the vocals are out of this world. Unfortunately it bombed as a single.
  • Al claims that Brian "underproduced and undersold the ending of the record."
  • Reggie Dunbar is a pseudonym for Murry Wilson. The copywright notices list Brian as the only writer.
Chords
C......................................Dm7
Break break shakeaway break breakaway
Gm7.......C7...........Fmaj7.F...F/E...Dm7...G7...Gm7/C...C7...D7
Do what do what I wanna do

Gm7................C7.................A7..............Dm
Time will not wait for me, time is my destiny
G...........................C....................C/B...........Bb
Why change the part of me that has to be free
Gm7................C7.................A7...............Dm
The love that passed me by, I found no reason why
G......................C.......C/B..................Bb
But now each day is filled with the love
...........................Gm..........................Bbmaj7.............G7sus....G7
That very same love, that passed me by, and that is why
............C..............................Dm7.........................Gm7...........C7.....Fmaj7..F
I can breakaway from that lonely life, and I can do what I wanna do
F/E..Dm7...........G7..........Gm7/C.......C7.........D7
And breakaway from that empty life and my world is new

Gm7......................C7..............A7...................Dm
When I laid down on my bed, I heard voices in my head
G............................C.........C/B.......Bb
Telling me now "Hey it's only a dream"
Gm7..............C7..............A7..............Dm
The more I thought of it, I had been out of it
G.........................C.....C/B..............Bb
And here's the answer I found instead
...........................................................Gm
(Baby baby) found out it was in my head
.......................................................Bbmaj7
(Baby baby) found out it was my head
............................................................G7sus...G7
(Baby baby) found out it was in my head
....................C.......................Dm7.............................Gm7................C7..........Fmaj7..F
And I can breakaway to the better life where the shackles never hold me down
.......F/E....Dm7............G7.........Gm7/C.....C7.......D7
I'm gonna make a way for each happy day as my life turns around

Bb........................................................Gm
Oh boy you jump for joy when you breakaway)
Bb................Gm
Breakaway, breakaway
Bb.................................................................Gm
Feel the vibrations and all the sensations breakaway
Bb.................................................................Gm
Feel the vibrations and all the sensations breakaway

Chart prepared by Francis Greene

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