Turning Away Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays437

Turning Away by Dougie Maclean is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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Intro Em 

Em 
In darkness we do what we can 
   C              D 
In daylight we're oblivion 
    Em 
Our hearts so raw and clear 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 

Verse 
Em                                            D 
On the water we have walked like the fearless child 
         C                                 D         Em 
What was fastened we've unlocked revealing wondrous wild 
Em                                                    D 
And in search of confirmation we have jumped into the fire 
    C                                       D               Em 
And scrambled with our burning feet through uncontrolled desire 

Em 
In darkness we do what we can 
   C              D 
In daylight we're oblivion 
    Em 
Our hearts so raw and clear 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 

Verse 
Em                                            D 
There's a well upon the hill from our ancient past 
         C                             D          Em 
Where an age is standing still holding strong and fast 
Em                                                         D 
And there's those that try to tame it and to carve it into stone 
       C                             D                 Em 
Ah but words cannot extinguish it however hard they're thrown 

Em 
In darkness we do what we can 
   C              D 
In daylight we're oblivion 
    Em 
Our hearts so raw and clear 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 

Verse 
Em                                                 D 
On Loch Etive they have worked with their Highland dreams 
   C                                     D        Em 
By Kilcrennan they have nourished in the mountain streams 
Em                                                D 
And in searching for acceptance they had given it away 
         C                                   D                 Em 
Only the children of their children know the price they had to pay 

Em 
In darkness we do what we can 
   C              D 
In daylight we're oblivion 
    Em 
Our hearts so raw and clear 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 

Accapella 
N.C.  
In darkness we do what we can 
N.C. 
In daylight we're oblivion 
N.C. 
Our hearts so raw and clear 
N.C. 
Are turning away, turning away from here 

       Em 
And in darkness we do what we can 
   C              D 
In daylight we're oblivion 
    Em 
Our hearts so raw and clear 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 
    D             C        D        Em 
Are turning away, turning away from here 

Outro 
D  C  D  Em 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante