IT GOES AWAY
Tom Russell

Capo 3

(G)A young boy scrapes his knee
Or he (C)falls out of a (Em)tree
And his (C)mamma hears his screams from far a(G)way ((D))

(G)She runs to dry his eyes
She says (C)it's OK to (Em)cry
Cause (C)everything that hurts will go a(G)way (D)


Chorus:

It goes a(G)way, it might take (Em??)years
Or a (C)hundred thousand (Em)tears
But one (C)day the sky will clear
It goes a(G)way (D)


A boy just turned sixteen
Oh, he's bashful as in dreams
And his heart breaks when the girls go by his way

He's chokin' deep inside
From swallowing false pride 
'til he remembers that old prayer "it goes away"


Chorus


The older that we grow
The less we seem to know
But we still recite the old prayers every day

Oh, we hope the bomb won't drop
And all the wars will stop
And when our heart breaks that the pain will go away


Chorus