| Em | D | G | |
| On the t | urning aw | ay |
| C | Em | |
| From the p | ale and downtr | odden |
| D | G | |
| And the w | ords they s | ay |
| C | |
| Which we w | on't understand |
| Em | C | G | |
| "D | on't accept that what's h | appen | ing |
| Em | G | C | |
| Is just a case of all the s | uffer | ing |
| G | C | Em | |
| Or you'll find that you're j | oining | in |
| D | G | |
| The t | urning aw | ay" |
| Em | D | G | |
| It's a s | in that someh | ow |
| C | Em | |
| Light is ch | anging to sh | adow |
| D | G | |
| And c | asting it's shr | oud |
| C | |
| Over | all we have known |
| Em | C | G | |
| Unaware how the r | anks have gr | own |
| Em | G | C | |
| Dr | iven on by a h | eart of st | one |
| G | C | Em | |
| W | e could find that we're | all al | one |
| D | G | |
| In the dr | eam of the pr | oud |
| Em | D | G | |
| On the w | ings of the n | ight |
| C | Em | |
| As the d | aytime is st | irring |
| D | G | |
| Where the sp | eechless un | ite |
| C | |
| In a s | ilent accord |
| Em | C | G | |
| Using words you will f | ind are str | ange |
| Em | G | C | |
| And m | esmerised as they l | ight the fl | ame |
| G | C | |
| F | eel the new wind of ch | ange |
| Em | D | G | |
| On the w | ings of the n | ight |
| Em | D | G | |
| N | o more t | urning aw | ay |
| C | Em | |
| From the w | eak and the w | eary |
| D | G | |
| No more t | urning aw | ay |
| C | |
| From the c | oldness inside |
| Em | C | G | |
| J | ust aworld that we | all must sh | are |
| Em | G | C | |
| It's not enough just to st | and and sta | re |
| G | C | Em | |
| Is it only a dr | eam that there'll b | e |
| D | G | |
| No more t | urning aw | ay ? |