B F# B F# B He was just a friend of mine F# I'd run into from time to time Abm Long before he moved away E B We used to share a taste for wine F# E Still I never knew that he was sad back then B E F# E B F# He said the time had come for him to take a holiday B And he says it's brilliant there E There's something in the air B And sunshine everywhere F# He's on the beach B I know he's changed somehow E He sends those postcards now B I'm not sure where he is F# but he's out of reach B When he called me up one day F# And said that he was going away Abm I thought he meant a week in France E B And not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay F# E Still he had to take his chances B E F# E B F# He said the time had come for him to make a move away B And he says it's brilliant there E There's something in the air B And sunshine everywhere F# He's on the beach B I know he's changed somehow E He writes those postcards now Eb He's on his own again B And he's out of reach Eb (my baby gets it on the beach) Abm And I don't blame him E F# Eb Leaving was the best thing he could do Abm He longed for changes E I just hope he's happy F# E C# When he does the things he thinks he has to do And he tries, and he tries E B E F# Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself E B E F# Somehow he's trying to be someone else B And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there E There's something in the air B And sunshine everywhere B He's on the beach B I know he's changed somehow E It's in his postcards now Eb He's on his own again F# So far out of reach B And he says it's brilliant there E There's something in the air B And sunshine everywhere F# He's on the beach B I know he's changed somehow E It's in his postcards now Eb He's in Australia F# So far out of reach B E B A F# ... And he says it's brilliant there