{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1938205,"song":"To Absent Friends","artist":"Frank Turner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11433417-to-absent-friends-chords-by-frank-turner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1938205?type=chord","rating":4.46485,"votes":7,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  \r\nLunchtime Friday, leave work early,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            \r\nRushing through the suburbs to the station to catch the train,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nHeading up to town to Dave’s to get my glad rags on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause lately I’ve been running down, little things catching up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nExcuses stretched thin and it’s hard not giving up.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nTonight we’re going to get it right, we’re going to have us a good one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the roll call is missing a name;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nSince you left things haven’t been the same,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nBut I don’t blame you, there was nothing here to make you stay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I remember the way that you’d light up a room when you walk in,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nThe way that you’d lead a crowd when you sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Fmaj[/ch]            \r\nJamie, this one is for you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPre-club beers at Dan’s before we hit the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNicely warmed up, pleasantly half-loaded,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nReady for a night on fire, we’re going to get out the big guns.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I run down the numbers, scan through the faces,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRun through the plans, scout out the places.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI’m electrified, surrounded, but still missing something or someone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the roll call is missing a name;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nSince you left things haven’t been the same,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nBut I don’t blame you, there was nothing here to make you stay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I remember the way that you’d light up a room when you walk in,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nThe way that you’d lead a crowd when you sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Fmaj[/ch]            \r\nJamie, this one is for you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m wide awake in this cityscape. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nYou did your time out on the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day you stayed away for good.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou found a home down by the shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nA place to hang your hat and more.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou sent me postcards to tell me of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSlowing down and finding love.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe thrill has gone from the city life;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m not far behind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you can strike my name from the roll call,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Fmaj[/ch]                      \r\nWhen night falls I’m leaving.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nThere is nothing here to make me stay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I get to the coast I will send back a postcard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nTo tell all my old friends all about my new start.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Fmaj[/ch]\r\nJamie I will see you soon.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Am","C","Cadd9","Fmaj","Csus4","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}