{"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":1984799,"song":"Absent Friends","artist":"The Fureys","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11443973-absent-friends-chords-by-the-fureys/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1984799?type=chord","rating":4.65996,"votes":32,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTime heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder why it never happens for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy you had to go is a mystery to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhat seemed important then becomes trivial when[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFate deals the card that forces your hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll the places we'd been, all the things we had seen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo more in the future; it just isn't planned.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse] \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's all very strange, but when you went, I changed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt just seemed to happen with the passing of each day.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI don't understand. Is it part of a plan?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoes one person grow when another fades away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTime heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder why it never happens for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy you had to go is a mystery to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSmall things you'd do weave pictures of you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're printed for life on the back of my mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI was always so sure. Your life was so pure.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the faults and to bad times a loved one stays blind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI always found that when you were around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou helped me with worries and eased all my fears.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou always had time for problems of mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA shoulder to cry on, a listening ear[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTime heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder why it never happens for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy you had to go is a mystery to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTime heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder why it never happens for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy you had to go is a mystery to me.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG  D  Em  Bm  C  D  C  G x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","Em","Bm","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}