{"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":2481134,"song":"Absent Friends","artist":"The Divine Comedy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11506300-absent-friends-chords-by-the-divine-comedy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2481134?type=chord","rating":4.57494,"votes":11,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nAbsent friends,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhere's to them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd happy days[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F/A[/ch]      [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\nWe thought that they would never end[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nHere's to absent friends[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nLittle Jean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nSeberg seemed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo full of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F/A[/ch]           [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\nBut in those eyes such troubled dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nPoor little Jean[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nWoodbine Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nCouldn't rest until he'd[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F/A[/ch]             [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\nGiven every bloke a final smoke before the killing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Woodbine Willie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nSteve McQueen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nJumped the first one clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nBut the great escape he tried to make was not to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nMaybe next time Steve[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nLaika flew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nThrough inky blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n'Til Laika neared the atmosphere and Laika knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nLaika's life was through[/tab]\r\n[ch]Em/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]Am/E[/ch] [ch]Am/D[/ch] [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Am/B[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F/A[/ch]   [ch]Am6[/ch]           [ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nOscar Wilde was a lonely child[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am/E[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe fought and won acceptance from the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey smiled, they laughed, they praised[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G9[/ch]\r\nThey drove poor Oscar to his grave[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nAbsent friends,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhere's to them[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd happy days[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe thought that they would never end[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nBut they always end[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\nRaise your glasses then[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nto absent friends[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC F/C C F/C\nC Am7 G7\nC F/C C F/C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nC F/C\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nC F/C\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nAm/C F/G Am/C F/G\nD Dsus4 D Dsus4\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\nD G/D\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\nEm/D D D7\n\n[Bridge]\nAm/E Am/D Am/C Am/B \n\n\n\n\nC F/C C F/C\nC F/C C F/C\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC F/C 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