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Absence

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GSilence is simply the Cabsence of sound
D7Darkness the absence of Glight
My life is G7made up of Csilence and Amdarkness
D7Since the absence of you from my Gside
CWe became birds of a Gdifferent feather
D7Encountering storms we could Gneither one D7weather
GI define anyone to Cdefine me your way
My D7heart can't go on this a-Gway
Nearness is simply the Cabsence of absence
D7Wrong is the absence of Gright
My life is G7made up of the Cabsence of Amnearness
D7Since the absence of you from my Gside
CWe became birds of a Gdifferent feather
D7Encountering storms we could Gneither one D7weather
GI define anyone to Cdefine me your way
My D7heart can't go on this a-Cw-D7a-yG  

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Absence

by Roger Miller

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C

Silence is simply the absence of sound

D7 G

Darkness the absence of light

G7 C Am

My life is made up of silence and darkness

D7 G

Since the absence of you from my side

C G

We became birds of a different feather

D7 G D7

Encountering storms we could neither one weather

G C

I define anyone to define me your way

D7 G

My heart can't go on this a-way

Nearness is simply the absence of absence

D7 G

Wrong is the absence of right

G7 C Am

My life is made up of the absence of nearness

D7 G

Since the absence of you from my side

C G

We became birds of a different feather

D7 G D7

Encountering storms we could neither one weather

G C

I define anyone to define me your way

D7 C D7 G

My heart can't go on this a-w-a-y

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