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A Song For While Im Away

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Song: A Song for While I'm away
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)
Hello all Thin Lizzy fans!
The song itself is quite easy. The guitarist plays this fingerpicking pattern, but I 
bothered to tab it,
because it sounds better if you play the chords (if you only got one guitar). Thin Lizzy 
the whole thing
with a big orchestra (or so it seems) so they have a full sound, and if you dont play 
chords, the sound will be
uninteresting and flat. The 2 riffs I have set up is optional. It sounds just a bit cool 
you do them. Riff1 is
really played with 1 guitar and 1 bass, and at one place it is played by some sort of 
(or something like that).
Riff2 is a riff for the bass guitar, but I like it, so I put it in there.
Intro:
e|--E---7--B---7-5-D-----A---5--Am---5--E---4---------|
B|---9-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---5---5-5-|
G|-9-----8---------7-6-----5-----4-------6-----|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Riff1:                       Riff2:
e|--------------------------|------------------|
B|--------------------------|------------------|
G|-1--2--2/4--2--1--2/4--1--|------------------|
D|-2--4--4/6--4--2--4/6--2--|--2---------------|
A|--------------------------|-----4--2---------|
E|--------------------------|-----------4--0---|
Intro x3
E**                             B  
  These words I wrote, play and sing to you
                                      D  A**
  Do not convey the love I brought and bring to you
                        Am  E*
  For this is a song for while I'm away
   A*                                  E(Riff1)
To say all the things I'd love to say
                   A5     G#5           F#5           E5(Riff2)
You are my life, my everything, you're all I have
You are my C#5hopes, my dreams, my B5world come A5true
   F#5            E5(Riff2)
You're all I have
                      F#5       G#5(F#5)     E5(Riff2)
Please heed me now these words I have to say
Intro x3
Now I'm headed for the border
You see this song it ends right at the start
I swore when I was younger
No one would win my heart
Chorus x2
Intro x3
And far away hills look greener still
But soon they'll all slip away
It's then I'll be returning
And I'll be coming home to stay
Fade out while playing chorus.
Chords:
In the verse:
A*  x02225
A** 577655
   B799877
   Dx57775
   E022100
E*  476454
E** x79997
In the chorus:
  A5x022xx
  B5x244xx
 C#5x466xx
  E5x022xx
 F#5244xxx
 G#5466xxx

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A Song For While Im Away

by Thin Lizzy

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#5

F#5

C#5

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

Song: A Song for While I'm away

Tuning: EADGBe (standard)

Hello all Thin Lizzy fans!

The song itself is quite easy. The guitarist plays this fingerpicking pattern, but I

bothered to tab it,

because it sounds better if you play the chords (if you only got one guitar). Thin Lizzy

the whole thing

with a big orchestra (or so it seems) so they have a full sound, and if you dont play

chords, the sound will be

uninteresting and flat. The 2 riffs I have set up is optional. It sounds just a bit cool

you do them. Riff1 is

really played with 1 guitar and 1 bass, and at one place it is played by some sort of

(or something like that).

Riff2 is a riff for the bass guitar, but I like it, so I put it in there.

Intro:

E B D A Am E

e|-----7-----7-5---------5-----5-----4---------|

B|---9-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---5---5-5-|

G|-9-----8---------7-6-----5-----4-------6-----|

D|---------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------|

Riff1: Riff2:

e|--------------------------|------------------|

B|--------------------------|------------------|

G|-1--2--2/4--2--1--2/4--1--|------------------|

D|-2--4--4/6--4--2--4/6--2--|--2---------------|

A|--------------------------|-----4--2---------|

E|--------------------------|-----------4--0---|

Intro x3

E B

These words I wrote, play and sing to you

D A

Do not convey the love I brought and bring to you

Am E

For this is a song for while I'm away

A E

* (Riff1)

To say all the things I'd love to say

A5 G#5 F#5 E5

(Riff2)

You are my life, my everything, you're all I have

C#5 B5 A5

You are my hopes, my dreams, my world come true

F#5 E5

(Riff2)

You're all I have

F#5 G#5 F#5 E5

() (Riff2)

Please heed me now these words I have to say

Intro x3

Now I'm headed for the border

You see this song it ends right at the start

I swore when I was younger

No one would win my heart

Chorus x2

Intro x3

And far away hills look greener still

But soon they'll all slip away

It's then I'll be returning

And I'll be coming home to stay

Fade out while playing chorus.

Chords:

In the verse:

* x02225

** 577655

799877

x57775

022100

* 476454

** x79997

In the chorus:

x022xx

x244xx

C#5

x466xx

x022xx

F#5

244xxx

G#5

466xxx

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