Absent Friends chords by The Fureys

Chorus:

G          D    Em          Bm
Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.
C       D    C      D
I wonder why it never happens for me.
G         D      Em     Bm
It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.
C      D    C      G
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.


Verse:
G        D      Em   Bm
What seemed important then becomes trivial when
C      D    C       D
Fate deals the card that forces your hand.
G        D       Em      Bm
All the places we'd been, all the things we had seen,
C        D   C      G
No more in the future; it just isn't planned.

Verse:
G     D       Em       Bm
It's all very strange, but when you went, I changed.
C        D        C       G
It just seemed to happen with the passing of each day.
G    D       Em     Bm
I don't understand. Is it part of a plan?
C      D     C       G
Does one person grow when another fades away?


Chorus:
G          D    Em          Bm
Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.
C       D    C      D
I wonder why it never happens for me.
G         D      Em     Bm
It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.
C      D    C      G
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.


Verse:
G        D      Em     Bm
Small things you'd do weave pictures of you.
C         D     C      D
They're printed for life on the back of my mind.
G      D      Em      Bm
I was always so sure. Your life was so pure.
C       D        C       G
To the faults and to bad times a loved one stays blind.


Instrumental:

G D Em Bm C D C G


Verse:
G      D      Em      Bm
I always found that when you were around,
C       D       C      D
You helped me with worries and eased all my fears.
G      D      C      Bm
You always had time for problems of mine,
C      D     C     G
A shoulder to cry on, a listening ear


Chorus:
G          D    Em          Bm
Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.
C       D    C      D
I wonder why it never happens for me.
G         D      Em     Bm
It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.
C      D    C      G
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.


Chorus:
G          D    Em          Bm
Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away.
C       D    C      D
I wonder why it never happens for me.
G         D      Em     Bm
It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day.
C      D    C      G
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.