Absent Friends chords by The Fureys

Chords with lyrics

Chorus:

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


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

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


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


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

Instrumental:

G+G D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm C majorC D MajorD C majorC G+G


Verse:
G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm      B minorBm
I always found that when you were around,
C majorC       D MajorD       C majorC      D MajorD
You helped me with worries and eased all my fears.
G+G      D MajorD      C majorC      B minorBm
You always had time for problems of mine,
C majorC      D MajorD     C majorC     G+G
A augmentedA shoulder to cry on, a listening ear


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


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