Absent Friends chords by Saxon

Artits:  Saxon
Album:  Unleash the Beast (1997)

Tuning:  Half-Step Down
Time:   6/4


Here's Saxon's wonderful power-ballad called 'Absent Friends'. It's a song you all
should know.


Intro:
                              |- 3 -|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
B|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
G|-0--------0-----0--0--------0-----0-||-2-----------2-----2h3p2p0--------0--|
D|-0-----------0-----0-----------0----||-3-----------3-----------------3-----|
A|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----3-----------3----||-------------------------------------|

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1--------1-----1--1--------1-----1--|
B|-1--------1--1--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1--------1--1--1--1--------1--1--1--|
G|-2--------2--2--0--0--------0--0--0-||-2--------2--2--2--2--------2--2--2--|
D|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-3-----------3-----3-----------3-----|
A|-0-----------0-----2----------------||-3-----------3-----3-----------3-----|
E|-------------------0----------------||-1-----------1-----1-----------1-----|

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
B|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1--1--1--------1-----------|
G|-0--------0-----0--0--------0-----0-||-2--------2--2--2--2-h3-----3--0-h2--|
D|-0-----------0-----0-----------0----||-3-----------3-----------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----3-----------3----||-------------------------------------|

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
B|-1--------1--1--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
G|-2--------2--2--0--0--------0--0--0-||-2~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
D|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-3~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
A|-0-----------0-----2----------------||-3~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|


Verse:

(Try to make variations with Dsus4! Hear the song and find out when to vary.)

D         G
 You went in the morning
D           G
 We didn't say good-bye
D            G
 The friends that you left here
     Em7/B    Asus4
 Wonder why, wonder why


D         G
 I wish I could see you
D       G
 Just for a day
D       G
 Tell you we missed you
         Em7/B      Asus4
 And ask you to stay, ask you to stay


Chorus:
       D    Cadd4
 To absent friends
         Em         Cmaj7
 This one's for you, this one's for you
       D    Cadd4
 To absent friends
         Em         Cmaj7
 This one's for you, this one's for you


 You went without warning
 We didn't even know
 Just like the good ones
 It was your turn to go
 Your turn to go

 To absent friends (to absent friends)
 This one's for you (this one's for you)
 This one's for you
 To absent friends (to absent friends)
 This one's for you (this one's for you)
 This one's for you


Solo:

(Try variations with Cadd4 / Cadd2 / Cmaj7 or other - it's impossible to hear it! Make
sure that it sounds/feels good.)

    Em  C  Em  C
    Em  C  D  D
    Em  C  Em  C
    Em  C  D  D


Bm       D
 When we're together
Bm         D
 You stand at our side
Bm         D
 We'll raise our glasses
        Cadd4
 And toast you tonight
        A
 Toast you tonight


 You went in the morning
 We didn't say good-bye
 The friends that you left here
 Wonder why, wonder why

 I wish I could see you
 Just for a day
 Tell you we missed you
 And ask you to stay
 Ask you to stay

 To absent friends (to absent friends)
 This one's for you (this one's for you)
 This one's for you
 To absent friends (to absent friends)
 This one's for you (this one's for you)
 This one's for you
 To absent friends (to absent friends)
 This one's for you (this one's for you)
 This one's for you
 To absent friends (to absent friends)
 This one's for you
 This one's for you
 This one's for you


(I'll try to tab the solo as soon as I get a guitar with more than 21 frets.)


Chords:

Em7/B  Asus4  Cadd4  Cadd2  Cmaj7  Dsus4
 0    0    3    0    0    3
 3    3    1    3    0    3
 0    2    0    0    0    2
 2    2    2    2    2    0
 2    0    3    3    3    X