God Bless The Absentee chords by Paul Simon
Guitar chords with lyrics
Key: Bb
♫ Intro:
Fm Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm7 Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm7 Eb Bb Fm Bb Fm Eb Bb
Fm Bb
♫ Verse 1:
Fm Eb Bb Fm Eb Bb
Lord
I'm a working man and music is my trade
Eb Bb C7
I'm traveling with this five piece band
I play the ace of spades
Fm F Bbm Ab Eb
I have a wife and family who don't see much of me
F7 Bb7
God bless the absentee
♫ Verse 2:
Fm7 Bb7 Fm7 Eb Bb7
Lord
I am a surgeon and music is my knife
F Eb Bb7 C7
It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life
Fm F Bbm Ab Eb
But if I could release my heart and veins and arteries
F7 Bb7
I'd say God bless the absentee
♫ Verse 3:
Ebm7 Ebm D Gb
I miss my woman so
I miss my bed
Cm B C
I miss those soft places I used to lay my head
♫ Verse 4:
Ebm D Gb
My son don't need me yet, his bones are soft
Cm B C7
He flies a silver airplane, he wears a golden cross
F7 Bb7
God bless the absentee
♫ Verse 5:
Bb
Lord, this country's changed so fast
Fm F Bb C7
The future is the present, the present's in the past
Fm F7 Bbm Ab Eb
Highways are in litigation, the airports disagree
F7 Bb7
God bless the absentee
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