Gone Away With A Friend chords by Ralph Stanley

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Ab

strum: base note DUD

Intro:

Ab  Eb  Db  Ab

Verse 1:
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I looked into the face of an old saint of God,
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I thought his race has ended, his lifes crowns he won,
Ab
Seperated for the present, but soon to live again,
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And he's only gone away with a friend,

Chorus:
     Db                          Ab
Gone away with a friend, someone closer than a brother
Eb                               Db               Ab
some-one who loves you more than children, dad or mother
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And he holds you very close in the palm of His hand
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Let it read on my tombstone, gone away with a friend.

Verse 2:
Ab
Now he's my constant companion through life's joy and lifes pain,
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All my hopes and my tears I hold in his dear name
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And when my soul breaks free from the ties that bind me here
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I'm going away with Jesus no greater friend so dear

Chorus:
     Db                          Ab
Gone away with a friend, someone closer than a brother
Eb                               Db               Ab
some-one who loves you more than children, dad or mother
       Db                          Ab
And he holds you very close in the palm of His hand
       Eb                         Db             Ab
Let it read on my tombstone, gone away with a friend.

Outro:
       Db                          Ab
And he holds you very close in the palm of His hand
       Eb                         Db          Eb    Ab
Let it read on my tombstone, gone away with a friend.