Ben Folds – Away When You Were Here (Guitar)

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[Verse]
Bb                     Dm               F5
Dad I know you were sad when you died

          Bb             Eb               Bb        F5
And I was young it's the way I kept you in my mind

  Bb                           Dm           F5
A mess that was left and a mother who cried

                   Bb         Eb
And when she stood up she was nobody's mother

   Bb        F
I'd be fine
[Chorus]
            Eb        Bb
But I missed you then

          Eb       Bb
And I miss you now

               Gm         Bb         F
Liked you'd miss things I might say

               Eb        Bb          Eb     Bb
You seemed lost in clouds but I'm older now

          Gm         Bb         F  Fsus  F
I can see through lifting haze

     Eb6
That you were away even when you were here
Bb Dm7 Eb [Verse]
Bb                          Dm             F
Sometimes a phrase or a manner that's you

                     Bb         Eb
Comes through me, it goes in a flash

                          Bb         F Fsus F
It's a flame, it's a blink like life

          Bb                      Dm           F
Oh and how much now should we pay for the past

                  Bb      Eb                   Bb        F
Cause you could age with grace if I freed you in my mind
[Chorus]
           Eb       Bb
But I loved you then

          Eb       Bb
And I love you now

             Gm     Bb           F
All the things I wish I'd asked

             Eb        Bb
When I'm lost in clouds

       Eb     Bb           Gm    Bb         F
I remember how I was loved and I was blessed

    Eb6                                   Cm
And you were away even when you were here
[Bridge]
                        Gm       F        Cm
Cause it's not about you, not you, anymore

                      Gm           F
It's about what I'd do with it all

        F#   D                        Eb   Bb
And I've     known every way you've let me down
Eb Bb Gm Bb F Eb Bb Eb Bb Gm Bb [Verse]
     Bb                      F6
This morning I wake to be older than you were

           Bb         Eb                   Bb
Fresh white snow for miles, every footstep will be mine

               Eb        Bb              Eb          Bb
You'd have lost that way, you'd have gone so straight

               Gm     Bb      F
You'd have made my wedding day

                Bb                     Eb       Bb
You'd have saved my youth from the full of truth

               Gm      Bb           F
You'd have kept those walls at bay

    Eb6
But you were away,

    Cm7                    F             Bb
And you were away even when you were here