Frank Turner – To Absent Friends (Guitar Live)

G                  
Lunchtime Friday, leave work early,

Am                            
Rushing through the suburbs to the station to catch the train,

C                                                          Cadd9
Heading up to town to Dave’s to get my glad rags on.

G
Because lately I’ve been running down, little things catching up,

Am
Excuses stretched thin and it’s hard not giving up.

C                                                                         Cadd9
Tonight we’re going to get it right, we’re going to have us a good one.

Am                                    G
And the roll call is missing a name;

Am                                       Fmaj
Since you left things haven’t been the same,

C                                   G                            Fmaj
But I don’t blame you, there was nothing here to make you stay.

Am                                  G
But I remember the way that you’d light up a room when you walk in,

Am                                    Fmaj
The way that you’d lead a crowd when you sing.

C          G          Fmaj            
Jamie, this one is for you.

G
Pre-club beers at Dan’s before we hit the road.

Am
Nicely warmed up, pleasantly half-loaded,

C                                                                Cadd9
Ready for a night on fire, we’re going to get out the big guns.

G
And I run down the numbers, scan through the faces,

Am
Run through the plans, scout out the places.

C                                                                     Cadd9
I’m electrified, surrounded, but still missing something or someone.

Am                                    G
And the roll call is missing a name;

Am                                       Fmaj
Since you left things haven’t been the same,

C                                   G                             Fmaj
But I don’t blame you, there was nothing here to make you stay.

Am                                G
But I remember the way that you’d light up a room when you walk in,

Am                           Fmaj
The way that you’d lead a crowd when you sing.

C          G          Fmaj            
Jamie, this one is for you.

C                                    Csus4
I’m wide awake in this cityscape. 

C 
You did your time out on the road.

C
One day you stayed away for good.

C
You found a home down by the shore,

C
A place to hang your hat and more.

C
You sent me postcards to tell me of

C
Slowing down and finding love.

C
The thrill has gone from the city life;

C
I’m not far behind.

Am                                   G
So you can strike my name from the roll call,

Am                            Fmaj                      
When night falls I’m leaving.

G                                Fmaj
There is nothing here to make me stay.

Am                              G
When I get to the coast I will send back a postcard

Am                               Fmaj
To tell all my old friends all about my new start.

C          G           Fmaj
Jamie I will see you soon.