Paul Simon – God Bless The Absentee (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[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
God bless the absentee