Xavier Rudd – While Im Gone (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bb F F C Bb F F C (SAME CHORDS UNTIL LAST CHORUS) [Chorus]
           Bb                  F              F                       C
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, don't change a thing at all
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, you know you're beautiful [Verse 1]
           Bb                             F
And I'm walking in the sunshine with my head held high

           F                      C
Got my family together, got this big blue sky

           Bb                      F
And I'll go one direction with my radio on

   F                              C
Recieving what I need to know, digesting wisdom

       Bb                         F
I can fly like an eagle from the ridges above

  F                               C
Decend upon the people with the power of my love

           Bb                     F
Cause I believe in truth and I believe in love

         F                                C
And I believe we are protected from the spirits above
[Chorus]
           Bb                  F              F                       C
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, don't change a thing at all
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, you know you're beautiful [Verse 2]
         Bb                           F
And I see a sister walking with her radio on

          F                            C
She got flowers in her hair and she's singing this song

           Bb                            F
I don't know sometimes we're coming and sometimes we're going

     F                                  C
Sometimes we're in the middle of the great unknown

          Bb                          F
Either way respect for momma and her seven cubs

          F                           C
And the staunch preparation for the things to come

         Bb                      F
I will go one direction with my radio on

         F                     C
I'll keep it nice and simple, sending lots of love
[Chorus] (x2)
           Bb                  F              F                       C
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, don't change a thing at all
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, you know you're beautiful
           Bb                  F              F                       C
Comin' home (?) please don't change a thing, don't change a thing at all
While I'm gone, please don't change a thing, you know you're beautiful (New chords from here) [Ending] Background: "My island, my home"
F                         Bb
I'm sending love to Barcelona

         Dm7                    C7
I will be sending love to California

         F                        Bb
And I'll be sending love to Argentina

         Dm7                C7
And I'll be big love Aotearoa

           F                     Bb
And I'll be sending love to the Papua New Guinea

Dm7                  C7
Sending love to Izintaba

F                      Bb
Madiba, my big love Samoa

           Dm7                 C7
And I'll be sending love to Yirrkala

     F         Bb
My island, my home

     Dm7       C7
My island, my home