• Song:

    To Absent Friends

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

Tabbed by Getmad

TUNING: EADGBe

CHORDS USED
   A5  A5 * B5  B5 * C#5 C#5 * E5  Ab5 Ab5 *
e | ----------------------------- | 
B | -2--------------------------- | 
G | -2-----4-----6------(b9)----13- | 
D | -2--7--4--(b9)-6--11--(b9)-6--13- | 
A | -0--7--2--(b9)-4--11--7--6--11- | 
E | ----5-----7-----(b9)-----4----- | 

E5 *
e | -------------------------------------- | 
B | -------------------------------------- | 
G | -11-(b9)(b9)-11-11-(b9)11-13-13-13-13-13-13- | 
D | -(b9)-(b9)(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)11-13-13-13-13-13-13- | 
A | -7--7-7--7--7--7-(b9)-11-11-11-11-11-11- | 
E | -------------------------------------- | 

B5 *
Lunchtime Friday, leave work early
C#5 *
Rushing through the suburbs to the station to catch the train
E5                     E5 *
Heading up to town to Dave's to get my glad rags on
B5 *
Because lately I've been running down, little things catching up
C#5 *
Excuses stretched thin and it's hard not giving up
E5                     E5 *
Tonight we're going to get it right, we're going to have us a good one

C#5                             B5
And the roll call is missing a name
C#5                                     A5
Since you left things haven't been the same
            E5                    B5 *                       A5 *
But I don't blame you, there was nothing here to make you stay
        C#5                        B5                        C#5
But I remember the way that you'd light up a room when you walk in,
                   A5                     E5
The way that you'd lead a crowd when you sing
B5 *                     A5 *
Jamie, this one is for you.

B5 * C#5 * E5 E5 *

B5 *                                        C#5 *
Pre-club beers at Dan's before we hit the road
We're nicely warmed up, pleasantly half-loaded
E5                    E5 *
Ready for a night on fire, we're going to get out the big guns
B5 *
And I run down the numbers, scan through the faces
C#5 *
Run through the plans, scout out the places
E5                                E5 *
I'm electrified, surrounded, but can't shake the feeling of still missing something or someone

C#5                             B5
And the roll call is missing a name
C#5                                     A5
Since you left things haven't been the same
            E5                    B5 *                       A5 *
But I don't blame you, there was nothing here to make you stay
        C#5                        B5                        C#5
But I remember the way that you'd light up a room when you walk in,
                   A5                     E5
The way that you'd lead a crowd when you sing
B5 *                     A5 *    E5
Jamie, this one is for you.
B5 *                     A5 *
Jamie, this one is for you.

A5 * (cont.)        Ab5 *  E5  B5 *
       I'm wide awake
Ab5 * E5 * B5 *       A5 *   Ab5 *  E5  B5 *
      in the cityscape
Ab5 * E5 B5 * A5 *

Ab5 * E5        B5 *              Ab5 *
You did your time out on the road
    E5       B5 *      A5 *      Ab5 *
One day you stayed away for good
    E5       B5 *               Ab5 *
You found a home down by the shore
  E5        B5 *        A5 *      Ab5
A place to hang your hat and more
            A5                    Ab5
You sent me postcards to tell me of
        B5        A5       Ab5
Slowing down and finding love
               A5                  Ab5
The thrill has gone from the city life
              B5    A5
I'm not far behind

           C#5                      B5
So you can strike my name from the roll call,
C#5             A5
When night falls I'm leaving
E5        B5 *                   A5 *
There is nothing here to make me stay
       C#5                      B5
When I get to the coast I will send back a postcard
   C#5                      A5
To tell all my old friends all about my new start
E5    B5 *                   A5 *
     Jamie I will see you soon.
E5    B5 *                   A5 *
     Jamie I will see you soon.
E5    B5 *                   A5 *
     Jamie I will see you soon.
E5    B5 *                   A5 *
     Jamie I will see you soon.
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