Chords for Absent Friends

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_ _ _ Time [D] heals wounds they say, [Em] time takes [Bm] the pain away
[C] I wonder [D] why it [Am] never happened for [D] me
[G] And it's years since [D] you went away, [Em] and I miss you night [Bm] and day
[C] Why you had [D] to go is [C] a mystery [G] to me _ _
What seemed important [D] then [Em] becomes trivial [Bm] when _
[C] Fate deals [D] the card [Am] that forces [D] your hand
All the [G] places [D] we've been, all [Em] the things we had [Bm] seen
[C] No more in [D] the future, [C] cause it just [G] isn't planned
Now it's all very [D] strange, but [Em] when you went I [Bm] changed
[C] It just seemed [D] to happen with [Am] each passing of [D] the day
And I don't understand, is [Em] it part of a [Bm] plan?
[C] Does one person [D] grow, while [C] another _ [G] fades away? _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Time [D] heals wounds they say, [Em] time takes [Bm] the pain away
[C] I wonder [D] why it [Am] never happened for [D] me
And [G] it's years since [D] you went away, [Em] and I miss [Bm] you night and day
[C] Why you had [D] to go is [C] a mystery to [G] me _ _ _
And small things you [D] do, with [Em] pictures of [Bm] you
[C] They're printed for [D] life on [Am] the back of [D] my mind
I [G] was always so [D] sure, [Em] your life was so [Bm] pure
[C] Through false and [D] the bad times, [C] a loved one stays [G] blind _
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[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [Eb] And [F] _ _
[Ab] I [Eb] always found when [Fm] you were _ [Cm] around
You [Db] helped me with [Eb] the worries, only [Bbm] with all my [Eb] fears
And [Ab] you always had [Eb] time for [Fm] problems of [Cm] mine
[Db] A shoulder [Eb] to cry on, [Db] a listening _ [Ab] _ ear
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] Time [Eb] heals wounds they say, [Fm] time takes [Cm] the pain away
[Db] I wonder [Eb] why it [Bbm] never happened for [Eb] me
And [Ab] oh it's years since [Eb] you went away, [Fm] and I miss [Cm] you night and day
[Db] Oh why you had [Eb] to go is [Db] a mystery [Ab] to me
_ Time [Eb] heals wounds they say, [Fm] time takes [Cm] the pain away
[Db] I wonder [Eb] why it [Bbm] never happened [Eb] for me
And [Ab] oh it's years since [Eb] you went away, [Fm] and I miss [Cm] you night and day
[Db] Oh why you had [Eb] to go is [Db] a mystery [Ab] to me _ _ _ _
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