Absentee Chords by Cass Mccombs

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[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [Eb] _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _
[Am] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] Named from [F] my heart [Eb] a splinter,
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Garing [Bb] [F] wood [Eb] for the coming winter, _
_ [G] Spiral of [F] fire, [Eb] there all the while, [D] leave me [C] beggar,
[Bb] on a lean, _ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] absentee.
[G] Drink from [Bb] the [F] people, [Eb] their dead liver.
_ _ [G] Drink from [Bb] the [F] body, [Eb] _ [Bb] it [Eb] shivers.
[G] I have something [F] for you, [Eb] I'll give you a clue.
[D] It's shaped like [C] a shoe, [Bb] part of me, [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] absentee.
That [Fm] was before I knew [Bbm] it.
That was before _ _ [Db] you were blue, [Ab] and it drew.
[Eb] _ _ [G] Walking [Gm] on [C] a country [Eb] road [Bb] [Eb] late last night,
[G] I passed [Bb] a stranger [F] _ [Eb] in the _ moonlight.
[G] I turned around [F] to see [Eb] where he did flee.
[D] The dead [C] was just me, [Bb] returned a thief.
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] [Gm] Absentee, part of me.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] Absentee, [Bb] part of me.
_ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ Absentee.
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[F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _