The Absence Of You by Tim Minchin (Official Video) Chords
Tempo:
161.9 bpm
Chords used:
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Am
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
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[Am] [G] [C] .
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[C] [E] [Am] .
[Abm] .
[D] [Am] [E] [C] .
[F] [C] .
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[Am] I [Bm] take a walk [C] on the Seine, [Am] cross Pont Neuf on [G] my way to [C] Saint-Germain, love [F] hearts on.
padlocks [C] on [G] wire in [C] the mist, [F] where young [C] lovers kiss [Ab] and swear to [Am] be true.
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Echoes [E] of ten [Am] thousand sighs [E] of love, and [Am] yet I [F] feel only [G] the absence [C] of you.
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Out of [Am] a window [G] on the [C] 30th floor, Central [Am] Park shines [G] with the coming [C] of dawn,.
through eyes [F] rendered weary [G] by jet lag [C] and wine, [F] I turn [C] round to find [Ab] there's a girl in [Am] my room.
[E] For a moment [Am] we kiss, [E] but her vodka [Am]-soaked lips [F] taste only [G] of the [C] absence of you.
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[Am] Don't know what all of this [Em] .
means, if you are [F] not here [G] with [F] me.
[Em] And [C] .
when .
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we are [Em] apart, there's a hole in my heart, light [F] passes through, .
[B] [F] and the pattern it [Dm] creates is [Am] the shame of [F] the absence [C].
of you.
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Spring [Am] has been found [G] hanging round [C] Soho Square, so I take [Am] my coffee [G] and newspaper [C] there.
to bask [F] in the not warm [G] enough April [C].
sun [F] with the workers [C] who come to [E] eat pret with [Am] no shoes.
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[D] But the grass to [C] the side of [Bm] the patch where [C] I'm lying [F] is flat with [G] the absence [C] of you.
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[G] [C] .
[Am] Don't know what all this [Em] is for, if you are [F] not here [G] to [F] .
make [C] amends.
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[Am] Can't sleep, sleep is [Em] no fun when the unruly sun will reveal a [F] rotten [G] .
[F] truth.
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[F] Space in [Dm] my bed [C] is cold [F] as the day, [G] exactly [F] the size and [B] shape of [C] the absence of you.
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[Em] [Am] .
And all of this [Em] beauty runs over and through me [C] and [Am].
[F] pulls round my shoes.
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And the pattern it forms conforms to the shape of the absence [C] of you.
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[C] [E] [Am] .
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[D] [Am] [E] [C] .
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[Am] I [Bm] take a walk [C] on the Seine, [Am] cross Pont Neuf on [G] my way to [C] Saint-Germain, love [F] hearts on.
padlocks [C] on [G] wire in [C] the mist, [F] where young [C] lovers kiss [Ab] and swear to [Am] be true.
.
Echoes [E] of ten [Am] thousand sighs [E] of love, and [Am] yet I [F] feel only [G] the absence [C] of you.
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Out of [Am] a window [G] on the [C] 30th floor, Central [Am] Park shines [G] with the coming [C] of dawn,.
through eyes [F] rendered weary [G] by jet lag [C] and wine, [F] I turn [C] round to find [Ab] there's a girl in [Am] my room.
[E] For a moment [Am] we kiss, [E] but her vodka [Am]-soaked lips [F] taste only [G] of the [C] absence of you.
.
.
.
[Am] Don't know what all of this [Em] .
means, if you are [F] not here [G] with [F] me.
[Em] And [C] .
when .
[Am] .
we are [Em] apart, there's a hole in my heart, light [F] passes through, .
[B] [F] and the pattern it [Dm] creates is [Am] the shame of [F] the absence [C].
of you.
.
Spring [Am] has been found [G] hanging round [C] Soho Square, so I take [Am] my coffee [G] and newspaper [C] there.
to bask [F] in the not warm [G] enough April [C].
sun [F] with the workers [C] who come to [E] eat pret with [Am] no shoes.
.
[D] But the grass to [C] the side of [Bm] the patch where [C] I'm lying [F] is flat with [G] the absence [C] of you.
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[G] [C] .
[Am] Don't know what all this [Em] is for, if you are [F] not here [G] to [F] .
make [C] amends.
.
.
[Am] Can't sleep, sleep is [Em] no fun when the unruly sun will reveal a [F] rotten [G] .
[F] truth.
[B] .
[F] Space in [Dm] my bed [C] is cold [F] as the day, [G] exactly [F] the size and [B] shape of [C] the absence of you.
.
.
[Em] [Am] .
And all of this [Em] beauty runs over and through me [C] and [Am].
[F] pulls round my shoes.
.
And the pattern it forms conforms to the shape of the absence [C] of you.
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