Absentee Chords

You are welcome to play this along with the recorded track! Have fun!
P.S. Feel free to play around with the picking, or just strum along, whatever works for you.
 
Capo on 2
 
C         G          C
C        G      F
One Goodbye For Everyone
F           G              Am              F
Old pair of shoes the last place they were left
F          G               Am             F
Out by the door where they always were kept
C     G     Am     G
Brown laces
 
(Chord Pattern Repeated)
 
We stand in line to hear the news
We've not been together since Christmas last year
Room full of children all sad in the ear
F     G    Am      F     C
Small faces
    F      G  Am F     C  G     C
And church music playing, playing
 
(Chord Pattern Repeated)
 
Our parents sleep and sleep
They don't remember the ones they have left
We find the magazines under your bed
Strange pictures
I play out in the street
And trip on the sidewalk all covered in blood
Tears not allowed, and I pick myself up
No stitches
F G   Am F    C G     C
Absentee giving liaison
F    G   Am      F     C G     C    F
Your memory like disease holds on
F
The fellow has grown out again
F                           C
And all, all the fields are yellow
    F   G Am  G      C  F     C
You are CD's, car keys, diaries
F  G   Am G    C     F      C
My family kept these secretly
F    G   Am      F     C G     C
Your memory like disease holds on
F G   Am G    C F    Am  G     C  F   Am F
Absentee giving liaison, liaison, giving liaison
(Staccato)
C C C C C
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