Capo: 1

Standard Tuning, Capo 1 Most chord changes align to the up-beat. Verse 1:

^ADad I know you were ^Esus4sad when you ^Edied And I was ^Ayoung it's the ^Dway I kept you ^Ain my ^Emind

The ^Amess that was left and my ^Esus4mother ^Ecried And when she stood ^Aup she was ^Dnobody's mother ^AI'd be ^Efine

Chorus 1:

But I ^Dmissed you ^Athen And I ^Dmiss you ^Anow

Liked you'd ^F#mmissed things ^AI might ^Esay You're still ^Dlost in ^Aclouds

But I'm ^Dolder ^Anow I can ^F#msee through ^Alifting ^Ehaze

That ^Bmyou were away even when you were ^Ahere ^E ^D Verse 2: ^ASometimes a phrase or a ^Esus4manner that's ^Eyou

Comes through ^Ame, it goes in a ^Dflash It's a frame, it's a ^Ablink like ^Elife

Oh and ^Ahow much now should we ^Esus4pay for the ^Epast Cause you could ^Aage with ^Dgrace if I freed you ^Ain my ^Emind

Chorus 2:

But I ^Dloved you ^Athen And I ^Dlove you ^Anow

All the ^F#mthings I ^Awished I'd ^Easked When ^DI'm lost in ^Aclouds

I re^Dmember ^Ahow I was ^F#mrobbed and ^AI was ^Eblessed

And ^Bmyou were away even when you were ^Bmhere Bridge: Cause it's not about ^F#myou, not ^Eyou, any^Bmmore

It's about what I'd ^F#mdo with it ^Eall And ^C#7I, I'll never let you ^Dlet me ^Adown ^D ^A ^F#m ^A ^E

Break: D A D A F#m A E Outro:

This ^Amorning I wake to be ^Esus4older than ^Eyou were fresh like ^Asnow, for ^Dmiles, every footstep ^Awill be ^Emine

You'd have ^Dlost that ^Aweight, you'd have ^Dgone so ^Astraight You'd have ^F#mmade my ^Awedding ^Eday

You'd have ^Dsaved my ^Ayouth from that ^Dpoint of ^Atruth You'd have ^F#mkept those ^Awolves at ^Ebay

But ^Bmyou were away, you were away even ^Dwhen you were ^Ahere

Ben Folds Five - Away when you were here