Tuning: E A D G B E

INTRO (These are trumpets in the original but you can still play the chords with the guitar) (Single strums until final C) C Dm C Dm C

^CAbsent friends, here's to them And happy days We ^Amthought that they would ^Fnever end Here's to ^Cabsent friends

^CLittle Jean Seberg seemed So full of life But ^Amin those eyes such ^Ftroubled dreams Poor ^Clittle Jean

^CWoodbine Willie couldn't rest until he'd Given every bloke a ^Amfinal smoke ^Fbefore the killing ^DmOld ^CWoodbine Willie

^DSteve McQueen jumped the first one clean But the great escape he ^Bmtried to make was ^Gnot to be Maybe ^Dnext time Steve

^DLaika flew through inky blue 'Til Laika neared the ^Bmatmosphere and ^GLaika knew Laika's ^Dlife was through

(Single strums all through this verse) Am Dm C Bm

Oscar ^AmWilde was a ^Alonely child He ^Amfought and ^Cwon ^Facceptance ^Amfrom the ^Dworld They ^Dmsmiled, they ^Dlaughed, they ^Gpraised C (on the C back the normal strumming) They drove poor Oscar to his grave

^CAbsent friends, here's to them And happy days We ^Amthought that they would ^Fnever end But they ^Calways end Raise your ^Amglasses then to ^Fabsent ^Cfriends

The Divine Comedy - Absent friends