Key: E
Introduction:
G Dm G Dm
Darling, give me your absence tonight
G Dm G Dm
Take the shade from the canvas and leave me the white
Gm D Gm D
Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside
Gm C
And don't bother leaving the light on
Fm Bb Fm Bb
'Cause I suddenly feel like a different person
Fm Bb Fm Bb
From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion
Fm Ab F#
And I ran my hand O'er a strange inversion
Fm Ab Bb Bbm Bb
A vacancy that just did not belong
Fm Eb Bbm Fm Eb Bbmx2
The child is gone
Eb C Fm
Honey help me out of this mess
Ebm Ab Bb Bbm
I'm a stranger to myself
Cm C Bb Bbm C
But don't reach for me I'm too far away
Bb C
I don't wanna talk 'Cause there's
Bb C
Nothing left to say
G Dm G Dm
So my Darling, give me your absence tonight
G Dm G Dm
Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside
Gm D Gm D
'Cause there's no kind of loving that can Make this alright
Gm F C
I'm trying to find a place I belong
Fm Bb Fm Bb
And I suddenly feel like a different person
Fm Bb F Fm Bb
From the roots of my soul come a gentle coersion
Fm Ab
And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion
Fm Eb Fm Bb
As the darkness turns into the dawn
Fm Eb Bb
The child is gone x 2