Song While You're Away Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Up in your nephew's room,
playing on his cousin's guitar
[F]I w[C]rote a so[Am]ng for you[G][F][C][G]
You have done drove off
with everything I need
[F]My [C]box and my tumble[G]weed

[Verse 2]
I [Am]picked it up [C]on the way
to Flag[D]staff years ago
I was [Am]hanging on to [C]everything
you [D]had the grace to show

[Verse 3]
You [G]were young and you were
[Am]hungry
[C]Lord knows I was [Am]hungry [G]too
We were both flat- [Am]out starving
[C]For something worthwhile

[Interlude 1]
to lose
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[Verse 4]
[G]Looking over the hill at
the lights of your hometown
[C]I wrote this song for y[G]ou
Thinking of the way we met,
a girl home from school
An[C]d a boy just passing [G]through

[Verse 5]
I [Am]got a job as a c[C]ut man
[D]at a house just down the road
I had [Am]never been to [C]town before,
and I [D]didn't know a soul

[Verse 6]
I [G]was young and I was [Am]hungry
[C]Lord knows you were hungry [G]too
We were both flat- out [Am]starving
[C]For something worthwhile [G]to lose
You were my bread and I was your [Am]honey
Up [C]against the dark red [G]wine
Trying to hold on to the [Am]lovely
Through the [C]bitter of our [G]times

[Interlude 2]
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[G][Am][C]
[G]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Agate white [C]wedding dress,
and tur[D]quoise on your ring
[Am]Upright bass and [C]violin
[D]as you walk the aisle to me

[Verse 8]
I [G]was young and I was [Am]hungry
[C]Lord knows you [Am]were hungry [G]too
We were both flat- out [Am]starving
[C]For something worthwhile [G]to lose
You were my bread and I was your [Am]honey
Up [C]against [Am]the dark [C]red [G]wine
Trying to hold on to the [Am]lovely
Through the [C]bitter of our

[Outro 1]
times
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