To Absent Friend

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[B]Lunchtime Friday, leave work early
[C#]Rushing through the suburbs to the station to catch the train
[E]Heading up to town to [E]Dave's to get my glad rags on
[B]Because lately I've been running down, little things catching up
[C#]Excuses stretched thin and it's hard not giving up
[E]Tonight we're going to[E] get it right, we're going to have us a good one

[C#]And the roll call is missing a [B]name
[C#]Since you left things haven't been the [A]same
But I don't [E]blame you, there was [B]nothing here to make you [A]stay
But I re[C#]member the way that you'd [B]light up a room when you [C#]walk in,
The way that you'd [A]lead a crowd when you [E]sing
[B]Jamie, this one is for [A]you.

[B]  [C#]  [E] [E]

[B]Pre-club beers at Dan's before we hit the [C#]road
We're nicely warmed up, pleasantly half-loaded
[E]Ready for a night on [E]fire, we're going to get out the big guns
[B]And I run down the numbers, scan through the faces
[C#]Run through the plans, scout out the places
[E]I'm electrified, surrounded, but [E]can't shake the feeling of still missing something or someone

[C#]And the roll call is missing a [B]name
[C#]Since you left things haven't been the [A]same
But I don't [E]blame you, there was [B]nothing here to make you [A]stay
But I re[C#]member the way that you'd [B]light up a room when you [C#]walk in,
The way that you'd [A]lead a crowd when you [E]sing
[B]Jamie, this one is for [A]you.  [E]
[B]Jamie, this one is for [A]you.

[A]       I'm wide aw[Ab]ake  [E]     [B]
[Ab]    [E]  i[B]n the cit[A]yscap[Ab]e    [E]       [B]
[Ab]  [E] [B]  [A]

[Ab]You [E]did your [B]time out on the [Ab]road
One [E]day you [B]stayed a[A]way for [Ab]good
You [E]found a [B]home down by the [Ab]shore
A [E]place to [B]hang your [A]hat and [Ab]more
You sent me [A]postcards to tell me [Ab]of
Slowing [B]down and [A]finding [Ab]love
The thrill has [A]gone from the city [Ab]life
I'm not far be[B]hind [A]

So you can [C#]strike my name from the [B]roll call,
[C#]When night fall[A]s I'm leaving
[E]There is [B]nothing here to make [A]me stay
When I [C#]get to the coast I will [B]send back a postcard
To [C#]tell all my old friends [A]all about my new start
[E]     [B]Jamie I will see you [A]soon.
[E]     [B]Jamie I will see you [A]soon.
[E]     [B]Jamie I will see you [A]soon.
[E]     [B]Jamie I will see you [A]soon.