Ar: Saxon
Album: Unleash the Beast (1997)
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Time: 6/4
Here s Saxon s wonderful power-ballad called Absent Friends . It s a song you all
should know.
Intro:
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Verse:
(Try to make variations with Dsus4! Hear the song and find out when to vary.)
You went in the morning
We didn t say good-bye
The friends that you left here
/
Wonder why, wonder why
I wish I could see you
Just for a day
Tell you we missed you
/
And ask you to stay, ask you to stay
Chorus:
Cadd4
To absent friends
This one s for you, this one s for you
Cadd4
To absent friends
This one s for you, this one s for you
You went without warning
We didn t even know
Just like the good ones
It was your turn to go
Your turn to go
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one s for you (this one s for you)
This one s for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one s for you (this one s for you)
This one s for you
Solo:
(Try variations with Cadd4 / Cadd2 / Cmaj7 or other - it s impossible to hear it! Make
sure that it sounds/feels good.)
When we re together
You stand at our side
We ll raise our glasses
Cadd4
And toast you tonight
Toast you tonight
You went in the morning
We didn t say good-bye
The friends that you left here
Wonder why, wonder why
I wish I could see you
Just for a day
Tell you we missed you
And ask you to stay
Ask you to stay
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one s for you (this one s for you)
This one s for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one s for you (this one s for you)
This one s for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one s for you (this one s for you)
This one s for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one s for you
This one s for you
This one s for you
(I ll try to tab the solo as soon as I get a guitar with more than 21 frets.)
Chords:
/ Cadd4
0 0 3 0 0 3
3 3 1 3 0 3
0 2 0 0 0 2
2 2 2 2 2 0
2 0 3 3 3 X
0 X X X X X