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Away When You Were Here chords by 
Ben Folds Five
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Verse 1
G
Bm
Dad I know you were sad
D
when you died
G
C
And I was young it's the way I
G
D
kept you in my mind
G
The mess that was left and
Bm
D
my mother cried
G
C
And when she stood up she was
G
D
nobody's mother I'd be fine
Verse 2
C
G
But I missed you then
C
G
And I miss you now
Em
G
D
Liked you'd missed things I might say
C
G
You seemed lost in clouds
C
G
But I'm older now
Em
G
D
I can see through lifting haze
C
That you were away even when
you were here
G
Bm
C
Verse 3
G
Sometimes a phrase or a man
Bm
D
ner that's you
G
Comes through me, it goes in a flash
C
G
D
It's a frame, it's a blink like life
G
Oh and how much now should
Bm
D
we pay for the past
G
C
'Cause you could age with grace
G
D
if I freed you in my mind
Verse 4
C
G
But I loved you then
C
And I love you now
G
Em
G
D
All the things I wished I'd asked
C
G
When I'm lost in clouds
C
G
I remember how
Em
G
D
I was robbed and I was blessed
C
And you were away even
Am
when you were here
Em
'Cause it's not about you,
D
not you, anymore
Am
Em
D
It's about what I'd do with it all
B
C
G
C
And I, I'll never let you let me down
G
Em
G
Interlude 1
D
C
G
C
G
Em
G
D
Verse 5
G
This morning I wake to be
D
older than you were
G
C
Fresh white snow for miles,
G
D
every footstep will be mine
C
G
You'd have lost that weight,
C
G
you'd have gone so straight
Em
G
D
You'd have made my wedding day
C
You'd have saved my youth
G
C
G
from that bullet of truth
Em
G
D
You'd have kept those wolves at bay
C
But you were away,
Am
D
G
you were away even when you were
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