While You Were Away chords by Jesca Hoop
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Intro 1
(E minor) (A minor) (F major) (E minor)
(F major)
Verse 1
(E minor) While you were away,
you were away (A minor)
(F major) I (C major) (D minor) made (C major) (E minor)
Bricks of bread, bricks to break (A minor)
(F major) From home- (C major) grown (D minor) grain (C major) (A minor)
(E minor) Planted in rows (A minor)
(A major) And gathered (E minor) when (A major) gold
(A minor) And ground (E minor) by my (A major) hand
(A minor) stone
(C major) (B minor) (G major)
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Verse 2
(D major)
(E minor) While you were away,
you were away (A minor)
(F major) I slept (C major) past (D minor) the dawn (C major)
The (D major) (E minor) sun would set,
and the sun would say (A minor)
(F major) "This night will (C major) (D minor) be long" (A minor) (C major) (D major)
(E minor) So I lit up the stars (A minor)
(A major) On this (E minor) ceiling of (A major) ours
(A minor) And I (E minor) wro te song for (A minor) hours (A major)
(A minor) So your
Verse 3
(C major) home is warm
'Cause I've (B minor) kept it warm
And alive (G major) while (D major) you were gone (A major) (A minor)
So your home is (C major) warm
'Cause I've (B minor) kept it warm
And alive (G major) while you were gone (A major) (E minor)
(A major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 4
(E minor) While you were away, you were away (A minor)
(F major) I (C major) (D minor) (D major) made
(A minor) A (C major) (A minor) (E minor) charm of herbs,
herbs that pray (A minor)
(F major) And the charm (C major) is (D minor) brave (C major) (B minor)
(A minor) It's (E minor) guarding the glass (A minor)
And it's (E minor) guarding the door (A minor) (A major) s
(A minor) And it's (E minor) guarding the floor
(A minor) board (A major) s
Verse 5
Through (A minor) the (C major) (B minor) (E minor) (B minor) (G major) storm,
through (D major) (E minor) the storm (A minor)
(F major) The win (C major) dows fought (D minor) the wind (C major) (D major)
(A minor) And the (E minor) rival oak's broken arm
(A minor) But they (C major) never gave in (D minor) (C major) (B minor)
(D major) So I'm (Esus4) tend (E minor) ing the fire (A minor)
That you (E minor) built 'fore you left (A minor)
It's (E minor) not gone out (A major) (A minor) once
Verse 6
So your home (C major) is warm
'Cause I've (B minor) kept it warm
And alive (G major) while (D major) you were (A major) gone (A minor)
So your home (C major) is warm
'Cause I've (B minor) kept it warm
And alive (G major) while (D major) you were gone (A minor) (E minor)
Outro 1
(A minor)
(E minor) (B minor) (E minor) (F major) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (F major) (E minor)
While You Were Away
Jesca Hoop
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