Absent Friends

G D Em Bm Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away. C D Am D I wondered why it never happened for me. G D Em Bm It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day. C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Why you had to go is a mystery to me. G D Em Bm What seemed important then becomes trivial when C D Am D Fate deals the card that forces your hand. G D Em Bm All the places we'd been, all the things we had seen, C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G No more in the future; it just isn't planned. G D Em Bm It's all very strange, but when you went, I changed. C D Am D It just seemed to happen with the passing of each day. G D Em Bm I don't understand. Is it part of a plan? C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Does one person grow when another fades away? G D Em Bm Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away. C D Am D I wondered why it never happened for me. G D Em Bm It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day. C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Why you had to go is a mystery to me. G D Em Bm Small things you'd do weave pictures of you. C D Am D They're printed for life on the back of my mind. G D Em Bm I was always so sure. Your love was so pure. C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G To the faults and to bad times a loved one stays blind. G D Em Bm I always found when you were around, C D Am D You'd help me with worries, you'd ease all my fears. G D Em Bm You always had time for problems of mine, C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G A shoulder to cry on, a listening ear. G D Em Bm Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away. C D Am D I wondered why it never happened for me. G D Em Bm It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day. C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Why you had to go is a mystery to me. G D Em Bm Time heals wounds, they say. Time takes the pain away. C D Am D I wondered why it never happened for me. G D Em Bm It's years since you went away but I miss you night and day. C D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Why you had to go is a mystery to me C D C G Why you had to go is a mystery to me.