A Song While You're Away chords by Tyler Childers
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 1st
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Verse 1:
D
Up in your nephew's room, playing on his cousin's guitar
G D Bm D
I wrote a song for you
D
You have done drove off with everything I need
G D
my box and my tumbleweed
Pre-Chorus:
Bm A E
I picked it up on the way to Flagstaff years ago
Bm A
I was hanging on to everything
E
you had the grace to show
Chorus:
A Bm
You were young, and you were hungry
You were young, and you were hungry
D E F#m A
Lord knows, I was hungry too
A Bm
We were both, flat out starving
D E F#m A
For something worthwhile to lose
Instrumental:
A B D
Verse 2:
D
Looking over the hill, at the lights
of you hometown
G D
I wrote this song for you
D
Thinking of the way we met, a girl home from school
G D
And a boy, just passing through
Pre-Chorus:
Bm A E
I got a job as a cut man, at a house just down the road
Bm A E
I had never been to town before, and I didn't know a soul
Chorus:
A Bm
I was young, and I was hungry
D E F#m A
Lord knows, you were hungry too
A Bm
We were both, flat out starving
D E F#m A
For something worthwhile to lose
A Bm
You were my bread, and I was your honey
D E F#m A
Up against, the dark red wine
A Bm
Trying to hold on, to the lovely
D E F#m A
Through the bitter of our times
Instrumentl:
A Bm D E F#m A (2x)
Bridge:
G D E
Agate white wedding dress, and turquoise on your ring
G D E
Upright bass and violin, as you walk the aisle to me
Chorus:
A Bm
I was young, and I was hungry
D E F#m A
Lord knows, you were hungry too
A Bm
We were both, flat out starving
D E F#m A
For something worthwhile to lose
A Bm
You were my bread, and I was your honey
D E F#m A
Up against, the dark red wine
A Bm
Trying to hold on, to the lovely
D E F#m A
Through the bitter of our times
Outro:
A Bm D E F#m A (2x) Published:
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