Chord A Song For While Im Away by Thin Lizzy

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # #this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ## from : idar "chocolate stains" w . phillynott @ ultimate - guitar . com song : a song for while i’m away artist : thin lizzy album : vagabonds of the western world released : 9/1973 lyrics : provided by www . sing365 . com tuning : eadgbe standard hello all thin lizzy fans! the song itself is quite easy . the guitarist plays this fingerpicking pattern , but i bothered to tab it , because it sounds better if you play the chords if you only got one guitar . thin lizzy the whole thing with a big orchestra or so it seems so they have a full sound , and if you dont play chords , the sound will be uninteresting and flat . the 2 riffs i have set up is optional . it sounds just a bit cool you do them . riff1 is really played with 1 guitar and 1 bass , and at one place it is played by some sort of or something like that . riff2 is a riff for the bass guitar , but i like it , so i put it in there . intro : E B D A Am E E | - - - - - 7 - - - - - 7 - 5 - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - 9 - - - - - 7 - - - - - 7 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - - - 5 - - - 5 - 5 - | G | - 9 - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 7 - 6 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | riff1 : riff2 : E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - 1 - - 2 - - 2/4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 2/4 - - 1 - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - 2 - - 4 - - 4/6 - - 4 - - 2 - - 4/6 - - 2 - - | - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - - | intro x3 E * * B these words i wrote , play and sing to you D A * * do not convey the love i brought and bring to you Am E * for this is a song for while i’m away A * E riff1 to say all the things i’d love to say A5 G#5 F#5 E5 riff2 you are my life , my everything , you’re all i have C#5 B5 A5 you are my hopes , my dreams , my world come true F#5 E5 riff2 you’re all i have F#5 G#5 F#5 E5 riff2 please heed me now these words i have to say intro x3 now i’m headed for the border you see this song it ends right at the start i swore when i was younger no one would win my heart chorus x2 intro x3 and far away hills look greener still but soon they’ll all slip away it’s then i’ll be returning and i’ll be coming home to stay fade out while playing chorus . chords : in the verse : A * x02225 A * * 577655 B 799877 D x57775 E 022100 E * 476454 E * * x79997 in the chorus : A5 x022 xxb5 x244 xxc#5 x466 xxe5 x022 xxf#5 244 xxxg#5 466xxx