[Intro] Eb G Dm G Dm x 2 G Dm G Dm Darling, give me your absence tonight G Dm G Dm Take the shade from the canvas and leave me the white Gm D Gm D Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside Gm C And don't bother leaving the light on Fm Bb Fm Bb 'Cause I suddenly feel like a different person Fm Bb Fm Bb From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion Fm Ab F# And I ran my hand O'er a strange inversion Fm Ab Bb Bbm Bb A vacancy that just did not belong Fm Eb Bbm Fm Eb Bbm x2 The child is gone Fm Eb Bbm x2 Eb C Fm Honey help me out of this mess Ebm Ab Bb Bbm I'm a stranger to myself Cm C Bb Bbm C But don't reach for me I'm too far away Bb C I don't wanna talk 'Cause there's Bb C Nothing left to say G Dm G Dm So my Darling, give me your absence tonight G Dm G Dm Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside Gm D Gm D 'Cause there's no kind of loving that can Make this alright Gm F C I'm trying to find a place I belong Fm Bb Fm Bb And I suddenly feel like a different person Fm Bb F Fm Bb From the roots of my soul come a gentle coersion Fm Ab And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion Fm Eb Fm Bb As the darkness turns into the dawn Fm Eb Bb The child is gone x 2