C F/C C F/C C Am7 G7 C F/C C F/C [Verse 1] C F/C Absent friends, C F/C here's to them C And happy days Am F/A F/G We thought that they would never end C F/C Here's to absent friends C F/C [Verse 2] C F/C Little Jean C F/C Seberg seemed C So full of life Am F/A F/G But in those eyes such troubled dreams C F/C Poor little Jean C F/C [Verse 3] C F/C Woodbine Willie C F/C Couldn't rest until he'd C Am F/A F/G Given every bloke a final smoke before the killing C Old Woodbine Willie [Break] Am/C F/G Am/C F/G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 [Verse 4] D G/D Steve McQueen D G/D Jumped the first one clean D Bm G/B G/A But the great escape he tried to make was not to be D G/D Maybe next time Steve D G/D [Verse 5] D G/D Laika flew D G/D Through inky blue D Bm G/B G/A 'Til Laika neared the atmosphere and Laika knew D Laika's life was through Em/D D D7 [Bridge] Am/E Am/D Am/C Am/B Am F/A Am6 F/A Oscar Wilde was a lonely child Am Am/G F Am/E Dm He fought and won acceptance from the world Dm D They smiled, they laughed, they praised G9 They drove poor Oscar to his grave C F/C C F/C C F/C C F/C [Outro] C F/C Absent friends, C F/C here's to them C And happy days Am F We thought that they would never end Dm7 But they always end F F/G Raise your glasses then C F/C to absent friends C F/C C