The Child Is Gone

G             Dm       G   
Darling, give me your absence 
  Dm
tonight
G            Dm                 
Take the shade from the canvas 
G              Dm
and leave me the white
Gm                D7         
Let me sink in the silence that 
    Gm     D7
echoes inside
Gm               Gm/F            
And don't bother leaving the light 
C7
on

[Pre-Chorus]
Fm                Bb       
'Cause I suddenly feel like a 
    Fm       Bb
different person
Fm                   Bb   Fm    
From the roots of my soul come a
        Bb7
 gentle coercion
Fm           Ab           Bb     
And I ran my hand O'er a strange 
Gb
inversion
Fm7           Ab/Eb             
A vacancy that just did not 
Bb Bb7
belong

[Chorus]
Bbm7 Bb7            Fm  Bbm  Fm Bbm
     The child is gone

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[Bridge]
Eb    C        Fm
Honey help me out of this mess
Ebm7    Ab          Bbm7  Bbm6
I'm a stranger to myself
Bbm6       C7           Bbm6     
But don't reach for me I'm too far 
 C7
away
Bbm6            C7
I don't wanna talk 'Cause there's
Bbm6          C7
Nothing left to say

[Verse 2]
G              Dm       G       
So my Darling, give me your 
     Dm
absence tonight
G                Dm           G 
Take all of your sympathy and 
       Dm
leave it outside
Gm                        D7     
'Cause there's no kind of loving 
          Gm        D7
that can Make this alright
Gm                   Gm/F       C7
I'm trying to find a place I belong

[Pre-Chorus]
Fm                Bb       
'Cause I suddenly feel like a 
    Fm       Bb
different person
Fm                   Bb   Fm    
From the roots of my soul come a
        Bb7
 gentle coercion
Fm           Ab           Bb     
And I ran my hand O'er a strange 
Gb
inversion
Fm7           Ab/Eb             
As the darkness turned into the 
Bb Bb7
dawn

[Chorus]
Bbm7 Bb7            Fm  Bbm
     The child is gone
             Fm  Bbm
The child is gone

[Other]
Fm Bbm Fm Bbm  x2
Fm