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                D7             Gm     D7
Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside
Gm               Gm/F            C7
And don't bother leaving the light on

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

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

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

[Verse 2]
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                        D7               Gm        D7
'Cause there's no kind of loving that can Make this alright
Gm                   Gm/F       C7
I'm trying to find a place I belong

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

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

[Outro]
Fm Bbm Fm Bbm  x2
Fm