Am
There's a grief that can't be spoken
C
There's a pain goes on and on
Dm
Empty chairs at empty tables
E Am
Now my friends are dead and gone
Am
Here they talked of revolution
C
Here it was they lit the flame
Dm
Here they sang about tomorrow
E Am
And tomorrow never came
C7 F
From the table in the corner
Cm7 F Bb
They could see a world reborn
Bbm G7 C
And they rose with voices ringing
Bb A
And I can hear them now!
Dm Dm/C Bb Bb/A
The very words that they had sung
Gm G
Became their last communion
F Am Am9
On this lonely barricade at dawn
Am
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
C
That I live and you are gone
Dm
There's a grief that can't be spoken
E C#m
There's a pain goes on and on
C#m
Phantom faces at the windows
E
Phantom shadows on the floor
F#m
Empty chairs at empty tables
G# C#m
Where my friends will meet no more
C#m
Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
E
What your sacrifice was for
F#m
Empty chairs at empty tables
G# C#m
Where my friends will sing no more
