A Song For While Im Away
Thin Lizzy
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Idar "Chocolate stains" W. (PhilLynott @ ultimate-guitar.com) Song: A Song for While I’m away Artist: Thin Lizzy Album: Vagabonds of the Western World (released: 9/1973) Lyrics: Provided by www.sing365.com Tuning: EADGBe (standard) Hello all Thin Lizzy fans! The song itself is quite easy. The guitarist plays this fingerpicking pattern but I bothered to tab it because it sounds better if you play the chords (if you only got one guitar). Thin Lizzy the whole thing with a big orchestra (or so it seems) so they have a full sound and if you dont play chords the sound will be uninteresting and flat. The 2 riffs I have set up is optional. It sounds just a bit cool you do them. Riff1 is really played with 1 guitar and 1 bass and at one place it is played by some sort of (or something like that). Riff2 is a riff for the bass guitar but I like it so I put it in there. Intro: e|-----7-----7-5---------5-----5-----4---------| B|---9-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---5---5-5-| G|-9-----8---------7-6-----5-----4-------6-----| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| Riff1: Riff2: |--------------------------|------------------| G|-1--2--2/4--2--1--2/4--1--|------------------| |-2--4--4/6--4--2--4/6--2--|--2---------------| E|--------------------------|-----------4--0---| Intro x3 These words I wrote play and sing to you Do not convey the love I brought and bring to you For this is a song for while I’m away A* E (Riff1) To say all the things I’d love to say You are my life my everything you’re all I have You are my hopes my dreams my world come true F#5 E5 (Riff2) You’re all I have Please heed me now these words I have to say Intro x3 Now I’m headed for the border You see this song it ends right at the start I swore when I was younger No one would win my heart Chorus x2 Intro x3 And far away hills look greener still But soon they’ll all slip away It’s then I’ll be returning And I’ll be coming home to stay Fade out while playing chorus. Chords: In the verse: A* x02225 B 799877 D x57775 E 022100 E** x79997 In the chorus: A5 x022xx B5 x244xx C#5 x466xx E5 x022xx F#5 244xxx G#5 466xxx