Absence Of The Heart Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays533

Absence Of The Heart by Deana Carter is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, C and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Am                        G 
I write you letters but I  dont send them 
F                                G 
I just can=92t figure out how to end them 
Am                        G 
I try to reach you  you're right beside me 
F                                                    G 
There=92s something missing and we can't deny that 
 
CHORUS: 
 
C               F                    C 
We live together separately 
                 F              Am 
We don't wanna fall apart 
                 F          G 
But every time we kiss 
                  F       Bb 
There's an emptiness 
       G                   C 
An absence of the heart 
 
 
Am                           G 
How did we lose it? Why did this happen? 
F                              G 
When did we take it all for granted? 
Am                     G 
We sit in silence inside we're crying 
F                                 G 
How can we keep our love from dying? 
 
Chorus, lead, chorus, chorus 
 
Am                        G                                             C 
I write you letters, but I  don't send them 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante