Gone Away From Me Chords
Gone Away From Me by Holly Williams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, Amadd9, C, Csus2, B, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
You start on an Am for two beats then move the finger that's on the second fret of the D
string up to the second fret of the A string for two beats (Amadd9). Then A regular C
for two beats, then pull off on the D string for two beats (Csus2). I also like to pull
off on the B string in the middle of playing the Fs in the verses.
F Am C Amadd9 Csus2 G
e|-1---0---0-----0------0---3--|
B|-1---1---1-----1------1---3--|
G|-2---2---0-----2------0---0--|
D|-3---2---2-----0------0---0--|
A|-3---0---3-----2------3---2--|
E|-1---x---x-----x------x---3--|
CAPO ON FIRST.
Intro - Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F (2x)
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
I grew up in a town with one red light
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
How that train would rattle me in the middle of the night
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
But I slept like a baby in that bed
F G Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Cause mama kept me warm and she kept me fed
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
July 3rd was a dreaded friend of mine
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
We'd all go down to the family plot in the Louisiana pines
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
Staring at that little baby's grave
F G Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Stella was as young as she was brave
F C
And what I'd give to go there again
G Am
Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand
F C
Little did I know soon they would be
G Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Lying right beside her, gone away from me
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
They always made us kneel by grandpa's grave
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
Mama was a-wailing asking God if he was saved
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
I never liked to see my daddy cry
F G Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
I guess I'll never know how grandpa died
F C
And what I'd give to go there again
G Am
Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand
F C
Little did I know soon they would be
G Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Lying right beside her, gone away from me
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
You barely even see the tombstones now
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
The trees are grown up everywhere and no one keeps the grounds
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
Strangers live inside my childhood home
F G Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
And I can't believe that daddy's really gone
F C
And what I'd give to go there again
G Am
Kiss his withered face, hold her gentle hand
F C
But there ain't no way that will ever be
G
They lie beneath that old tree,
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me (Gone away from me)
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me (Gone away from me)
Am Amadd9 C Csus2 F
Well I grew up in a town with one red light