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.


          C    C7      F
From the table in the corner
           Cm7     F7     Bb
They could see a world reborn
          G                C
And they rose with voices ringing
       Bb        A
I can hear them now!
          Dm         Dm7      Bb
The very words that they had sung
   Gm                G7
Became their last communion
F                       C6      Am
    On the 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               Dbm
There's a pain goes on and on.


Dbm 
    Phantom faces at the window.
                        E
Phantom shadows on the floor.
                       Gbm
Empty chairs at empty tables
           Ab                  Dbm
Where my friends will meet no more.


Dbm
    Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
                         E
What your sacrifice was for
                      Gbm
Empty chairs at empty tables
           Ab                 Dbm       Dbm7       Dbm6       Dbm
Where my friends will sing no more. Dit arrangement is de eigen interpretatie van de inzender, gedeeld voor privéstudie, educatie en niet-commercieel gebruik. Het onderliggende nummer, de songtekst en de muziek blijven eigendom van hun rechthebbenden. Om verwijdering aan te vragen, zie Juridische verklaring.