Empty Chairs At Empty Tables

There's a grief that can't be spoken.	a
There's a pain goes on and on.	a C
Empty chairs at empty tables	C d
Now my friends are dead and gone.	E a

Here they talked of revolution.	a
Here it was they lit the flame.	a C
Here they sang about `tomorrow'	C d
And tomorrow never came.	E a

From the table in the corner	C C7 F
They could see a world reborn	c7 F7 B
And they rose with voices ringing	G/B C
I can hear them now!	B A
The very words that they had sung	d d7 B
Became their last communion	g G7
On the lonely barricade at dawn.	F/C a/C a

Oh my friends, my friends forgive me	a
That I live and you are gone.	a C
There's a grief that can't be spoken.	C d
There's a pain goes on and on.	E cis

Phantom faces at the window.	cis
Phantom shadows on the floor.	cis E
Empty chairs at empty tables	E fis
Where my friends will meet no more.	Gis cis

Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me	cis
What your sacrifice was for	cis E
Empty chairs at empty tables	E fis
Where my friends will sing no more.	Gis cis