For the Girl Who's Gone

[Intro]
(Instrumental fingerpicking: Am – F – C – G)

[Verse]
The clock hums low like a tired heart
Am – F – C – G
It pulls apart
Your shadow lingers
A faded spark
I still hear your laugh in the dark

[Prechorus]
Oh
The air feels thin
Where did you go
Dm – Am – E7
It aches
It knows
The strings cry out
They echo slow

[Chorus]
For the girl who's gone
The night won't speak
Am – G – F – C
The silence leaks
Dm – E7 – Am
My knees feel weak
Gone too soon
But I still seek

[Verse 2]
Raindrops tap like your fingers once did
On the window
Where secrets hid
Am – F – C – G
It's all I bid
For the world to return what it forbid

[Prechorus]
Oh
The stars won't fall
They hang in shame
Dm – Am – E7
They burn your name
And the sky remains a weeping frame