So Far Away Chords & Tabs

by Avenged Sevenfold

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 76
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101]
Play it in standard (EADGBE) or Drop D (DADGBE). Which ever sounds better to you.

[Verse 1]
Em                       
Never feared for anything
Em                         
Never shamed but never free
  G                D           
A life to heal the broken heart
     Bm          C    
With all that it could
Em                         
Lived the life so endlessly
Em                        
Saw beyond what others see
  G                  D           
I tried to heal your broken heart
     Bm         C    
With all that I could

[Bridge]
C            
Will you stay
D                          
Will you stay away forever?

[Chorus]
Em                        G           
How do I live without the ones I love?
Am                                Em/G       D     
Time still turns the pages of the book, it's burned
Em                     G         
Place and time, always on my mind
  Am                                C    D  
I have so much to say but you're so far away

[Verse 2]
Em                            
Plans of what our futures hold
Em                         
Foolish lies of growing old
    G              D        
It seems we're so invincible
    Bm          C   
The truth is so cold
Em                          
A final song, a last request
Em                            
A perfect chapter laid to rest
G              D          
Now and then I try to find
    Bm          C   
The place in my mind

[Bridge]
C                 
Where you can stay
D                         
You can stay awake forever

[Chorus]
Em                        G           
How do I live without the ones I love?
Am                                Em/G         D   
Time still turns the pages of the book, it's burned
Em                    G         
Place and time always on my mind
  Am                                C     D 
I have so much to say but you're so far away

[Verse 3]
E          
Sleep tight
     C                     
I'm not afraid (not afraid)
    Am                    Em/G        D
The ones that we love are here with me
E       
Lay away
  C                          
A place for me (place for me)
          D               
'Cause as soon as I'm done
           C     
I'll be on my way
    D            
To live eternally

[Solo]
E  C  Am  Em/G  D
E  C  D  C  D

[Chorus]
Em                        G           
How do I live without the ones I love?
Am                                Em/G          D  
Time still turns the pages of the book, it's burned
Em                    G         
Place and time always on my mind
        Am                    
And the light you left remains
          C         D 
But it so hard to stay
      Am                                C     D Em
And I have so much to say and you're so far away
[Solo] 3:30
Em  D  Am  G  D/F#  Em  D  C x4
Em  D  C

[Outro]
Em        
I love you
D             
You were ready
Am         G       D/F#       Em D
The pain is strong and urges rise
Em              
But I'll see you
D              
When He lets me
Am           G          D/F#     Em D
Your pain is gone, your hands untied
Em D     C   Em         D             C  
So far away      (And I need you to know)
Em D     C   Em         D                    C       
So far away      (And I need you to need you to know)