Biography:
Saxon is a British heavy metal band, formed in Barnsley, England in 1976.
As pioneers of, and at the forefront of the then New Wave of British Heavy Metal the band enjoyed a period of prominence in the UK (including popular chart success) and Europe in the early 1980s, and later the USA and Japan.
Saxon started in South Yorkshire, England as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar.
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Artits: Saxon
Album: Unleash the Beast (1997)
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Time: 6/4
Here's Saxon's wonderful power-ballad called 'Absent Friends'. It's a song you all
should know.
Intro:
|- 3 -|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
B|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
G|-0--------0-----0--0--------0-----0-||-2-----------2-----2h3p2p0--------0--|
D|-0-----------0-----0-----------0----||-3-----------3-----------------3-----|
A|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----3-----------3----||-------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1--------1-----1--1--------1-----1--|
B|-1--------1--1--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1--------1--1--1--1--------1--1--1--|
G|-2--------2--2--0--0--------0--0--0-||-2--------2--2--2--2--------2--2--2--|
D|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-3-----------3-----3-----------3-----|
A|-0-----------0-----2----------------||-3-----------3-----3-----------3-----|
E|-------------------0----------------||-1-----------1-----1-----------1-----|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
B|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1--1--1--------1-----------|
G|-0--------0-----0--0--------0-----0-||-2--------2--2--2--2-h3-----3--0-h2--|
D|-0-----------0-----0-----------0----||-3-----------3-----------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----3-----------3----||-------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
B|-1--------1--1--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
G|-2--------2--2--0--0--------0--0--0-||-2~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
D|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-3~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
A|-0-----------0-----2----------------||-3~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
Verse:
(Try to make variations with Dsus4! Hear the song and find out when to vary.)
D G
You went in the morning
D G
We didn't say good-bye
D G
The friends that you left here
Em7/B Asus4
Wonder why, wonder why
D G
I wish I could see you
D G
Just for a day
D G
Tell you we missed you
Em7/B Asus4
And ask you to stay, ask you to stay
Chorus:
D Cadd4
To absent friends
Em Cmaj7
This one's for you, this one's for you
D Cadd4
To absent friends
Em Cmaj7
This one's for you, this one's for you
You went without warning
We didn't even know
Just like the good ones
It was your turn to go
Your turn to go
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
Solo:
(Try variations with Cadd4 / Cadd2 / Cmaj7 or other - it's impossible to hear it! Make
sure that it sounds/feels good.)
Em C Em C
Em C D D
Em C Em C
Em C D D
Bm D
When we're together
Bm D
You stand at our side
Bm D
We'll raise our glasses
Cadd4
And toast you tonight
A
Toast you tonight
You went in the morning
We didn't say good-bye
The friends that you left here
Wonder why, wonder why
I wish I could see you
Just for a day
Tell you we missed you
And ask you to stay
Ask you to stay
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you
This one's for you
This one's for you
(I'll try to tab the solo as soon as I get a guitar with more than 21 frets.)
Chords:
Em7/B Asus Cadd4 Cadd2 Cmaj7 Dsus4
0 0 3 0 0 3
3 3 1 3 0 3
0 2 0 0 0 2
2 2 2 2 2 0
2 0 3 3 3 X
0 X X X X X
Album: Unleash the Beast (1997)
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Time: 6/4
Here's Saxon's wonderful power-ballad called 'Absent Friends'. It's a song you all
should know.
Intro:
|- 3 -|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
B|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
G|-0--------0-----0--0--------0-----0-||-2-----------2-----2h3p2p0--------0--|
D|-0-----------0-----0-----------0----||-3-----------3-----------------3-----|
A|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----3-----------3----||-------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1--------1-----1--1--------1-----1--|
B|-1--------1--1--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1--------1--1--1--1--------1--1--1--|
G|-2--------2--2--0--0--------0--0--0-||-2--------2--2--2--2--------2--2--2--|
D|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-3-----------3-----3-----------3-----|
A|-0-----------0-----2----------------||-3-----------3-----3-----------3-----|
E|-------------------0----------------||-1-----------1-----1-----------1-----|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1-----1--------------------|
B|-3--------3-----3--3--------3-----3-||-1--------1--1--1--------1-----------|
G|-0--------0-----0--0--------0-----0-||-2--------2--2--2--2-h3-----3--0-h2--|
D|-0-----------0-----0-----------0----||-3-----------3-----------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------3-----3-----------3----||-------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + || 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|-0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
B|-1--------1--1--0--0--------0--0--0-||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
G|-2--------2--2--0--0--------0--0--0-||-2~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
D|-2-----------2-----2-----------2----||-3~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
A|-0-----------0-----2----------------||-3~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
E|-------------------0----------------||-1~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
Verse:
(Try to make variations with Dsus4! Hear the song and find out when to vary.)
D G
You went in the morning
D G
We didn't say good-bye
D G
The friends that you left here
Em7/B Asus4
Wonder why, wonder why
D G
I wish I could see you
D G
Just for a day
D G
Tell you we missed you
Em7/B Asus4
And ask you to stay, ask you to stay
Chorus:
D Cadd4
To absent friends
Em Cmaj7
This one's for you, this one's for you
D Cadd4
To absent friends
Em Cmaj7
This one's for you, this one's for you
You went without warning
We didn't even know
Just like the good ones
It was your turn to go
Your turn to go
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
Solo:
(Try variations with Cadd4 / Cadd2 / Cmaj7 or other - it's impossible to hear it! Make
sure that it sounds/feels good.)
Em C Em C
Em C D D
Em C Em C
Em C D D
Bm D
When we're together
Bm D
You stand at our side
Bm D
We'll raise our glasses
Cadd4
And toast you tonight
A
Toast you tonight
You went in the morning
We didn't say good-bye
The friends that you left here
Wonder why, wonder why
I wish I could see you
Just for a day
Tell you we missed you
And ask you to stay
Ask you to stay
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you (this one's for you)
This one's for you
To absent friends (to absent friends)
This one's for you
This one's for you
This one's for you
(I'll try to tab the solo as soon as I get a guitar with more than 21 frets.)
Chords:
Em7/B Asus Cadd4 Cadd2 Cmaj7 Dsus4
0 0 3 0 0 3
3 3 1 3 0 3
0 2 0 0 0 2
2 2 2 2 2 0
2 0 3 3 3 X
0 X X X X X
Sayaru
Sayde Price
Saydie
Saylo
Sayo Lamang
Scar Symmetry
Scar The Martyr
Scarce
Scarda
Scared Of Bears