Biography:
Rab Noakes (Born "Robert Noakes", 13th May 1947) is a Scottsh singer / songwriter. He still records and releases albums to this day but was most prominent in the 1970's. His best known single, "Branch" from the album "Red Pump Special" was released in 1974 and although it did not reach a significant position in the UK charts it did receive considerable airplay at the time.
Noakes was also an early member of "Stealers Wheel", though he does not feature on any released recordings by them having left before this period of their success.
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Other songs:
- A Brighter Blue
- A Love Story
- A Question Of Travelling
- Absence
- All Gone Wrong
- All In Down And Out Blues
- As Big As His Size
- Blue Dream
- Branch
- Buttons And Bows
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Clear Day
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Darling Be Home Soon
- Deep Water
- Dishonest
- Do Right Woman
- Do That Again
- Do You See The Lights
- Dont Act Like Your Heart Isnt Hard
- Dont Say Money Doesnt Matter
- Eat Neuk Misfortune
- Fallen Ones
- Gently Does It
- Goodbye Booze
- High And Dry
- I Forget
- I Had A Girlfriend
- I Wont Let You Down
- Im Walkin Here
- Ive Hardly Started Yet
- Lenny Bruce
- Lights
- Lonely Boy Tonight
- Long Dark Night
- Love Is A Gamble
- Love Of My Life
- Mary Skeffington
- Memories
- Moonlight And Gold
- Nancys Minuet
- Nashville Blues
- Niel Gows Apprentice
- November Afternoon
- Only Happy When It Rains
- Open All Night
- Open The Door
- Psycho Killer
- Que Sera Sera
- Radio And Tv
- Restless
- Roll On Saturday
- Same Old Place
- Shes All I See
- Show Me The Way To Go Home
- So How Come
- Somebody Counts On Me
- Somethings Wrong
- Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go
- Thats The Way The Whole Thing Ends
- The Guernsey Kitchen Porter
- The Same Sky
- The Sketcher And The Last Train
- The Two Sisters
- Together Forever
- Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Too Old To Die
- Turn A Deaf Ear
- Wait Down Here
- Waiting Here For You
- What Are You Doing Here
- Whats The Matter
- When This Bloody War Is Over
- When Youre Not Here
- Without Me Just With You
- Wrong Joke Again
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Rab Noakes - Absence
CAPOL 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] C F C F C F C F C
[VERSE 1:]
F C
I'm rising early now my fate is away
F G
I'm trying to find enough to fill up my day
F G
I build a fire, take the dogs for a walk
F C
Hoping I'll meet no one who wants me to talk
[VERSE 2:]
F C
It's early August, there's a nip in the air
F G
Climate's changing but I don't really care
F G
I'm getting tired of all this being alone
E7 F
Sometimes I wonder if you'll ever come home
C F C
Where your absence just fills every space
F Am F C D
How can that be when ya left without a trace
[INSTRUMENTAL:] C F C F C
[VERSE 3:]
F C
Days were different when we used to sleep late
F G
You always said you were my permanent mate
F G
It seems so cold, so empty somehow
E7
These words don't mean a thing to me
F C F C
Now that your absence just fills every space
F Am F C D
How can that be when ya left without a trace
[BRIDGE:]
G F
I don't know if it's loss or gain
G F
I feel no joy, I feel no pain
G F G F Em Dm G F Em Dm
Dark or light, it's all the same to me_________
[OUTRO:] C F C F C F C
F
I'm rising early now my fate is away
CAPOL 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] C F C F C F C F C
[VERSE 1:]
F C
I'm rising early now my fate is away
F G
I'm trying to find enough to fill up my day
F G
I build a fire, take the dogs for a walk
F C
Hoping I'll meet no one who wants me to talk
[VERSE 2:]
F C
It's early August, there's a nip in the air
F G
Climate's changing but I don't really care
F G
I'm getting tired of all this being alone
E7 F
Sometimes I wonder if you'll ever come home
C F C
Where your absence just fills every space
F Am F C D
How can that be when ya left without a trace
[INSTRUMENTAL:] C F C F C
[VERSE 3:]
F C
Days were different when we used to sleep late
F G
You always said you were my permanent mate
F G
It seems so cold, so empty somehow
E7
These words don't mean a thing to me
F C F C
Now that your absence just fills every space
F Am F C D
How can that be when ya left without a trace
[BRIDGE:]
G F
I don't know if it's loss or gain
G F
I feel no joy, I feel no pain
G F G F Em Dm G F Em Dm
Dark or light, it's all the same to me_________
[OUTRO:] C F C F C F C
F
I'm rising early now my fate is away
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