For the intro, mute the strings that aren't played and strum through and it sounds even better.
If you have suggestions, let me know!
[Intro Riff x2]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------22----22-----------------------------------|
G|-1--------------------------4----22----22--------------1--------------------|
D|-2-------------2-2242---4/6---4--22----22-242-----2----2--------------------|
A|-2-------242----------4----------00-4--00-----424---4--2--------------------|
E|-0-0-2/4-----4-----------------------------------------0--------------------|
[Verse]
E A E
Up in your nephew's room, playing on his cousin's guitar I wrote a song for you
E A E
You have done drove off everything I need, my box and my tumbleweed
F#m A Bm7
I picked it up on the way to flagstaff years ago
F#m A Bm7
I was hanging on to everything you had the grace to show
[Chorus]
E F#m A E
You were young and you were hungry, Lord knows I was hungry too
E F#m A E
We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose
E F#m A E
You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine
E F#m A E
Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times
[Instrumental]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------2-2----2--2------------------------|
G|-1----------------------------------4----2-2----2--2-------------------1----|
D|-2-----------------2--2-2h4p2---4/6---4--2-2----2--2--2h4p2-------4----2----|
A|-2---------2h4p2--------------4----------0-0-4--0--0--------4p2h4---4--2----|
E|-0-0-2/4---------4-----------------------------------------------------0----|
[Verse 2]
E A E
Looking over the hill at the lights of your hometown I wrote a song for you
E A E
Thinking of the way we met, a girl home from school and a boy just passing through
F#m A Bm7
I got a job as a cutman at a house just down the road
F#m A Bm7
I'd never been to town before and I didnt know a soul
[Chorus]
E F#m A E
I was young and I was hungry, Lord knows you were hungry too
E F#m A E
We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose
E F#m A E
You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine
E F#m A E
Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times
[Instrumental]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------2-2----2--2------------------------|
G|-1----------------------------------4----2-2----2--2-------------------1----|
D|-2-----------------2--2-2h4p2---4/6---4--2-2----2--2--2h4p2-------4----2----|
A|-2---------2h4p2--------------4----------0-0-4--0--0--------4p2h4---4--2----|
E|-0-0-2/4---------4-----------------------------------------------------0----|
[Bridge]
F#m A Bm7
Agate white wedding dress, turquoise on your ring
F#m A Bm7
Upright bass and violin as you walked the aisle to me
[Chorus]
E F#m A E
I was young and I was hungry, Lord knows you were hungry too
E F#m A E
We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose
E F#m A E
You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine
E F#m A E
Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times
[Outro]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------2-2----2--2------------------------|
G|-1---------------------------------4----2-2----2--2-------------------1----|
D|-2----------------2--2-2h4p2---4/6---4--2-2----2--2--2h4p2-------4----2----| (x2)
A|-2--------2h4p2--------------4----------0-0-4--0--0--------4p2h4---4--2----|
E|-0--2/4---------4-----------------------------------------------------0----|
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| / Slide up
| h Hammer on
| p Pull off
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Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/tyler_childers/a_song_while_youre_away_chords_2084329