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Faded

Kate Dearaugo
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
CHORDS:
A5
E|---------------2---2---5---4----0---0--------------|
B|---------------2---3---5---5----2---0--------------|
G|--7---9--------2---2---6---4----2---1--------------|
D|--7---9---3----4---0---7---6----2---2---9---5---7--|
A|--5---7---3---------------------0---2---9---5---7--|
E|----------1----2-------5---4--------0---7---3---5--|
 Keyboards add extra notes forming full harmony of:
 Lead-in  to chorus:
 
 Half-barre throughout  sequence
 using thumb on 6th-string
 ...or use power chords throughout!
 `  `
  You never take take the time to really look
 `  `
  Look at the one the one I really
 `  `
 Am you try to fit to fit me in a perfect box
 `
  You let me slip be-tween the cracks now I'm
 1:
Faded  into someone else  made me
Someone  I don't  wanna be  yeah I'm
Faded  my true colours gone  like a
 `
 Picture nobody sees
 `  `
  I'll bet you don't don't even know my favourite song
 `  `
  You tell me how how I should wear my
 `  `
 Hair you wanna change everything I ever was
 `
  Try to e-rase me til I'm not there now I'm
 1:
Faded  into someone else  made me
Someone  I don't  wanna be  yeah I'm
Faded  my true colours gone  like a
Picture nobody sees
 2:
Faded  like I never was  til I
Don't  even know  my-self  yeah I'm
Faded  into what  you want  but I'm
 `
 Not taking it too well
 `  `
 I don't wanna be your little picture perfect pretty
 `  `
 Girl who's got nothing to say
 `  `
 I'm not gonna wait around let you run my whole life down so
 `  `
 You can watch me fade a-way___
 CHORUS:
Faded faded  you try  to fit
Fit  me in your perfect  box
Faded faded  you try  to fit
 `
 Fit me in your perfect box
 HALF:
 `  `
  You try to fit fit me in a perfect box
 `
  You let me slip bet-ween the cracks now I'm
 1:
Faded  into someone else  made me
Someone  I don't  wanna be  yeah I'm
Faded  my true colours gone  like a
Picture nobody sees  now I'm
 2:
Faded  like I never was  til I
Don't  even know  my-self  yeah I'm
Faded  into what  you want  but I'm
Not  taking it  too well I'm
 AD-LIB: (fade on repeat)
Faded hate  it slippin'  a-way  as I
 Faded______________________
Disap-pear  in the dark  I'm
Faded hate  it so  far a-way  from
 Faded____________________
Who  I was  at the start I'm

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Readable chord sheet for Faded by Kate Dearaugo

CHORDS:
    [D5]  [E5]  [F5]  [F#m]  [D]   [A]  [E/G#]  [A]   [E]   [B5]  [G5]  [A5]
E|---------------2---2---5---4----0---0--------------|
B|---------------2---3---5---5----2---0--------------|
G|--7---9--------2---2---6---4----2---1--------------|
D|--7---9---3----4---0---7---6----2---2---9---5---7--|
A|--5---7---3---------------------0---2---9---5---7--|
E|----------1----2-------5---4--------0---7---3---5--|

Keyboards add extra notes forming full harmony of:
L[Dmaj7]ead-in to choru[E]s:     [Esus4]
 [D]      [D]       [Esus4]  [F]

Half-barre throughout  [F#m] [D] [A] [E/G#]  sequence
using thumb on 6th-string
...or use power chords throughout!

[D5]          `    [E5]               `
  You never take take the time to really look
[D5]            `       [E5]    `
  Look at the one the one I really
[D5]            `      [E5]          `
Am you try to fit to fit me in a perfect box
[D5]           `       [E5]        [F5]
  You let me slip be-tween the cracks now I'm

1:
[F#m]Faded[D]  into [A]someone [E/G#]else made me
[F#m]Someone I [D]don't wanna [A]be  [E]  yeah I'm
[F#m]Faded[D]  my true [A]colours [E/G#]gone like a
[F#m]     [E]      [D]   `
Picture nobody sees

[D5]             `           [E5]           `
  I'll bet you don't don't even know my favourite song
[D5]            `       [E5]       `
  You tell me how how I should wear my
[D5]             `      [E5]           `
Hair you wanna change everything I ever was
[D5]         `           [E5]      [F5]
  Try to e-rase me til I'm not there now I'm

1:
[F#m]Faded[D]  into [A]someone [E/G#]else made me
[F#m]Someone I [D]don't wanna [A]be  [E]  yeah I'm
[F#m]Faded[D]  my true [A]colours [E/G#]gone like a
[F#m]Picture [E]nobody [D]sees   [F5]

2:
[F#m]Faded[D]  like I [A]never [E/G#]was til I
[F#m]Don't even [D]know my-[A]self[E]  yeah I'm
[F#m]Faded[D]  into [A]what you [E/G#]want but I'm
[F#m]        [E]      [D]   `
Not taking it too well

[B5]            `              [G5]              `
I don't wanna be your little picture perfect pretty
[D5]             `          [A5]  `
Girl who's got nothing to say
[B5]            `           [G5]             `
I'm not gonna wait around let you run my whole life down so
[D5]              `        [E5]  `
You can watch me  fade a-way___

CHORUS:
[F#m]Faded [D]faded[A]  you [E/G#]try to fit
[F#m]Fit me in your [D]perfect box[A]   [E]
[F#m]Faded [D]faded[A]  you [E/G#]try to fit
[F#m]            [E]          [D]  `
Fit me in your perfect box

HALF:
[D5]           `   [E5]          `
  You try to fit fit me in a perfect box
[D5]           `        [E5]       [F5]
  You let me slip bet-ween the cracks now I'm

1:

[F#m]Faded[D]  into [A]someone [E/G#]else made me
[F#m]Someone I [D]don't wanna [A]be  [E]  yeah I'm
[F#m]Faded[D]  my true [A]colours [E/G#]gone like a
[F#m]Picture [E]nobody [D]sees  now [F5]I'm

2:
[F#m]Faded[D]  like I [A]never [E/G#]was til I
[F#m]Don't even [D]know my-[A]self[E]  yeah I'm
[F#m]Faded[D]  into [A]what you [E/G#]want but I'm
[F#m]Not taking [E]it too [D]well   [F5]I'm

AD-LIB:  (fade on repeat)
[F#m]Faded [D]hate it [A]slippin' a-[E/G#]way as I
Faded______________________

[F#m]Disap-[D]pear in the [A]dark[E]  I'm

[F#m]Faded [D]hate it [A]so far a-[E/G#]way from
Faded____________________

[F#m]Who I [E]was at the [D]start   [F5]I'm