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Farewell Faded Memory

The Weakerthans
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 he plays , , , , , , , , , ,  in the intro, but
 for simplicity, I'll write the intro and verse as "E, B, A"
 if you listen to the song, you can hear where he adds the variations, but it
 would just clutter it up if I wrote it out.
C#m
e|-----------------------------------------------------------4-|
B|-0----0-----4-----4-----2-----3----------------------------5-|
G|-1----2-----4-----6-----2-----2----------------------------6-|
D|-2----2-----4-----4-----2-----2----------------------------6-|
A|-2----2-----2-----2-----0-----0----------------------------4-|
E|-0----0------------------------------------------------------|
, ,  x4
Hey, another  numbing light  of early morning
 another pile  of half-read books
 nice and safe  in my serene  surroundings
 evil smiles  and empty looks
why justify  why you  can think at all?
 i guess i'm far too safe
cry, falsify  this turmoil  of emotion
 and you'll feel no pain,  but
 i'm pretty sure the sun  will rise and
 give me the strength to shield my eyes
 from all  the lights and all the lies of compromise
 and i  always try to understand
 but looking  back, it's hard to
know  that you were bought and sold
 for a box  filled full of spanish gold
 he plays the intro 4 more times, but slows down throughout, and bend the accent notes.
 listen to the song and it makes sense. then from this point until the '*',
 just strum the chord once and let it ring. when you get to the '*',
 start playing the intro/ verse riff again
 i sifted  through some archives yesterday
met  you in a photograph
 i saw your face  and simply had  to look away
 i know  that that would make you laugh
i'm  pretty sure the sun  will rise and
 give me the strength to shield my eyes
 from all  the lights and all the lies of compromise
 and  is this a faded memory  or
 did i see you crawling
out  towards the open sea so sad  and free
 without  me
 oh,  without  me x3
 i bid  farewell to the faded  memory
 then play around with the E and B for the end

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Readable chord sheet for Farewell Faded Memory by The Weakerthans

he plays [E], [Esus4], [E], [B], [Badd9], [B], [A], [Asus4], [A], [Asus4], [A] in the intro, but
for simplicity, I'll write the intro and verse as "E, B, A"

if you listen to the song, you can hear where he adds the variations, but it
would just clutter it up if I wrote it out.

   [E]  [Esus4]   [B]   [Badd9]   [A]   [Asus4]                         [C#m]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------4-|
B|-0----0-----4-----4-----2-----3----------------------------5-|
G|-1----2-----4-----6-----2-----2----------------------------6-|
D|-2----2-----4-----4-----2-----2----------------------------6-|
A|-2----2-----2-----2-----0-----0----------------------------4-|
E|-0----0------------------------------------------------------|

[E], [B], [A]  x4

[E]Hey, [B]another numbing [A]light of early morning
[E] another [B]pile of half-read [A]books
[E] nice and [B]safe in my se[A]rene surroundings
[E] evil [B]smiles and empty [A]looks
[E]why [B]justify why [A]you can think at all?
i guess i'm [E]far [B]too [A]safe
[E]cry, [B]falsify this [A]turmoil of emotion
and you'll [E]feel [B]no [A]pain, but

[E] i'm pretty sure the [B]sun will rise and
[C#m]   give me the strength to shield my eyes
from [B]all the lights and all the lies of [A]compromise
and [E]i always try to [B]understand
but [C#m]looking back, it's hard to
[B]know that you were bought and sold
for a [A]box filled full of spanish gold

he plays the intro 4 more times, but slows down throughout, and bend the accent notes.
listen to the song and it makes sense. then from this point until the '*',
just strum the chord once and let it ring.  when you get to the '*',
start playing the intro/ verse riff again

[E]  i [B]sifted through some archives yester[A]day
[E]    [B]met you in a photo[A]graph
[E] i saw your [B]face and simply [A]had to look away
[E]  i [B]know that that would make you [A]laugh

[E]i'm pretty sure the [B]sun will rise and
[C#m]   give me the strength to shield my eyes
from [B]all the lights and all the lies of [A]compromise
and[E] is this a faded [B]memory or
[C#m]   did i see you crawling
[B]out towards the open sea so [A]sad and free
with[E]out me

[E]  o[B]h, w[A]ithout me  x3

i [E]bid farewell to the f[B]aded mem[A]ory

[E] [B] [A]

then play around with the E and B for the end

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