Amanda Shires

Pale Fire

Amanda Shires


Tom: C

[Chord structures]
  Em7  Cadd9   G    Am   Em
E|-3------3-----3------------|
B|-3------3-----3----1-------|
G|-------------------2-------|
D|--------2----------2----2--|
A|-2------3-----2---------2--|
E|--------------3------------|

After the first verse and chorus the chords are generally played without the high notes
(as you see the chord names change) and there is a lot of hammer ons/offs along with
other variation thrown in.

[Intro/Chorus end]
E|---------------------------------|
B|-8--7--x--x----------0-----0-----|
G|-0--0--9--7---4--2------2----2-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0---0-----0-----0---0--|
A|-x--x--x--x---x------------------|
E|-8-----------/3--3-----3----3----|

[Verse 1]
Em7          Cadd9       G
She took her lover on a road trip
Em7    Cadd9             G
Turned out to be a bad idea
Em7          Cadd9           G
She lost his eagle feather roach clip
Em7       Cadd9          G
A present from some sad Maria
Em7          Cadd9            G
Things never made it back to normal
Em7        Cadd9          G
He was the wrong kind of naive
Em7             Cadd9      G
She stopped for gas in Oklahoma
Em7      Cadd9             G
Left him alone on St. John's Eve

[Chorus]
Am                 Em
There's a pale fire
Am                 Em
There's a pale fire
Am                  C
There's a pale fire rising on the plain

E|----------------------------|
B|-8--7--x--x-----------------|
G|-0--0--9--7--4--2-4-5-4-2-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-8-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|

[Verse 2]
Em7           C           G
Remember when you were a fighter?
Em7      C            G
Remember when I was a queen?
Em7     C             G
Now I'm just another rider
Em7    C                 G
Can't keep up with your machine
Em7   C             G
Every man I meet is perfect
Em7  C                G
Any better, they'd be wrong
Em7       C                G
That way it's never really worth it
Em7   C                 G
And I can spend my days alone

[Chorus]
Am                 Em
There's a pale fire
Am                 Em
There's a pale fire
Am                  C
There's a pale fire rising on the plain

E|----------------------------|
B|-8--7--x--x-----------------|
G|-0--0--9--7--4--2-4-5-4-2-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-8-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|

[Bridge]
Em7   C             G
Every man I meet is perfect
Em7  C                G
Any better, they'd be wrong
Em7     C              G
Now it's never really worth it
Em7   C                 G
And I can spend my days alone

[Chorus]
Am                 Em
There's a pale fire
Am                 Em
There's a pale fire
Am                  C
There's a pale fire rising on the plain

E|----------------------------|
B|-8--7--x--x-----------------|
G|-0--0--9--7--4--2-4-5-4-2-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-8-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|