The Weakerthans

Farewell Faded Memory

The Weakerthans


Tom: E

   E  Esus4   B   Badd9   A   Asus4    (and for the chorus) 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------------------------------------------------------|

intro
E, B, A  x4

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

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


E   B                                  A             
  i sifted through some archives yesterday
E   B                 A  
    met you in a photograph
E           B               A
 i saw your face and simply had to look away
E   B                             A
  i know that that would make you laugh

*E  B             A
 so many things i guess i should remember
      E     B    A
but i don't know how
E  B              A
so many things so easy to forget
          E    B   A
i guess i miss you now, but

E                   B
i'm pretty sure the sun will rise and
C#m
   give me the strength to shield my eyes
     B                                  A
from all the lights and all the lies of compromise
   E                B         
and is this a faded memory or 
C#m                                       
   did i see you crawling 
B                           A
out towards the open sea so sad and free 
    E
without me

E  B   A
  oh, without me  x3

  E                    B       A
i bid farewell to the faded memory

E B A