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VANISHING – Mariah Carey
Intro:  A,  E,  A,  E/F#,B 
Verse I
If I could reF#/A#capture        D#7/G                 G#m  
All of the memories 
      And Abring them to Elife
      Surely I Bwould
      Hear the distant D#m/F#laughterF#7  D#7/G  
      G#mWastn't it you and me 
      SurAviving the Enight
      You're fading Aout of my F#7/A#sight swiftly
Chorus
      D#7You're G#mvanishing  B7/D#  
      EDrifting away
      D#7You're G#mvanishing
      AOh-Eoh E/F#  
Verse II
      BI was so enF#/A#rapturedD#7/G  
      G#mNo sensibility
      To Aopen my Eeyes
      I misunderBstood
      Now you're fading D#m/F#fasterF#7  D#7/G  
      G#mIt's suddenly hard to see
      You're Ataking the Elight
      Letting the Ashadows inF#7/A#side swiftly
Repeat Chorus
      D#7You're G#mvanishing  B7/D#  
      EDrifting away
      D#7  G#mYouuuuAuuuuEuuuuAuuuuF#7/A#uu're 
Bridge
      C#m7b5Reaching out into the G#mdistance
      C#m7b5Searching for Gdim7spirits of the G#mpast
      Em6Just a trace of your eG#m7xistence 
      To AgraspE  A  E/F#  
Verse III 
      BAnd If somehow I could reF#/A#capture D#7/G  
      G#mAll of the memories 
      And Abring them to Elife
      Lord knows I Bwould
      But now you're fading D#m/F#fasterF#7  D#7/G  
      G#mGetting so hard to see
      You're Ataking the Elight
      Letting the Adarkness inF#7/A#side swiftly
Repeat Chorus
      D#7You're G#mvanishing  B7/D#  
      EDrifting so  E7far away      A  EOoh   A  F#7/A#Oooh 
    D#7vaaaaaG#maaaaaaE7aa ni shing
    D#7OooooG#mh-woooooh AyeaEh  
    AwEm6aaaayB  

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Vanishing

by Mariah Carey

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E/F#

F#/A#

D#7/G

G#m

D#m/F#

F#7

F#7/A#

D#7

B7/D#

C#m7b5

Gdim7

Em6

G#m7

VANISHING – Mariah Carey

A E A E/F#

Intro: , , , ,B

Verse I

F#/A# D#7/G G#m

If I could recapture

All of the memories

A E

And bring them to life

Surely I would

D#m/F# F#7 D#7/G

Hear the distant laughter

G#m

Wastn't it you and me

A E

Surviving the night

A F#7/A#

You're fading out of my sight swiftly

Chorus

D#7 G#m B7/D#

You're vanishing

Drifting away

D#7 G#m

You're vanishing

A E E/F#

Oh-oh

Verse II

B F#/A# D#7/G

I was so enraptured

G#m

No sensibility

A E

To open my eyes

I misunderstood

D#m/F# F#7 D#7/G

Now you're fading faster

G#m

It's suddenly hard to see

A E

You're taking the light

A F#7/A#

Letting the shadows inside swiftly

Repeat Chorus

D#7 G#m B7/D#

You're vanishing

Drifting away

D#7 G#m A E A F#7/A#

Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu're

Bridge

C#m7b5 G#m

Reaching out into the distance

C#m7b5 Gdim7 G#m

Searching for spirits of the past

Em6 G#m7

Just a trace of your existence

A E A E/F#

To grasp

Verse III

B F#/A# D#7/G

And If somehow I could recapture

G#m

All of the memories

A E

And bring them to life

Lord knows I would

D#m/F# F#7 D#7/G

But now you're fading faster

G#m

Getting so hard to see

A E

You're taking the light

A F#7/A#

Letting the darkness inside swiftly

Repeat Chorus

D#7 G#m B7/D#

You're vanishing

E E7 A E A F#7/A#

Drifting so far away Ooh Oooh

D#7 G#m E7

vaaaaaaaaaaaaa ni shing

D#7 G#m A E

Oooooh-woooooh yeah

Em6 B

Awaaaay

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