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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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As far as I know, this song is just by John Samson, but everyone seems to
post his songs under the Weakerthans.. so I'll just follow the trend for now
Standard tuning, no capo.
he plays E, Esus4, E, B, Badd9, B, A, Asus4, A, Asus4,  Ain 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(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,   Ax4
EHey, Banother numbing Alight of early morning
 Eanother Bpile of half-read Abooks
 Enice and Bsafe in my seArene surroundings
 Eevil Bsmiles and empty Alooks
Ewhy Bjustify why Ayou can think at all?
i guess i'm Efar Btoo Asafe
Ecry, Bfalsify this Aturmoil of emotion
and you'll Efeel Bno Apain, but
 Ei'm pretty sure the Bsun will rise and
   C#mgive me the strength to shield my eyes
from Ball the lights and all the lies of Acompromise
and Ei always try to Bunderstand
but C#mlooking back, it's hard to 
Bknow that you were bought and sold
for a Abox 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
  Ei Bsifted through some archives yesterAday
    E  Bmet you in a photoAgraph
 Ei saw your Bface and simply Ahad to look away
  Ei Bknow that that would make you Alaugh
*  E               B  A  
 so many things i guess i should remember
but i Edon't Bknow Ahow
Eso Bmany things so Aeasy to forget
i guess i Emiss Byou Anow, but
Ei'm pretty sure the Bsun will rise and
   C#mgive me the strength to shield my eyes
from Ball the lights and all the lies of Acompromise
and Eis this a faded Bmemory or 
   C#mdid i see you crawling 
Bout towards the open sea so Asad and free 
withEout me
  EoBh, wAithout me  x3
i Ebid farewell to the fBaded memAory
E B A
then play around with the E and B for the end

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Farewell Faded Memory

by The Weakerthans

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Esus4

Badd9

Asus4

C#m

As far as I know, this song is just by John Samson, but everyone seems to

post his songs under the Weakerthans.. so I'll just follow the trend for now

Standard tuning, no capo.

E Esus4 E B Badd9 B A Asus4 A Asus4 A

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.

E Esus4 B Badd9 A Asus4 C#m

(and for the chorus)

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

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

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

without me

E B A

oh, without me x3

E B A

i bid farewell to the faded memory

E B A

then play around with the E and B for the end

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