A Man Me Then Jim chords by Rilo Kiley

Chords with lyrics

Capo 2

Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC x2

Verse:
 C majorC
I had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string
     FF                            C majorC
His note said "If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling."

And at the wake I waited around to see my ex first love
    FF                          C majorC
And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of
    G+G           FF           C majorC
We sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss
    G+G                FF             C majorC
And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off

She said
  FF  G+G    C majorC
The slow fade of love
     FF   G+G  C majorC
Its soft edge might Cut you
    FF      E minorEm
And our poor friend, Jim
   C majorC    G/BG/B   FF
Well he just lived within
     G+G    C majorC
The slow fade of love


Verse:

 C majorC
A augmentedA woman calls my house once a week; she's always selling things
   FF                       C majorC
Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine
     G+G                    FF             C majorC
And as I turned her down, I always do, there was something trembling in her voice
    G+G                  FF          C majorC
I said "Hey, what troubles you?", She said "I'm surprised you noticed"


Verse:

    C majorC
Well, my husband, he's leaving, and I can't convince him to stay
     FF                            C majorC
and he'll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway
  G+G              FF             C majorC
I'm sorry I'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me
      G+G              FF              C majorC
I'm selling people things they don't want when I don't know what you need

      FF  G+G    C majorC
He said the slow fade of love
     FF    G+G    C majorC
and it's mist might choke you
    FF    E minorEm
It's my gradual descent
    C majorC   G/BG/B FF
Into a life I never meant
       G+G    C majorC
It's the slow fade of love

break:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC (similar to intro)

Verse:
   C majorC
I was driving south of Melrose; I happened upon my old lover's old house
     FF                              C majorC
I found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me out

"Dianna, Dianna, Dianna I would die for you
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I'm in love with you completely, I'm afraid that's all I can do"
         G+G                FF        C majorC
She said "You can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, Jim
    G+G             FF           C majorC
But my mind is made up, and I'll never let you in again"


    FF  G+G    C majorC
For the slow fade of love
    FF    G+G   C majorC
It might hit you from below
     FF    E minorEm
It's your gradual descent
    C majorC    G/BG/B FF
Into a life you never meant
       G+G    C majorC
It's the slow fade of love

outro:

     FF  G+G    C majorC
It's the slow fade of love x9 (I think it is about 9 time that you slow fade out)

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