A Man Me Then Jim chords by Rilo Kiley

Capo 2

Intro:
C F C G C x2

Verse:
 C
I had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string
     F                            C
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
    F                          C
And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of
    G           F           C
We sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss
    G                F             C
And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off

She said
  F  G    C
The slow fade of love
     F   G  C
Its soft edge might Cut you
    F      Em
And our poor friend, Jim
   C    G/B   F
Well he just lived within
     G    C
The slow fade of love


Verse:

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


Verse:

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



      F  G    C
He said the slow fade of love
     F    G    C
and it's mist might choke you
    F    Em
It's my gradual descent
    C   G/B F
Into a life I never meant
       G    C
It's the slow fade of love

break:
C F C G F C (similar to intro)

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

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


    F  G    C
For the slow fade of love
    F    G   C
It might hit you from below
     F    Em
It's your gradual descent
    C    G/B F
Into a life you never meant
       G    C
It's the slow fade of love

outro:

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

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