Farewell Faded Memory chords by The Weakerthans

Chords with lyrics

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


Standard tuning, no capo.

he plays A augmentedA 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.

  C# minorC#m
e|-----------------------------------------------------------4-|
BB|-0----0-----4-----4-----2-----3----------------------------5-|
G+G|-1----2-----4-----6-----2-----2----------------------------6-|
D MajorD|-2----2-----4-----4-----2-----2----------------------------6-|
A augmentedA|-2----2-----2-----2-----0-----0----------------------------4-|
E MajorE|-0----0------------------------------------------------------|

intro
A augmentedA x4

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

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


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

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

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

A augmentedA
 oh, without me x3

 A augmentedA
i bid farewell to the faded memory

A augmentedA