🎸 Chord Weakerthans - Farewell Faded Memory

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 , a 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 ( 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 , 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
B
know that you were bought and sold
A
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
E
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