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Funny How it Fades Away

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Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Fastball-Funney how it fades away

Tabbed By Dave wachala csoul@mail.com

1/2 down tuning

Intro/Verse:

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Verse 1

Those days when our hearts were as big as the sun

turn around with a smile for everyone

F#5

that feeling's a memory

A5

funny how it fades away

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Verse 2:

Verse riff

You won't see those pale grays returning to blues

the colors will wash out as I shrink in my shoes

F#5

and I won't always live and breathe

A5

watch me as I fade away

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Chorus:

E D E

we wake in the morning and work all day

D F#5

we dress up in the evening with nothing to say

A5

just like a candle burning bright

burning like forever then it fades away

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Verse 3:

Verse riff

who on this planet would ever refuse

the chance of a lifetime to love and lose

F#5

when time is of no importance

A5

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Bridge- I don't know how to play that wierd backwards guitar...so\

Just play the Intro Riff

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Chorus:

E D E

we wake in the morning and work all day

D F#5

we dress up in the evening with nothing to say

A5

just like a candle burning bright

E D E

we wake in the morning and work all day

D F#5

we dress up in the evening with nothing to say

A5

just like a candle burning bright

burning like forever then it fades away

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Outro:

Intro 4 times

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