Fade Away – Sloan Tabbed by Adam Bishop Rhythm guitar: Capo VIII The acoustic (and sometimes clean electric rhythm) is definitely capoed somewhere, and the only place it sounds right to me is the 8th fret. That’s kind of strange, but that’s what it sounds like! "Girl" by The Beatles also has a capo at the 8th fret, so this is not completely unprecedented, and I am not completely insane. A distorted electric plays the chords too, but doesn’t strum them. For the capoed guitar I’ll give the shapes (but they of course are the same chords as the electric guitar). Electric (no capo) Acoustic (capo VIII) Gm – 355333 Bm – x24432 F - 133211 A - x02220 Ab – 466544 C - x32010 Eb – x68886 G - 320003 Dm – x57765 F#m - 244222 G - 355433 B - x24442 Intro: (Gm) (F) (Ab) (Eb) (Dm) (G) Bm A C G F#m B Play this twice, with this lead figure the second time: E|-------------------------------------------------------------- B|--------8------------------------8---------------------------- G|--10---------8----7--------10---------7----------7------------ D|--10-----------------------10--------------10---------8------- A|-----------------------------------------------------------8-- E|-------------------------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------------------- B|---------------------------------------------------------- G|------------------7b-------------------------7--8--10----- D|---------8--10--------8---------------8--10------------8-- A|--8--10------------------------8--10---------------------- E|---------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------------- G|----------------10----8----7--------7--8--7-- D|---------8--10----------------10------------- A|--8--10-------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------- Verse: The electric guitar is still playing here as well, just not strumming. Bm Trace patterns to see A If we’re just rewriting history C G F#m B The die it was cast long ago Bm A carbon copy we could have been A Buried under files that won’t be seen C G F#m B The die it was cast long ago The verses and chorus have a riff, after “cast long ago,” “shut it away,” “end of the family line,” etc: E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G|-----------------5--------------4----5------------------------------------- D|--5----7----8---------5----7------------5---------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus: Bm A Everybody seems content to fade away C G F#m B Ooh you got it don’t shut it away Verse: Something once mattered to me But it’s forgotten so conveniently Is it the end of the family line A carbon copy I could have been Don’t you know I never settled for the in-between The die it was cast long ago Chorus (x2) Solo: E|----------------------------------------------------------------------- B|--------11----13----15----------11----13----15----------11----13---11-- G|--12----------------------12----------------------12------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B|--11--11/10--10--------13--11-11-11--10-10-10------------------------------ G|-----------------12----------------------------12--------10h12p10---------- D|-------------------------------------------------------------------13--12-- A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------------------- B|------------------------11h13h15—15p13p11------13--11--10---------- G|--10brbrbr----12---------------------------12--------------10--12-- D|------------------------------------------------------------------- A|------------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------------------15-- B|--15--13p11------13--11----13--15--13--15----15h16p15----15h16h18------ G|-------------12-------------------------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------- B|---------13--11--10----11------ G|--12b----------------------12-- D|------------------------------- A|------------------------------- E|------------------------------- Chorus Instrumental until end (I can’t figure out this stuff, sorry!) End on Bm (Gm)