Fading Into Obscurity
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Dm7 Dm6
So many stories I can tell.
E E6/B
I had the world under a spell.
D#6 G#7/D#
Does this even ring a bell?
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
I wonder because
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Don't you know who I was?
E Am
Interest in me dissipated
E Am
All my methods antiquated
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 E
I've been cast away
Dmaj7 Dm E Amaj7
Lost and friendless today
[Refrão]
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 E
I made a name for myself when one could do such a thing
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C# Bm7 E
A reputation that's held together by string
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 E
So I chose to cherish those who think there's some purity
Dmaj7 Dm E Amaj7
To fading into obscurity.
[Verso 1]
E Amaj7 E Amaj7
What works on paper has the tendency to ride on vapor
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C# Bm7 E
Sometimes what's not to love but then other times what's to like?
[Refrão]
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 E
I'm unable to tell if I know who I am
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C# Bm7 E
A modest success, a shill or a sham?
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 Amaj7/E
I'm not afraid of what I've made of but my trajectory
Dmaj7 Dm E Amaj7
Has me fading into obscurity
[Verso 2]
Amaj7 E
You kids will have to fend for yourselves
Amaj7 E
Because your mother's gone and as for the elves
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C#
Who used to do all the work around here
Bm7 E
Well they're not gonna do it anymore
[Verso 3]
Amaj7 E
You kids can kiss your mother goodbye
Amaj7 E
And I'll give you 20 minutes to cry
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C#
She used to do all the work around here
Bm7 E
But she's not gonna do it anymore
[Ponte]
E
And you're getting too old to be cared for
F#m E
By me and for that matter
F#m E
This caked is baked, but I much preferred the batter
F#m E
Perhaps in part because it had so much potential
F#m E
To be delicious and still be influential
[Verso 4]
Amaj7
I'm undecided
E Amaj7 Amaj7/G#
If the evidence that I've provided explains what I mean
F#m7 E
But it's too late now cause I can't see or be seen
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C#
And I know you'd only shrug through my tears
Bm7 E
So I'm not going to shed them anymore
[Refrão]
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 E
Out of favour with the flavour of the week's where I'll be
Dmaj7 Dm E Amaj7
And fading into obscurity
Dmaj7 Dm E Amaj7
An outsider but in good company
F#maj7
oh yeah
Dmaj7 Dm E Amaj7
I'm fading into obscurity
Amaj7/G# F#m7 E
La la la la
Amaj7
I'm undecided
How to play Fading Into Obscurity
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Dm7. You can transpose without leaving the page.
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