A Manmethen Jim

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*hammer-on on the 9th and pull off


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i had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string

his note said,

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"If livin' is the problem, well, that's just baffling."

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and at the wake i waited around to see my ex first love

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and i barely recognized her, but i knew exactly what she was thinking 
of

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we sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss

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and i remembered why i loved her, and i asked her why i drove her off

          G         A       D
she said, "the slow fade of love

    G         A     D
its soft edge might cut you

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and our poor friend, jim,

      D       A     G
well, he just lived within

G        A       D
the slow fade of love"

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a woman calls my house once a week she's always selling things

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some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine

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and as i turned her down, i always do, there is something trembling 
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in her voice
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i said, "hey what troubles you?" she said "i'm suprised you noticed"

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"well my husband, he's leaving, and i can't convince him to stay

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and he'll take our daughter with him she wants to go with him anyway

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i'm sorry i'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me

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i'm selling people things they don't want when i don't know what you 
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need"

         G        A       D
he said "the slow fade of love

     G    A     D
it's mist might choke you

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its my gradual decent

       D      A     G
into a life i never meant

        G    A       D
its the slow fade of love"

(instrumental interlude for about 30/25 seconds)

(play this verse quietly)
D (let it ring)
i was driving south of melrose i happened upon my old lover's old house
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(slide, loud)

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D (let these
ring)
i found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me 
out

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"diana, diana, diana i would die for you

       G                                                     D
i'm in love with you completely, i'm afraid thats all i can do"

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she said "you can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me 
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indifference, jim,

       A(let it ring)            G(let it ring)         D(strum 
normally)
but my mind is made up, and i'll never let you in again"...

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(slide, loud)

         G    A       D
"for the slow fade of love

         G       A         D
it might hit you from below

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its your gradual decent

       D        A     G
into a life you never meant

        G    A       D
its the slow fade of love

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