Fade Chords Written & Performed by Sleater-Kinney Tabbed by Lance Justice The guitar should be tuned down one half-step for this version. If you wish not to change tunings, you can simply transpose the song down one half-step (-1) and play in the key of C#m. C should be barred on the 3rd fret. All instances of C are used purely as transition chords and are only strummed once. The transition pattern in Verse 1 is one strum each of Bb C Dm for the 1st two lines. A is also transitional though it should be played as such: xx2220. The pattern there being identical to the one above, only substituting C for A. Dm* means to play the barred version of Dm on the 5th fret. Bb* means to barre Bb on the sixth fret. Bb/Eb: xx1331 [Intro:] Dm Bb End on Dm [Verse 1:]

^DmWhen the last strip of ^Bblight is dimming ^C ^Dm When the spotlight starts to ^Bbfade ^C ^Dm If there's no to^Bbmorrow ^A ^Dm Bb Dm* Dm* You better live

[Chorus:]

^DmAll of the roles that we ^Bbplayed Hit your mark, push the walls, stretch the ^Dmstage ^DmOh, what a price that we ^Bbpaid My dearest n^Bbightmare, my conscience, the ^Dmend ^Dm

[Bridge:] (Octave up, at least vocally if not on guitar)

^DmUnbelievable ^Bbmasquerade ^Bb ^Dm Never revealing your ^Bbtruth ^Bb ^Dm Deeper inside that ^Bbmask you made ^Bb ^Dm Losing the face of ^Bbyou ^Bb

(Return to normal octave) Dm Bb X4 [Verse 2:]

^DmTell me what do you ^Bbsee in the last script ^Dm Yeah it's a trip, what's it all ^Bbfor? ^Dm If we are truly dan^Bbcing our swan song, darling ^Dm Shake it like never be^Bbfore

[Chorus:]

^DmAll of the roles that we ^Bbplayed Hit your mark, push the walls, stretch the ^Dmstage ^DmOh, what a price that we ^Bbpaid Dm* Bb Dm Dm* My dearest nightmare, my conscience, the end

[Outro:] Dm* Bb* Oh what a price that we paid

My dearest n^Bb/Ebightmare, my ^Bbconscience, the ^Dmend

Sleater-Kinney - Fade