Fade Away chords by Mikill Pane

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
D 
I know you hate
to talk about this,
but this discussion needs to happen
Cause I'm getting really tired
of this ugly weekly pattern
Bm 
of you ruining yourself
Because you cannot stop and think
A 
that your addiction to all types
of drugs
and alcoholic drinks
D 
is spiralled out of control
When I met you it was bad enough
You don't know how often
I've nearly left you
Bm 
cause I've had it up to here
with the regular calm downs
A 
I've battled for a year
just to get you to calm down
D 
It's not only the after effects
that make me wonder why
I care so much
You're like a monster
when you're drunk
and you're rarely sober
Bm 
That's why I'm scared for over
half of the time
A 
But other times I'm angry,
cause it seems your heart's
set on dying
D 
We're only 19,
but you already seem tired of life
Em 
D 
Remember when you told me
that you had a fire inside?
Bm 
You also said it burns for me,
and it's a shame
A 
Because you've gradually got colder
D 
ever since I lit the flame
And I'm doing all I can for you
Bm 
But it seems you can't stand the truth
A 
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
Cause I don't wanna let you fade away
D 
And I'm leaving all I can for you
Bm 
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
A 
D 
And it's like I've been the boyfriend
that doesn't ever sleep
and lets you stay with him
Just so your father doesn't see you
in the state you're in
Bm 
Remember when we met him,
you believed that he would take me in
A 
But he looked me up and down
and said, leave her alone you waste of skin
D 
You know he's never
really liked me anyway
and he is almost desperate to find
something to blame on me
Bm 
He  should be thankful for the times
I called an ambulance
A 
and climbed in with you
so I could ride with you to where you need
D 
I don't want to leave you knowing that
I couldn't make you see a brighter light
cuz every time I tried it made you moody
Bm 
I   can't focus
when I finally start the day's duties.
A 
I  can't believe
I'm still getting good grades at uni
D 
It's like you need me,
but there's no love anymore
It's just a repeat
of what happened to my mother before
Bm 
But why the fuck am I surprised?
A 
I knew what trouble you'd cause
And now I juggle my life
D 
and your struggle with yours
And I'm doing all I can for you
But it seems you can't
Bm 
stand the truth
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
A 
D 
Cause I don't wanna let you fade away
And I'm doing all I can for you
Bm 
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
A 
D 
I  didn't wanna say too much
about my mum to you
So I told a pack of lies about her,
babes, nothing's true
Bm 
The truth is I watched helplessly
D 
as Hennessy fucked a rover
A 
Tell me, when you were seven,
had you ever seen a drunken coma?
D 
I didn't think so, I lived in a shit home
Em 
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Bullies didn't sympathise,
I was flat kicked till my ribs broke
Bm 
I was only twelve, I started to think
D 
the world does not give a fuck
A 
When your dad's behind bars
and your mum's propping them up
D 
I haven't seen or spoken to my parents
for a while now
I don't know where they are
and I never want to find out
Bm 
It  ain't been simple to
forget my mum
A 
Cause giving you your first chance
has made me feel like I'm giving
her a second one
D 
And  I refuse to do that
but I do it all the same
It's life and death to me
but to you it's all a game
Bm 
I fell in love with you
but fear could make me fall right through
A 
So you've got to lose
D 
the bottle before I do
And I'm doing all I can for you
Bm 
But it seems you can't stand the truth
I'm gonna tell you anyway
A 
Cause I don't wanna let you fade away
D 
And I'm doing all I can for you
Bm 
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
A 
D 
And I'm doing all I can for you
But it seems you can't stand the truth
Bm 
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
A 
Cause I don't wanna let you fade away
D 