Fading Away Chords
Fading Away by Lisa Cimorelli is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Am, F, C, G, Dm, E7, G/B, Dm7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am F C G
Verso 1:
Am F
I feel like I've been gone for a long time
C G Am
My body's present but I cannot…find…my mind
F C
I used…to love feeling everything inside
G
But I'm afraid the well's run dry
Am F
Every time I get a second to myself
C G Am
I can't help but give it up to someone else
F C
My brain is like a cavernous, empty shell
G
And I'm lost inside
Pré-Refrão
Dm F
What is going on?
Am
Where has my heart gone?
G F
I miss the sun
Am F
I paint a smile on my face
C G
I keep my hands busy
Am F
I try to trick myself
C E7
But I know I am not okay
Am F
I'm breaking under the weight
C G
Of the guilt filling up my plate
F E7
I feel myself fading away
( Am F C G )
( Am F C G/B )
Verso 2:
Am F C
I just wanna be left all alone
G Am
Don't wanna say yes, don't wanna say no
F C
Don't wanna hear a sound anywhere I go
G Am
The pain is too much, just let me be alone
F C
It hurts me to stay, it kills me to go
G Am
Letting you down hurts more than you know
F C
And I could never be all that you want
G
And it's been tearing me apart
Pré-Refrão
Dm F
What is going on?
Am
Why am I so numb?
G F
I miss the sun
Am F
I paint a smile on my face
C G
I keep my hands busy
Am F
I try to trick myself
C E7
But I know I am not okay
Am F
I'm breaking under the weight
C G
Of the guilt filling up my plate
F E7
I feel myself fading away
Ponte:
Dm7 Am G Dm7
And I know I can't keep living this way
Am G Dm7
All these sleepless nights and wasted days
Am G F
I know what's to come if I don't change
E7
I'll soon've faded away
Am F C G
I think of everyone else, but no one's there for me
Am F C E
I've got to love myself and tell them I am not okay
Am F C G
I'm buried under the shame and there's nobody else to blame
F E7
I feel myself fading away
F E7
I won't let myself fade away