Designed To Fade Chords
Designed To Fade by Shane Nicholson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Cm, C#m, Cm/A, Cm/G, D, A, Em, G and Cm/G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Designed To Fade
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chord layout is relative to capo though chord names are transposed
1. to save space and 2. as it's they're natural position - i.e. Cm = C#m
Cm Cm/A Cm/G D A Em G
E --2----0----2----2---0---0---3---
B --3----3----3----3---2---0---0---
G --4----4----4----2---2---0---0---
D --4----4----4----0---2---2---0---
A --2----0-------------0---2---2---
E ------------3------------0---3---
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
waiting in the pressure room
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
watch the floor begin to crack
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
check the time and hold your breath
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
shake the witches from your back
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
but you won't break as you bend
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
you hold your grace until the end
D A Em G
all the better things we made
D A Em G
every little change of shade
D A Em
maybe it's designed to fade
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
there is no protection here
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
they don't offer guarantees
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
but we just want something to mean something
Cm Cm/A Cm/G
for once, just for once
D A Em G
all the better things we made
D A Em G
every little change of shade
D A Em
maybe it's designed to fade
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
(in the next section leave the high E open)
Cm Cm/A
could you give it up ?
Cm/G#
have you had enough ?
Cm Cm/A Cm/G#
fall where i stand
Cm Cm/A
could you give it up ?
Cm/G#
when you've had enough ?
Cm Cm/A Cm/G#
you're in command
D A Em G
all the better things we made
D A Em G
every little change of shade
D A Em
maybe it's designed to fade
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
G
but i feel...
D A Em G
all the wasted things we do
D A Em G
all the trouble we go to
D A Em
it's designed to fade it's true
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
G D A Em
but i feel loved... again
G D A Em G
but i feel loved...
Cm
E -----------10--------------------10-----------
B ---------------10--------------------10-------
G --11-12-11--------11-12-11-12-11--------11-12-
Em
E -----------10--------------------10-----------
B --------10-----10-------------10-----10-------
G --11-12-----------11-12-11-12-----------11-12-
could you give it up...
(don't look down, don't look down, it's alright to burn all the way down)