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:]
Dm Bb C Dm
When the last strip of light is dimming
Bb C Dm
When the spotlight starts to fade
Bb A Dm
If there's no tomorrow
Bb Dm* Dm*
You better live
[Chorus:]
Dm Bb
All of the roles that we played
Dm
Hit your mark, push the walls, stretch the stage
Dm Bb
Oh, what a price that we paid
Bb Dm Dm
My dearest nightmare, my conscience, the end
[Bridge:] (Octave up, at least vocally if not on guitar)
Dm Bb Bb Dm
Unbelievable masquerade
Bb Bb Dm
Never revealing your truth
Bb Bb Dm
Deeper inside that mask you made
Bb Bb
Losing the face of you
(Return to normal octave)
Dm Bb X4
[Verse 2:]
Dm Bb Dm
Tell me what do you see in the last script
Bb Dm
Yeah it's a trip, what's it all for?
Bb Dm
If we are truly dancing our swan song, darling
Bb
Shake it like never before
[Chorus:]
Dm Bb
All of the roles that we played
Dm
Hit your mark, push the walls, stretch the stage
Dm Bb
Oh, what a price that we paid
Dm* Bb Dm Dm*
My dearest nightmare, my conscience, the end
[Outro:]
Dm* Bb*
Oh what a price that we paid
Bb/Eb Bb Dm
My dearest nightmare, my conscience, the end
