A Man Me Then Jim Chords & Lyrics - Rilo Kiley

Capo 2 (no capo works, but makes the melody impossible to play)

For the intro, and when a similar thing happens later,
the first C chord is 4 bars and everything else is 2 bars.

[INTRO]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] x2

[VERSE]
I [C]had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string
His note [F]said "If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling[C] ."

And at the wake I waited around to see my ex first love
And I ba[F]rely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was [C]thinking of
We sat [G]quietly in the corner [F]whispering close about [C]loss
And I re[G]membered why I loved her, and I [F]asked her why I drove her [C]off

[CHORUS]
She said
The [F]slow [G]fade of [C]love
Its soft [F]edge m[G]ight [C]Cut you
And our [F]poor friend, [Em]Jim
Well [C]he just [G/B]lived wit[F]hin
The slow [G]fade of [C]love

[VERSE]
A [C]woman calls my house once a week; she's always selling things
Some [F]charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a maga[C]zine
And as I [G]turned her down, I always do, there was [F]something trembling in her [C]voice
I said "[G]Hey, what troubles you?", She said "[F]I'm surprised you not[C]iced"

[VERSE]
Well, my[C] husband, he's leaving, and I can't convince him to stay
and he'll [F]take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him any[C]way
I'm [G]sorry I'm hard to live with,[F] living is the problem for [C]me
I'm selling [G]people things they don't want[F] when I don't know what you [C]need

[CHORUS]
He said the [F]slow [G]fade of [C]love
and it's [F]mist migh[G]t choke [C]you
It's my [F]gradual [Em]descent
Into a [C]life I [G/B]never[F] meant
It's the slow [G]fade of [C]love

[BREAK]
[C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] (similar to intro)

[VERSE]
I was [C]driving south of Melrose; I happened upon my old lover's old house
I found my[F]self staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me [C]out

"Dianna, Dianna, Dianna I would die for you
I'm in [F]love with you completely, I'm afraid that's all I can[C] do"
She said "You can [G]sleep upon my doorstep, you can [F]promise me indiff[C]erence, Jim
But my [G]mind is made up, and I'll [F]never let you in again"[C]

[CHORUS]
For the [F]slow [G]fade of [C]love
It might[F] hit you[G] from [C]below
It's your [F]gradual [Em]descent
Into a [C]life you [G/B]never[F] meant
It's the slow [G]fade of [C]love

[OUTRO]

It's the [F]slow [G]fade of [C]love x9 (I think it is about 9 time that you slow fade out)

Hope this is helpful! Let me know if you have any questions.