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A Manmethen Jim

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Introdução:

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i had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string
his note said,
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"If livin' is the problem, well, that's just baffling."
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and at the wake i waited around to see my ex first love
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and i barely recognized her, but i knew exactly what she was thinking of
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we sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss
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and i remembered why i loved her, and i asked her why i drove her off
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she said, "the slow fade of love
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its soft edge might cut you
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and our poor friend, jim,
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well, he just lived within
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the slow fade of love"
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a woman calls my house once a week she's always selling things
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some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine
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and as i turned her down, i always do, there is something trembling in her voice
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i said, "hey what troubles you?" she said "i'm suprised you noticed"
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"well my husband, he's leaving, and i can't convince him to stay
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and he'll take our daughter with him she wants to go with him anyway
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i'm sorry i'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me
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i'm selling people things they don't want when i don't know what you need"
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he said "the slow fade of love
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it's mist might choke you
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its my gradual decent
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into a life i never meant
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its the slow fade of love"
(instrumental interlude for about 30/25 seconds)
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i was driving south of melrose i happened upon my old lover's old house
(slide, loud)
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ring)
i found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me out
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"diana, diana, diana i would die for you
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i'm in love with you completely, i'm afraid thats all i can do"
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she said "you can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, jim,
              A(let it ring)                       G(let it ring)                 D(strum normally)
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"for the slow fade of love
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it might hit you from below
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its your gradual decent
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into a life you never meant
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its the slow fade of love
(repeat last phrase several times and fade out)