"Fade Away" Todd Rundgren Intro: Cmaj7 F/C G/C C G/C F/C C Dm7 The day is done, the blinds are drawn C/E F Em7 Dm7 The sound of afternoon is gone C Dm7 The corner store has locked its door C/E F Bbmaj7 C/F And everyone has left for home Fmaj7 When their sleepy little heads Em7 A7-9 settle snug inside their beds Dm7 Dm7/G C You and I will stay and watch the sun fade away C Dm7 The balladeer, the buccaneer C/E F Em7 Dm7 The liar, the man who would be king C Dm7 The cavalier, the profiteer C/E F Bbmaj7 C/F The one who knows only suffering Fmaj7 As the cannons gather rust, Em7 A7-9 all their castles turn to dust Dm7 Dm7/G Eb6 You and I will stay and see them fade away Eb6 Eb6/Bb We are on an endless flight my friend Eb6 Eb6/Bb With no beginning and no end Fmaj7/Bb Fmaj7/F Fmaj7/Bb Fmaj7/F I've forgotten more than I remember Am Dm7 Sometimes I want to hide myself away Am Dm7 But I know there's no escape Dm7/G Em/G F/G We must go on, go on forever C Dm7 The sea will rise, mountains fall C/E F Em7 Dm7 The earth will turn itself upside down C Dm7 But we have seen it all before, C/E F Bbmaj7 C/F we will always be around Fmaj7 In a hundred million years Em7 A7-9 when the planet disappears Dm7 Dm7/G You and I will stay Dm7/G C Dm/C Em/C and watch the world fade away Fmaj7 And in a million trillion years Em7 A7-9 when the stars all disappear Dm7 Dm7/G You and I will stay Dm7/G C and watch it all fade away Dm/C C Fade a way Dm/C Em/C Fade a way Chord shapes: C/E could be C in the open position A7-9 x02323 Eb6/Bb 668888 Where the bass notes figure Fmaj7/Bb etc it might be effective to pluck the bass notes rather than find an odd voicing, especially if you don't know a lot of chords.