He Fades Away Chords by June Tabor

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ There's a _ man in my bed, I used to love him _ _ _ _
[Eb] His kisses _ used to take my breath [F] _ away _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] There's a _ man in [F] my bed, _ I hardly [Gm] know him
_ _ _ _ [Cm] I wipe his face [F] and hold his hand
[Cm] I'm watching _ as [F] he slowly _ fades [Bb] _ away _ _ _ _
And he fades [F] _ away _
_ _ Not [Dm] like leaves that [Eb] fall in autumn
_ Turning gold [F] against the grey
He fades [Cm] _ away _ _ _ _
Like the _ bloodstains [F] on the _ pillowcase
[Eb] That I wash [F] every day
He fades [Bb] _
away
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] There's a man in [F] my bed, _ [Gm] he's on a pension
_ _ Although [F] _ he's only fifty years of _ _ age _ _
[Bb] The lawyer says [F] we might get _
[Gm] compensation
_ _ _ _ [Cm] In the course of due _ procedure _
But he wouldn't say [F] for certain at this [Bb] _ _ stage
_ _ And he fades [F] _ away _ _ _
Not [A] like leaves that [Eb] fall in autumn
Turning _ gold [Bb] against the [F] grey
He _ [Cm] fades away
_ _ _ _ _ Like the _ bloodstains [F] on the _ pillowcase
_ [Eb] That I wash [F] every day
He _ [Bb] fades _ away
_ _ _ _ _ _ And he's not the only [F] _ one
[Bb] _
_ [Dm] Who made the trip [Eb] so many _ [Bb] years ago
_ _ [F] _
[Eb] The work, the [F] witness of mine
_ _ [D] So many young [Gm] men old before [Cm] their time
And dying [F] slow, they fade [Gm] _ away _ _
_ _ [A] Wheezing bags of bones with lungs [Bb] half-clogged
And filled with clay, _ they fade [F] _ away _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Bb] There's a man in [F] my bed, they [Gm] never told him _ _ _
[Eb] The cost of bringing home his weekly [F] pen
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] And when the courts [F] decide how much [Gm] they owe
_ _ _ _ How [C] will he spend his money _ _
When he lies in bed [F] and coughs his life [Bb] away
_ _ _ And he fades [F] away _ _
_ _ [Dm] Not like leaves that [Eb] fall in autumn
_ Turning gold against [F] the grey
He fades [Cm]
away
_ _ _ _ _ Like [Eb] the bloodstains on [F] the pillowcase
_ [Cm] That I wash every [F]
day
He fades [Bb] _ away
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] Like the _ bloodstains _ on the _ pillowcase
_ That I wash every [F] day
_ _ He _ [Bb]
fades away _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _