Fading Lady     Jerry Jeff Walker
 	 
Capo 2nd fret

(D)    (G)    (C)  (G)  (A)
(D) Count all your (Em)jewelry, (G) and your (D)lace,
Count all the (G)shoes be(G/F#)neath your (A)bed.
(D) And while you´re (Bm)counting all those (G)things(G/F#) in your (D)head,
(C) Try and rest the (Em)sorrow(Gm6/Bb) from your (D)face.

(Bm) When you were (G)young you courted (Bm) all the pretty boys
And laughed a(G)loud with (Em)ones they (A)knew.
(Bm) And soon you (G)walked and talked and (Bm) you thought just like them, too,
(E) And now you (A)wonder (D)what´s become of (A)you.  (D)  (A)

(D) Count all your (Em)jewelry, (G) and your (D)lace,
Count all the (G)shoes be(G/F#)neath your (A)bed.
(D) And while you´re (Bm)counting all those (G)things(G/F#) in your (D)head,
(C) Try and rest the (Em)sorrow(Gm6/Bb) from your (D)face.

(Bm) When you chose (G)one to be your (Bm) husband for your life,
You weighed his (G)good points (Em)by his (A)gains.
(Bm) His promise, se(G)curity, (Bm)was filled and you felt fine,
(E) But now in your (A)age those mellow (D)years won´t sus(A)tain.  (D)  (A)

(D) Count all your (Em)jewelry, (G) and your (D)lace,
Count all the (G)shoes be(G/F#)neath your (A)bed.
(D) And while you´re (Bm)counting all those (G)things(G/F#) in your (D)head,
(C) Try and rest the (Em)sorrow(Gm6/Bb) from your (D)face.

(Bm) And now for i(G)magination, (Bm) why, you seek out the ones
Who live a (G)life of (Em)dreams they (A)built.
(Bm) You have no (G)gifts to share and (Bm) you´ve nothing for no one,
(E) So just watch the (A)colours fading (D)as you start to (A)wilt.  (D)  (A)

(G) Count all your (C)jewelry, (Am7) and your (G/B)lace,
(Em) Count all the (C)shoes be(Em/B)neath your (D/A)bed.
(G/B) And while you´re (Am)counting all those (C)things in your (G/B)head,
(F) Try and rest the (C)sorrow (Am7) from your (G)face.  (Em)  (G)  (D)

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Gm6/Bb
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