Fare Thee Well

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  • [Actually in F#; capo 6.]
    [Tune both E strings down to D.]
    [Complete tablature is at the end.]
  • [Some of the chord names are kind of strange; this is what happens
    when you use alternate tunings. Refer to the tab at the end for
    fingerings.]
  •  
    C G(4)/F Em7 Am9 F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
    [intro]
  •  
    C G7/F Em7 Am7
    Fare thee well, my bright star
  • F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
    I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness
    C G7/F Em7 Am9
  • But you were long gone before I ever got to you
    F6(#4) G Am9 Am7
    Before you blazed past this address
  •  
    Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G
    And now I think of having loved and having lost
  • Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G7
    You never know what it's like to never love
    Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G - G#dim
  • Who can say what's better when my heart's become the cost
    Am7 D11/A G9/D G9
    A mere token of a brighter jewel sent from up above
  •  
    Fare thee well, my bright star
    The vanity of youth, the color of your eyes
  • Maybe if I'd fanned the blazing fire of your day-to-day
    Or if I'd been older I'd been wise
     
  • Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings
    For a cool evening I began to yearn
    But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire
  • Waiting to see if I would burn
     
    Fare thee well, my bright star
  • It was a brief brilliant miracle dive
    That which I looked up to and I clung to for dear life
    F6(#4) G - G#dim Am9 Am7
  • Had to burn itself up just to make itself alive
     
    And I caught you then, in your moment of glory
  • Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage
    With a memory so clear it's as if you're still before me
    My once in a lifetime star of an age
  •  
    So fare thee well, my bright star
    Last night the tongues of fire circled me around
  • And this strange season of pain will come to pass
    When the healing hands of autumn cool me down
     
  • TAB:
     
    [An equal sign is a hammer-on; / is a slide.]
  • [Play all the notes on the lower three strings with your thumb.]
    [Each verse might have a few more or less notes, but the same fingerings.
    The only big difference is the extra G#dim (6x0x0x) in verse 3.]
  • [Actually, you can play it without tuning the high E down, if you want to
    avoid the risk of string breakage. The only adjustment you have to make
    is in the second measure of the intro, and also on the "easy" version of
  • the G9 measures.]
     
    C G(4)/F Em7 Am9
  • D ----------------|0---------0-----|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------1-----|------1---------|----------0-----|0=1---0---------|
    G ------0-------0-|--------------0-|------0-------0-|------0---0-----|
  • D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
    A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
    D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
  • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    [intro]
     
  • F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
  • G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
    D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
    A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
  • D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    [intro]
  •  
    C G7/F Em7 Am7
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  • B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|1---------1-----|
    G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
    D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|
  • A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
    D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
  • Fare thee well, my bright star I watched your
     
    F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
  • D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|----------1-----|--1-------1-----|
    G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
  • D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
    A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
    D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
  • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    taillights blaze into nothingness
     
  • C G7/F Em7 Am9
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|-----(1?)-0-----|
  • G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------5-------0-|
    D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|
    A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
  • D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    But you were long gone before I ever got to you
  •  
    F6(#4) G Am9 Am7
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  • B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1--(0?)-1-----|--1-------1-----|
    G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------4-------2-|------0-------0-|
    D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
  • A ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
    D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
  • Before you blazed past this address And
     
    Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G
  • D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------3-----|
    G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
  • D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
    A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|5-------5-------|
  • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    now I think of having loved and having lost You
     
  • Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G7
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|----------1-----|--0-------0-----|
  • G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
    D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|
    A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  • D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3------/|5-------5-------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    never know what it's like to never love
  •  
    Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G G#dim
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  • B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------0---0-|
    G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0--(4?)---|
    D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------3---|
  • A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|5-------6-------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
  • Who can say what's better and my heart's become the cost, a mere
     
    Am7 D(11)/A G9/D G9
  • D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--6-------6-----|----------6-----|
    G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------4-------4-|--------------0-|
  • D ----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|
    A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|5-------5-------|----------------|
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
  • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    token of a brighter jewel sent from above
     
  • [Note that in order to do the x5746x chord, you need to use your pinky
    and ring fingers for the Am7 and D(11/)A, rather than the index and
    middle fingers. Then you slide up to the next chords, and use the
  • index and middle fingers for the 5 and 4 in the G9. If that's too
    hard, use the following instead:]
     
  • Am7 D(11)/A G9/D G9
    D ----------------|----------------|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|
    B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|------0-------0-|----------------|
  • G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----2-------2---|------------2-0-|
    D ----2-------2---|----4-------4---|0-------0-------|----0-----------|
    A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
  • D ----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    token of a brighter jewel sent from above
  •  
    ENDING:
    Am(9) Am(9) Am(9) Am(4)
  • D ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
    B --1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|------1---------|
    G ------4-------4-|------4-------4-|------4-------4-|----4-----------|
  • D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|--2-------------|
    A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
    D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    cool me down....
     
  • [Or you can play 0's on the B string instead of 4's on the G string; it sounds
    fine, but then the ending chord has to include a hammer-on from B to C.]
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