JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Rilis pada 1974, lagu "Fading Away " adalah singel bergenre rock dari musisi James Taylor.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album kelimanya, Walking Man, sebagai trek penutup.
Sayangnya, album ini menjadi salah satu karyanya yang tak menerima sertifikasi Gold dari Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Daddy’s All Gone - James Taylor
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Fading Away" oleh James Taylor.
C F G C
When I've got something to say,
Am F
don't I always let you know?
Am D G C
So that you and I can go my way together
C F G C
And if I get carried away,
Am F
I could be sailing on a song
Am D G C
and maybe we could carry on forever
F G C Am F
But lately this old dog has been chasing his tail
Dm G C
round and round and round
F G C
And the circles in my mind,
E F
they have been winding slowly down
Dm F Am
Everybody's breezing up but I'm seizing up,
D G C
I'm freezing up and I'm fading away
C F G C
I've got a hold on a night in June,
Am F
I've got room for you and me
Am D
I've got moonlight up in the trees,
G C
I've got sixty-eight degrees
C F G C
I've got nothing on my mind
Am F
but I've got loving in my heart,
Am D
And I've got something out in the garden
G C
I want to show you
F G C Am F
Well, it really doesn't matter after all,
Dm G C
if we quit this round about
F G C
and no one will really notice if we just
E F
sit this next one out
Dm F
You can strike up the band without me,
Am D
you may have your doubts about me,
G C
But I'm just fading away
C Am D G C
You can hardly even see me because I'm fading away
(instrumental break)
F G C
Well, it's hard to find a label
Am F
for this feeling in my bones
Dm G C
That this is all a make believe
C F G C
but my cards are on the table
E F
and there ain't nothing up my sleeve
Dm F
And here I thought I was a thinking man
Am D
but I'm a shrinking man, I'm sinking man,
G C
I'm fading, fading away
Am D G C
Well, it's really not so bad to be fading away
Am D G C
Come on along with me and we'll go fading away
Am D G C
You can hardly even hear me because I'm fading away