Cant Fade Me

311

Tom: D

'Can't Fade Me'
From the album "Soundsystem" on Capricorn Records
Music by:  N. Hexum
Lyrics by:  N. Hexum & D. Martinez
Tabbed by: Michael Slusarz (*)Intro (w/octaver):
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   N.C.
e:-------------------------------
G:-------------------------------
B:-------------------------------
D:-------------------------------
A:-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5---7-7-7-
E:-------------------------------

Verse 1 (w/octaver):
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D:----------------------------------------------
A:-(9p)7-7-5-7-5-5-7-5------9p7-5-7-5-5-7-5---5-
E:---------------------7--------------------7---
* Don't play note in ()'s first time through.

Verse 2 (w/octaver):
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   (B5)    N.C.
e:-----...------------------------------
G:-----...------------------------------
B:-----...------------------------------
D:-(9)-...------------------------------
A:-(9)-...------------------------------
E:-(7)-...-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-
  Palm
  Muted

Bridge 1:
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e:------------------------------------------
G:------------------------------------------
B:--------------------------------------9---
D:-9---9-11-12-11-9--11-9--9-11-12-11-9---9-
A:------------------------------------------
E:------------------------------------------

   N.C.
e:-------------------------------------------------------
G:-------------------------------------------------------
B:-------------------------------------------------------
D:-9---9-11-12-11----12-11-9--------9-11-9-11-(11)-------
A:----------------11-----------11-9----------------7-7-7-
E:-------------------------------------------------------

Bridge 2:
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   G#m7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m7 N.C.
e:-14---12---14---12-----------------------------------------
G:-12---10---12---10---12--12-14-15-14-12--12--12-14-15-10-9-
B:-13---11---13---11---13--13-14-16-14-13--13--13-14-16-11-9-
D:-----------------------------------------------------------
A:-----------------------------------------------------------
E:-----------------------------------------------------------

Bridge 3:
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   (E5)    E5
e:-----...-----
G:-----...-----
B:-----...-----
D:-(2)-...-2-2-
A:-(2)-...-2-2-
E:-(0)-...-0-0-
  Palm
  Muted

Ending (w/octaver):
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B:--------------------------------------------------
D:--------------------------------------------------
A:--------------------------------------------------
E:-0-2-2-3-3-3-0-2-2-3-3-3-0-2-2-3-3-3--3-3-3-2h3p2-   (x2)


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A:-------------------------------------------------------
E:-12-14-14-15-15-15-12-14-14-15-15-15-12-14-14-15-15-15-

   N.C.
e:-------------------
G:-------------------
B:-------------------
D:-------------------
A:-------------------
E:-15-15-15-14h15p14-   (x2)


Lyrics/Song Structure:

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---> Play Intro (x1)
---> Play Verse 1 over:

SA:
   We bust the sound
   The kids all gather round
Nick:
   And what's comin' from their radios
   They all turn down
SA:
   The creativeness
   We are scientists
Nick:
   Move 'em with soul

   Move 'em with this
---> Play Verse 2 over:

SA:
   When the bass kicks
   We get intimate
Nick:
   With the music and the people
   Yeah they're into it
SA:
   Takin' off cruisin through the air
Both:
   The sound is aerodynmaic

   Let me take you there
---> Play Bridge 1 (x1)
---> Play Verse A over:

SA:
   I am a cool and mellow man
Nick:
   Always got a plan
SA:
   Copin' out problems every time I can
Nick:
   I'd like to be known as a great communicator
SA:

   If you got beef don't save it for later
---> Play Verse B over:

Nick:
   I battle evil weekly monthly yearly
   But every step I take the devil stays near me
SA:
   Otherwise maintain on the globe 
Both:

   Just another space trippin' vato
---> Play Bridge 1 (x1)
---> Play Bridge 2 over:

SA:
   Massive yang and yin on this earth we spin
   Sometimes I gotta center find out who I am
Nick:
   I chill out I let in the wind
SA:
   I gotta feel the pulse of the planet on my skin
Both:
   I got news for ya it ain't nothin nice
   We all got demons we all gotta vice
   The struggle never ends
   To keep it in check
   But I never stop trying

   To make the trek whadup
---> Play Bridge 3
---> Play Ending over:

Nick:
   Which one is it who ya gonna believe
   Undivided in my material being
   Undivided life
   You can't fade me
   Desperate the cling I make to positvity
   Stay gettin it on til the doubt is gone
   If you could be dissuaded you were dead all along
   Like what's up now you can't fade me
   Still in that same old trade of positivity