Chords for Fiona Apple - Pale September
Tempo:
118.35 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Ebm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Ab]
[Am] [Ab]
[Am] [Ab]
[A] [Ab]
[Am] I wore the time like a [B] dress that [Ab] year The autumn [A] days swung [Ab] soft around me
But as the embers of the summer lost their breath [C] and disappeared
My heart went cold and all their hollow rhythms resounded from within
[Abm] But then he [Db] rose brilliant as [Abm] the moon in full And sank in the burrows of [Db] my key
[Am] [Ab]
[Am] [Ab]
[A] [Ab]
[Am] I wore the time like a [B] dress that [Ab] year The autumn [A] days swung [Ab] soft around me
But as the embers of the summer lost their breath [C] and disappeared
My heart went cold and all their hollow rhythms resounded from within
[Abm] But then he [Db] rose brilliant as [Abm] the moon in full And sank in the burrows of [Db] my key
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_ _ _ [Am] _ I wore the time like a [B] dress that [Ab] year The autumn [A] days swung [Ab] soft around me
Like cotton on my [A] [Ab] skin _ _ But as the embers of the summer lost their breath [C] and disappeared
[Ebm] _ _ _
My heart went cold and all their hollow rhythms _ resounded from within _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ But then he [Db] _ rose _ brilliant as [Abm] the moon in full _ And sank in the burrows of [Db] my key _ _ _
_ Had all my [Eb]
armor _ fallen _ _ _ down _ [Gb] in a pile [Eb] _
at _ my _ feet
_ _ _ And my [Gb] _ _
[Ab] winter _ giving [Eb] _ way [Gb] to warmth As I'm _ _ [Db] saying hello [Eb] to sleep _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ He _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ goes along just as [Ab] the water will be _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Gentle on [Am] the surface [Ab] of his thoughts his body flows
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ Unweighed down by passion or intensity _ _ [Ab] Yet _ _ unaware [Ebm] of the depth [Ebm] upon _ which he goes
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
And if I [Db] _ _ am _ [Abm] home in need _ For what misfortune so [Db] soon was my touch will reap
[Gb] Had all _ [Ab] my armor [Eb] _ fallen _ _ [Ebm] down _ _ [Gb] in a pile _ [Ab] _ [Eb] at _ my [Ebm] feet
_ _ _ _ [Db]
And my _ [Gb] _ winter _ _
[Ebm] giving way to [Ab] warmth _
[Gb] As I'm _ [Db] saying hello [Eb] to sleep
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_ _ _ _ Had all _ [Ab] my armor [Eb] fallen _ _ _ down _ [Db] in a pile _ [Ab] at _ _ [Eb] my _ _ feet
_ _ [Db] And my _ _
[B] winter _ giving [Eb] _ way to warmth [Db] As I'm _ _ saying _ [Eb] hello to _ _ sleep
_ _ [Db] _
Had all _ [Ab] my armor [Eb] fallen _ _ down _ _ in [Gb] a _ _ [Ab] pile _ [Eb] at my _ _ feet _ _
[Gb] And my _ _ [Ab] _ winter _ [Ebm] giving _ [Eb] way to _ warmth As [Gb] I'm _ _ [Fm] saying [Db]
hello [Eb] _ to sleep _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ I wore the time like a [B] dress that [Ab] year The autumn [A] days swung [Ab] soft around me
Like cotton on my [A] [Ab] skin _ _ But as the embers of the summer lost their breath [C] and disappeared
[Ebm] _ _ _
My heart went cold and all their hollow rhythms _ resounded from within _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ But then he [Db] _ rose _ brilliant as [Abm] the moon in full _ And sank in the burrows of [Db] my key _ _ _
_ Had all my [Eb]
armor _ fallen _ _ _ down _ [Gb] in a pile [Eb] _
at _ my _ feet
_ _ _ And my [Gb] _ _
[Ab] winter _ giving [Eb] _ way [Gb] to warmth As I'm _ _ [Db] saying hello [Eb] to sleep _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _
_ He _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ goes along just as [Ab] the water will be _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Gentle on [Am] the surface [Ab] of his thoughts his body flows
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ Unweighed down by passion or intensity _ _ [Ab] Yet _ _ unaware [Ebm] of the depth [Ebm] upon _ which he goes
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
And if I [Db] _ _ am _ [Abm] home in need _ For what misfortune so [Db] soon was my touch will reap
[Gb] Had all _ [Ab] my armor [Eb] _ fallen _ _ [Ebm] down _ _ [Gb] in a pile _ [Ab] _ [Eb] at _ my [Ebm] feet
_ _ _ _ [Db]
And my _ [Gb] _ winter _ _
[Ebm] giving way to [Ab] warmth _
[Gb] As I'm _ [Db] saying hello [Eb] to sleep
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_ _ _ _ Had all _ [Ab] my armor [Eb] fallen _ _ _ down _ [Db] in a pile _ [Ab] at _ _ [Eb] my _ _ feet
_ _ [Db] And my _ _
[B] winter _ giving [Eb] _ way to warmth [Db] As I'm _ _ saying _ [Eb] hello to _ _ sleep
_ _ [Db] _
Had all _ [Ab] my armor [Eb] fallen _ _ down _ _ in [Gb] a _ _ [Ab] pile _ [Eb] at my _ _ feet _ _
[Gb] And my _ _ [Ab] _ winter _ [Ebm] giving _ [Eb] way to _ warmth As [Gb] I'm _ _ [Fm] saying [Db]
hello [Eb] _ to sleep _ _
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