Fading Into Obscurity

Dm7              Dm6 
So many stories I can tell. 
E               E6/B 
I had the world under a spell. 
D#6             G#7/D# 
Does this even ring a bell? 
Cmaj7     Fmaj7 
I wonder because 
Cmaj7     Fmaj7 
Don't you know who I was? 
E              Am   
Interest in me dissipated 
E              Am   
All my methods antiquated 
Amaj7 Amaj7/G# F#m7 E    
I've been cast away 
Dmaj7    Dm    E      Amaj7 
Lost and friendless today 

 
         Amaj7           Amaj7/G#       F#m7      E    
I made a name for myself when one could do such a thing 
         Dmaj7      Dmaj7/C# Bm7        E    
A reputation that's held together by string 
         Amaj7           Amaj7/G#          F#m7      E    
So I chose to cherish those who think there's some purity 
   Dmaj7      Dm   E    Amaj7 
To fading into obscurity. 
 

 
E             Amaj7         E                   Amaj7 
What works on paper has the tendency to ride on vapor 
Dmaj7            Dmaj7/C#             Bm7                   E    
Sometimes what's not to love but then other times what's to like? 
 

 
    Amaj7      Amaj7/G#  F#m7      E    
I'm unable to tell if I know who I am 
Dmaj7      Dmaj7/C#  Bm7       E    
A modest success, a shill or a sham? 
        Amaj7              Amaj7/G#        F#m7   Amaj7/E 
I'm not afraid of what I've made of but my trajectory 
   Dmaj7      Dm   E    Amaj7 
Has me fading into obscurity 
 

 
    Amaj7                          E    
You kids will have to fend for yourselves 
             Amaj7                        E    
Because your mother's gone and as for the elves 
            Dmaj7                 Dmaj7/C# 
Who used to do all the work around here 
             Bm7             E    
Well they're not gonna do it anymore 
 

 
    Amaj7                      E    
You kids can kiss your mother goodbye 
         Amaj7                 E    
And I'll give you 20 minutes to cry 
            Dmaj7                 Dmaj7/C# 
She used to do all the work around here 
          Bm7                E    
But she's not gonna do it anymore 
 

 
           E    
And you're getting too old to be cared for 
   F#m             E    
By me and for that matter 
              F#m                             E 
This caked is baked, but I much preferred the batter 
           F#m                         E    
Perhaps in part because it had so much potential 
           F#m                     E    
To be delicious and still be influential 
 

 
         Amaj7 
I'm undecided 
E                             Amaj7                Amaj7/G# 
If the evidence that I've provided explains what I mean 
                  F#m7                        E    
But it's too late now cause I can't see or be seen 
      Dmaj7                            Dmaj7/C# 
And I know you'd only shrug through my tears 
       Bm7                       E    
So I'm not going to shed them anymore 
 

 
       Amaj7           Amaj7/G#       F#m7              E    
Out of favour with the flavour of the week's where I'll be 
    Dmaj7       Dm   E    Amaj7 
And fading into obscurity 
    Dmaj7          Dm   E    Amaj7 
An outsider but in good company 
   F#maj7 
oh yeah 
    Dmaj7       Dm   E    Amaj7 
I'm fading into obscurity 
Amaj7/G#       F#m7  E    
La   la   la   la 
         Amaj7 
I'm undecided