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Date: 22 Dec 97 23:21:23 EST
From: Matthew Nordhaus
Subject: CRD: b/barenaked_ladies/when_i_fall.crd

When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies
>From the Album "Born on a Pirate Ship"

Words by Steven Page and Ed Robertson
Music by Ed Robertson

Transcribed by Matthew Nordhaus
 Corrections Welcome!

CAPO 2 Chords indicated as capoed, not as absolute pitch)

INTRO:  D G A Bm D/F# G  (x2)

                       D      G     A                Bm      D/F#   G
I look straight in the window,       try not to look below

                D       G    A                    E    G
Pretend I'm not up here,          I try counting sheep

The sheep seem to shower, off this office tower
It's 9.8 straight down, I can't stop my knees.

CHORUS:
                Bm            A                   E       G
I wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall.

                Bm             A               E       G
And if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.


My hands clench the squeegee, a seclar rosary
Hang onto your wallet, hand onto your rings.
I can't look below me, something might throw me.
I curse at the windstorms, that October brings.

I look in the boardroom, a modern Pharaoh's tomb.
I'd gladly swap places, if they care to dive
They line up at the window, peer down into limbo
Frightened of jumping, in case they survive.

                    G              A
And I wish I could step, from this scaffold,

     Bm         D/F#      E        G
Onto soft green grass and shopping malls,

    G           A              Bm            A      D
And bed, and my family, and my pastor and my grandfather
      E   G
Whose dead.

Look straight in the mirror, watch it come clearer
I look like a painter, behind all the grease.
But painting's creating, and I'm just erasing
A crystal clear canvas, is my masterpiece.

CHORUS x2

If I fall... (repeat)


INTRO: (2X)
|--------------0----------0----------2---0----------|
|--5-4-2p0---0---0------0---0------0---0---4-2p0----|
|--4------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------2----------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------0h2------------------|
|-------------------4h5-----------------------------|

|-----0---------0---------2---0---------------------|
|---0---0-----0---0-----0---0---4-2p0---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------0h2-----------------------------|
|---------4h5---------------------------------------|

VERSE 1&2: (2x)                         First time:
|-----2----------0---------2---0--------|-----0------>
|---0---0------0---0-----0---0---4-2p0--|---0---0---->
|---------------------------------------|------------>
|---------------------------------------|------------>
|--------------------0h2----------------|-4---------->
|-0--------4h5--------------------------|------------>

    Second Time:
|-----2---------0---0---|----2--------------2--------|
|---0---0-----0---0---0-|----2--------5---5----------|
|-----------------------|----3------4---4------------|
|-----------------------|----4-----------------------|
|-2---------------------|-2--4----0------------------|
|---------4h5-----------|----2--4--------------------|

Chorus: (2x)                       1st Time:
|--------------------------------|---------2-----------|
|---4h5-4-4-----4h5-4-4--7--7-7--|----5---5------------|
|---4---4-4-----4---4-4--6--6-6--|--4---4--------------|
|-------x-x---------x-x--4--4-4--|---------------------|
|-4-----4-4---2-----4-4----------|-0-------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|

2nd Time
|---------------|
|-------5-4-2p0-|
|-----4---------|
|---2-----------|
|-0-------------|
|---------------|

*****
Chords used for Bridge:
A: 577655
B: 779877
G#: 446544
C#: x4666x
B: x2444x
F#: 244322
E: 022100
*****

Bridge:
               A               B
I wish I could step from this scaffold
       G#        C#       B
on to soft green grass dirt shopping malls
    A             B              G#
or bed.  With my family, and my pastor and
    F#      E         F#      E
my grandfather, who's de_____ead.


Verse 3 (First half, second half as v1&2):
P.M.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------5---------|
|-----4------4-----4-4--------4-----4----4---4-------|
|---4------4-----4-----4----4-----4-----4------4-----|
|--------0-----2----------4-----2-----0--------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------|
P.M.= = = = = = = = End P.M.
|-------------------|---2---------------2-|
|-------------------|-----2-------5---5---|
|-----4-----4-----4-|-------3---4---4-----|
|---4-----4-----4---|---------------------|
|-------0-----2-----|-1-------0-----------|
|-0-----------------|---------------------|

Repeat First half of chorus a few times, then Outro

Outro (Last two measures):
|-------------------------|
|---4h5p4---------5-------|
|---------4-----4---4-----|
|-----------6---------4---|
|-4-----------4---------1-|
|-------------------------|