{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":501310,"song":"When I Fall","artist":"Barenaked Ladies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11565188-when-i-fall-chords-by-barenaked-ladies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/501310?type=chord","rating":4.58939,"votes":59,"content":"Capo on 4th fret.\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I look straight in the window, try not to look below[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPretend I'm not up here, I try counting sheep[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the sheep seem to shower off this office tower[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]            \r\nNine-point-eight straight down I can't stop my knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wish I could fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom this building[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom this wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if I should try[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould you catch me if I fall?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy hands clench the squeegee, my secular rosary[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHang on to your wallet, hang on to your rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCan't look below me; something might throw me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]           \r\nCurse at the windstorms that October brings[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI look in the boardroom; a modern pharaoh's tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd gladly swap places, if they care to dive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey're lined up at the window, peer down into limbo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey're frightened of jumping, in case they survive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I could step from this scaffold [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOnto soft green pastures, shopping malls, or bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith my family and my pastor and my grandfather who's Dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLook straight in the mirror, watch it come clearer[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI look like a painter, behind all the grease[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut paintings creating, and I'm just erasing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA crystal-clear canvas is my masterpiece[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2x]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    When I fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    When I fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    When I...     ooommm      [/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 4th fret.\n\nC G Am F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2x]","chords":["C","G","Am","F","D","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}