{"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":421856,"song":"When I Fall","artist":"Barenaked Ladies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/421856-when-i-fall-chords-by-barenaked-ladies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/421856?type=chord","rating":4.87745,"votes":50,"content":"This is based on the tab from Matthew Nordhaus, I made some changes that seem to make it play better IMHO. \r\n\r\n-- Capo 2nd Fret --\r\n \r\nINTRO:  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  (x2) \r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI look straight in the window,       try not to look below [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nPretend I'm not up here,          I try counting sheep [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sheep seem to shower,    off this office tower [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's 9.8 straight down,    I can't stop my knees. [/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS: \r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall. [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMy hands clench the squeegee,     a seclar rosary [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHang onto your wallet,     hang onto your rings. [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI can't look below me,   something might throw me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI curse at the windstorms,          that October brings. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI look in the boardroom,     a modern Pharaoh's tomb. [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd gladly swap places,      if they care to dive [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're lined up at the window,      peer down into limbo [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrightened of jumping,      in case they survive. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]        \r\nI wish I could step, from this scaffold, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]        \r\nOnto soft green grass and shopping malls, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         \r\nor bed, with my family, and my pastor and my grandfather [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nwho's dead. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](softly)             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLook straight in the mirror,     watch it come clearer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI look like a painter, behind all the grease. [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut painting's creating,     and I'm just erasing [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA crystal clear canvas,          is my masterpiece. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS: \r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall. [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall. [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I fall...     When I fall.... mmmmmm[/tab]","plain_text":"This is based on the tab from Matthew Nordhaus, I made some changes that seem to make it play better IMHO. \n\n-- Capo 2nd Fret --\n \nINTRO:  D G A Bm G  (x2) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:","chords":["D","G","A","Bm","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}