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Falling Down The Mountainside

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Falling Down the Mountainside
Bbadd#11 – 6x0760       
 Am– x02210             
 Am7– x02010            
 C/G– 332010            
 Fmaj9– 887060          
Am(b13) – 500060        
 Dm– xx0231             
Dm7/ F– 1x0211
 G– 320003
 Gm– 3x0333
Gm* – 355333
 Bb6– x13333
 F– 133211
 Bb– 688766
Bbadd#11    Am    Am7    C/G   Fmaj9(x2)
   Bbadd#11                      Am   Am7   C/G  Fmaj9  
Without a word you set your sights        onto the sun
   Bbadd#11                       Am   Am7      C/G  Fmaj9  
When all the world you put to rights       was still so wrong
Bbadd#11         Am(b13)                   Dm       Dm7  G  
Pin your heart out on your sleeve, spouting all that make believe
Gm*                         Am       Am7  Dm  
From you lips it seemed it might come true
GmFalling down the Bb6mountainside with Fyou
   Bbadd#11                           Am   Am7      C/G  Fmaj9  
The clothes you wore, the people stared,       you looked so strange
 Bbadd#11                     Am   Am7     C/G  Fmaj9  
To see you move, St. Vitus dance       was in your veins
   Bbadd#11    Am(b13)                  Dm      Dm7  G  
And never once afraid to know what it feels like when you go
Gm*                      Am     Am7  Dm  
Out beyond where logic keeps the view
GmFalling down the Bb6mountainside with Fyou, falling down
Bbadd#11  Am(B13)  Bbadd#11  Am(B13)  Bbadd#11  Am(b13)   Fmaj9(x2)
 Bbadd#11                        Am   Am7     C/G  Fmaj9  
If you were here, first thing Id do       is knock you down
  Bbadd#11                       Am   Am7     C/G  Fmaj9  
You left me cold to meet your ghost       all over town
  Bbadd#11            Am(b13)                     Dm    Dm7  G  
So grind the stone and spin the wheel, lock the doors on what you feel
Gm*                          Am  Dm  
Looking back its like I always knew
Id be Gmfalling down the Bb6mountainside with Fyou
GmFalling down the Bb6mountainside with Fmaj9you
GmFalling down the Bbmountainside with Fmaj9you
GmFalling down the Ammountainside with Dmyou
Below is the picking for the Dm chord that is picked at the end of the 4th line for each 
and after the final line of the song.
"2h3p2" means - Hit the 'D' string on the second fret, immediately hammer the 'D' string 
the third fret then immediatley pull off the 'D' string at the third fret and hit the 
string again at the second fret.
* DmPicking*
e|--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1----------1--1--1----1--------|
B|--3--3-----3-----3-----3----------3-----3----3--------|
G|--2--2-----------x----------------x----------x--------|
D|--0--0--------2--2-------2--0--2--2--------2h3p2--0---|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
***This TAB is straight out of an official David Gray guitar TAB book, it is no doubt 
correct***

All chords in this song (12)

Open

XXO231

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

D minor

This chord is home. When a line ends, land here.

Falling Down The Mountainside

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Falling Down The Mountainside

by David Gray

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

C/G

Fmaj9

Dm7

Bb6

B13

Falling Down the Mountainside

Bbadd#11 – 6x0760

– x02210

Am7

– x02010

C/G

– 332010

Fmaj9

– 887060

(b13) – 500060

– xx0231

Dm7 F

/ – 1x0211

– 320003

– 3x0333

* – 355333

Bb6

– x13333

– 133211

– 688766

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11 (x2)

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11

Without a word you set your sights onto the sun

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11

When all the world you put to rights was still so wrong

Am Dm Dm7 G

Bbadd#11 (b13)

Pin your heart out on your sleeve, spouting all that make believe

Gm Am Am7 Dm

From you lips it seemed it might come true

Gm Bb6 F

Falling down the mountainside with you

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11

The clothes you wore, the people stared, you looked so strange

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11

To see you move, St. Vitus dance was in your veins

Am Dm Dm7 G

Bbadd#11 (b13)

And never once afraid to know what it feels like when you go

Gm Am Am7 Dm

Out beyond where logic keeps the view

Gm Bb6 F

Falling down the mountainside with you, falling down

Am B13 Am B13 Am Fmaj9

Bbadd#11 () Bbadd#11 () Bbadd#11 (b13) (x2)

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11

If you were here, first thing Id do is knock you down

Am Am7 C/G Fmaj9

Bbadd#11

You left me cold to meet your ghost all over town

Am Dm Dm7 G

Bbadd#11 (b13)

So grind the stone and spin the wheel, lock the doors on what you feel

Gm Am Dm

Looking back its like I always knew

Gm Bb6 F

Id be falling down the mountainside with you

Gm Bb6 Fmaj9

Falling down the mountainside with you

Gm Bb Fmaj9

Falling down the mountainside with you

Gm Am Dm

Falling down the mountainside with you

Below is the picking for the Dm chord that is picked at the end of the 4th line for each

and after the final line of the song.

"2h3p2" means - Hit the 'D' string on the second fret, immediately hammer the 'D' string

the third fret then immediatley pull off the 'D' string at the third fret and hit the

string again at the second fret.

* Picking*

e|--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1----------1--1--1----1--------|

B|--3--3-----3-----3-----3----------3-----3----3--------|

G|--2--2-----------x----------------x----------x--------|

D|--0--0--------2--2-------2--0--2--2--------2h3p2--0---|

A|------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|

***This TAB is straight out of an official David Gray guitar TAB book, it is no doubt

correct***

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