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I Needed To Fall

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[Verse] (play G5 as an open chord)
G5So close to giving up
Asus4Never been before so Dbroken
BmCan I hold on long enG5ough
Are there words yet left uAsus4nspoken
A5Can I rise above this burning Emsea
Asus4Or am I human after aDll
                                      Bm    G5   F#- Bass note
Maybe I'm just higher than a man should be
EmMaybe I needed to Asus4fall
[Chorus]
DI needed to fBmall
G5To come back sAsus4tronger
DI needed to gBmrow
G5To find my Asus4way
G5And I pray we can look back on it all
A5Knowing that I needed to fall
Asus4In love with yG5ouD  D5  D  Asus4  
With yG5ouD  D5  D  Asus4  
[Verse 2]
G5So tired of living up
Asus4To an image laid uDpon me
BmCan I ever be eG5nough
It all seems so far bAsus4eyond me
A5Can I take this weight uEmpon my shoulders
Asus4While I appear to stand so tDall
BmThinkin I could carry the wGorld foreverF#  
EmMaybe I needed to Asus4fall
[Chorus]
DI needed to fBmall
G5To come back sAsus4tronger
DI needed to gBmrow
G5To find my Asus4way
G5And I pray we can look back on it all
A5Knowing that I needed to Asus4fall
G5There is just so much a man can bear
Dsus4Until he starts to find it hF#ard to care
G5And baby I am almost tAsus4here
DI needed to fBmall
G5To come back sAsus4tronger
DI needed to gBmrow
G5To find my Asus4way
G5And I pray we can look back on it all
A5Knowing that I needed to fall
Asus4In love with yG5ouD  D5  D  Asus4  
With yG5ouD  D5  D  Asus4  
G5I nAsus4eeded to fBmall in loG5ve with yDou

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I Needed To Fall

by REO Speedwagon

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Asus4

Dsus4

[Verse] (play G5 as an open chord)

So close to giving up

Asus4 D

Never been before so broken

Bm G5

Can I hold on long enough

Asus4

Are there words yet left unspoken

A5 Em

Can I rise above this burning sea

Asus4 D

Or am I human after all

Bm G5 F#

- Bass note

Maybe I'm just higher than a man should be

Em Asus4

Maybe I needed to fall

[Chorus]

D Bm

I needed to fall

G5 Asus4

To come back stronger

D Bm

I needed to grow

G5 Asus4

To find my way

And I pray we can look back on it all

Knowing that I needed to fall

Asus4 G5 D D5 D Asus4

In love with you

G5 D D5 D Asus4

With you

[Verse 2]

So tired of living up

Asus4 D

To an image laid upon me

Bm G5

Can I ever be enough

Asus4

It all seems so far beyond me

A5 Em

Can I take this weight upon my shoulders

Asus4 D

While I appear to stand so tall

Bm G F#

Thinkin I could carry the world forever

Em Asus4

Maybe I needed to fall

[Chorus]

D Bm

I needed to fall

G5 Asus4

To come back stronger

D Bm

I needed to grow

G5 Asus4

To find my way

And I pray we can look back on it all

A5 Asus4

Knowing that I needed to fall

There is just so much a man can bear

Dsus4 F#

Until he starts to find it hard to care

G5 Asus4

And baby I am almost there

D Bm

I needed to fall

G5 Asus4

To come back stronger

D Bm

I needed to grow

G5 Asus4

To find my way

And I pray we can look back on it all

Knowing that I needed to fall

Asus4 G5 D D5 D Asus4

In love with you

G5 D D5 D Asus4

With you

G5 Asus4 Bm G5 D

I needed to fall in love with you

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