Tabbed by Jordan Lapping

Tuning: E (Standard), Capo 2nd Fret


 CHORDS USED: [relative to capo]
      A    A7M    A7    A/E     B      B7     C    C7M    C#    C#7
e]----0------0------0------x------x------2------x------3------x------4---- | 
B]----2------2------2------2------4------0------5------5------6------6---- | 
G]----2------1------0------2------4------2------5------3------6------4---- | 
D]----2------2------2------2------4------1------5------5------6------6---- | 
A]----0------2------0-----(0)-----2------2------3------3------4------4---- | 
E]-------------------------0---------------------------------------------- | 

      D      Dm  D9/F#  E    E9    F      F+    F?   F#m    F#m7    G     G#m
e]----2------1------0------0------0------1------x------x------x------0------3------0---- | 
B]----3------3------3------0------0------1------2------x------2------0------3------0---- | 
G]----2------2------2------1------2------2------2------1------2------2------0------4---- | 
D]----0------0------0------2------2------3------3------3------4------4------0------6---- | 
A]-----------------(0)-----2------2------3------4------2------4------4------2------6---- | 
E]------------------2------0------0------1-----(1)----(0)----(2)----(2)-----3-----(4)--- | 



 INTRO:
A - A7M - A - A7M



 VERSE 1:
A                A7M
  Curtain opens, spotlights the gentleman
   A                        A7M
  Signing his love letter, "Best wishes, Simpleton"
 D9/F#  E                    D9/F#      E   F#m7   G#m
  Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs



 VERSE 2:
A                       A7M
  He knew better, that perfume was gravity
   A                    A7M
  Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy
  D9/F#      E                   D9/F#      E   F?
  Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but never mind



 CHORUS 1:
F#m    E                      B
  You better catch me when I fall
C#                  C#7      [ G# - G - F# ]
  I'm on my roller skates
F#m              F+         A/E    B7
 'Cause any old way that I fall
    D9/F#                 E
  I land in your arms even though it's wrong
        D9/F#          E     F#m7   G#m
 'Cause I love my new mistake



 VERSE 3:
A                   A7M
  Intermission gave way to a miracle
       A                   A7M
  The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle
       D9/F#      E               D9/F#          E   F#m7   G#m
  That couldn't wait, her mother was three weeks late



 VERSE 4:
A                   A7M
  So Father Mason, clutching his crucifix
   A                    A7M
  Baptised the baby in whiskey and liquorice
         D9/F#   E                 D9/F#       E   F?
  What a lovely way, drowning sins in tooth decay



 CHORUS 2:
F#m               E            B
  Looks like our hero's gonna fall
C#                  C#7      [ G# - G - F# ]
  The boughs are bound to break
F#m              F+         A/E    B7
 'Cause any old way that I fall
    D9/F#                 E
  I land in your arms as we lie awake
          D9/F#       C#7
 With our lovely new mistake



 INSTRUMENTAL [verse key change]: (x2)
C - C7M - C - C7M
F - G - D - G



 CHORUS 3:
F#m           E               B
  You better catch me when I fall
C#                C#7    [ G# - G - F# ]
  My sugar trampoline
F#m              F+         A/E    B7
 'Cause any old way that I fall
         D9/F#            E
  I land in your arms even though it's wrong
          D9/F#        E     F#m7   G#m
 'Cause I love my new mistake



 BRIDGE:
      A                         A7M
  The ending turned tragic when many years later
       A7                             D    Dm
  The baby had grown up and married a pop singer
                  A                    B7
  I think it was her turn to make her first mistake



 INTERLUDE: (x2)
D - F#m - E
D - E4 - E



 OUTRO [Repeat to fade]:
D         F#m  E  D     E4   E
  Any old time at all
D         F#m E         D     E4   E
  Any old way   that I fall