Tabbed by Jordan Lapping

Tuning: E (Standard), Capo 2nd Fret


 CHORDS USED: [relative to capo]
      A5    A5    A5    A5     B5      B5     C5    C5    C#5    C#5
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---------------------------------------------- | 

      D5      D5  D5  E5    E5    F5      F+    F5   F#5    F#5    G5     G#5
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:
A5 - A5 - A5 - A5



 VERSE 1:
A5                A5
  Curtain opens, spotlights the gentleman
   A5                        A5
  Signing his love letter, "Best wishes, Simpleton"
 D5  E5                    D5      E5   F#5   G#5
  Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs



 VERSE 2:
A5                       A5
  He knew better, that perfume was gravity
   A5                    A5
  Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy
  D5      E5                   D5      E5   F5
  Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but never mind



 CHORUS 1:
F#5    E5                      B5
  You better catch me when I fall
C#5                  C#5      [ G#5 - G5 - F#5 ]
  I'm on my roller skates
F#5              F+         A5    B5
 'Cause any old way that I fall
    D5                 E5
  I land in your arms even though it's wrong
        D5          E5     F#5   G#5
 'Cause I love my new mistake



 VERSE 3:
A5                   A5
  Intermission gave way to a miracle
       A5                   A5
  The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle
       D5      E5               D5          E5   F#5   G#5
  That couldn't wait, her mother was three weeks late



 VERSE 4:
A5                   A5
  So Father Mason, clutching his crucifix
   A5                    A5
  Baptised the baby in whiskey and liquorice
         D5   E5                 D5       E5   F5
  What a lovely way, drowning sins in tooth decay



 CHORUS 2:
F#5               E5            B5
  Looks like our hero's gonna fall
C#5                  C#5      [ G#5 - G5 - F#5 ]
  The boughs are bound to break
F#5              F+         A5    B5
 'Cause any old way that I fall
    D5                 E5
  I land in your arms as we lie awake
          D5       C#5
 With our lovely new mistake



 INSTRUMENTAL [verse key change]: (x2)
C5 - C5 - C5 - C5
F5 - G5 - D5 - G5



 CHORUS 3:
F#5           E5               B5
  You better catch me when I fall
C#5                C#5    [ G#5 - G5 - F#5 ]
  My sugar trampoline
F#5              F+         A5    B5
 'Cause any old way that I fall
         D5            E5
  I land in your arms even though it's wrong
          D5        E5     F#5   G#5
 'Cause I love my new mistake



 BRIDGE:
      A5                         A5
  The ending turned tragic when many years later
       A5                             D5    D5
  The baby had grown up and married a pop singer
                  A5                    B5
  I think it was her turn to make her first mistake



 INTERLUDE: (x2)
D5 - F#5 - E5
D5 - E5 - E5



 OUTRO [Repeat to fade]:
D5         F#5  E5  D5     E5   E5
  Any old time at all
D5         F#5 E5         D5     E5   E5
  Any old way   that I fall