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