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