• Song:

    When I Fall

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

  • Album:

    Rock Spectacle

Song: When I fall
Artist: Barenaked Ladies
Album: Rock Spectacle

This is a good song!  Of course, all that Ladies' songs are awesome
so, this is no great feat.  However, it took me a while to get the
details right.  It's played on an acoustic guitar in standard tuning.
I'm not much good at writing in timing, so you'll have to figure that
out yourselves, sorry.  At the end you play the first half of the chorus
a lot of times, and then you play the outro.  You'll figure it out.

INTRO: (2X)
|--------------0----------0----------2---0----------|
|--5-4-2p0---0---0------0---0------0---0---4-2p0----|
|--4------------------------------------------------|
|--2-------2----------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------0h2------------------|
|-------------------4h5-----------------------------|

|-----0---------0---------2---0---------------------|
|---0---0-----0---0-----0---0---4-2p0---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------0h2-----------------------------|
|---------4h5---------------------------------------|

VERSE 1&2: (2x)                         First time:
|-----2----------0---------2---0--------|-----0------>
|---0---0------0---0-----0---0---4-2p0--|---0---0---->
|---------------------------------------|------------>
|---------------------------------------|------------>
|--------------------0h2----------------|-4---------->
|-0--------4h5--------------------------|------------>

		  Second Time:
|-----2---------0---0---|----2--------------2--------|
|---0---0-----0---0---0-|----2--------5---5----------|
|-----------------------|----3------4---4------------|
|-----------------------|----4-----------------------|
|-2---------------------|-2--4----0------------------|
|---------4h5-----------|----2--4--------------------|

Chorus: (2x)                       1st Time:
|--------------------------------|---------2-----------|
|---4h5-4-4-----4h5-4-4--7--7-7--|----5---5------------|
|---4---4-4-----4---4-4--6--6-6--|--4---4--------------|
|-------x-x---------x-x--4--4-4--|---------------------|
|-4-----4-4---2-----4-4----------|-0-------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|

2nd Time
|---------------|
|-------5-4-2p0-|
|-----4---------|
|---2-----------|
|-0-------------|
|---------------|

*****
Chords used for Bridge:
A: 577655
B: 779877
G#: 446544
C#: x4666x
B: x2444x
F#: 244322
E: 022100
*****

Bridge:
               A               B
I wish I could step from this scaffold
       G# 		C#       B
on to soft green pastures shopping malls 
    A             B              G#    
or bed.  With my family, and my pastor and
    F#      E         F#      E
my grandfather, who's de_____ead.


Verse 3 (First half, second half as v1&2):
P.M.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------5---------|
|-----4------4-----4-4--------4-----4----4---4-------|
|---4------4-----4-----4----4-----4-----4------4-----|
|--------0-----2----------4-----2-----0--------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------|
P.M.= = = = = = = = End P.M.
|-------------------|---2---------------2-|
|-------------------|-----2-------5---5---|
|-----4-----4-----4-|-------3---4---4-----|
|---4-----4-----4---|---------------------|
|-------0-----2-----|-1-------0-----------|
|-0-----------------|---------------------|

Repeat First half of chorus a few times, then Outro

Outro (Last two measures):
|-------------------------|
|---4h5p4---------5-------|
|---------4-----4---4-----|
|-----------6---------4---|
|-4-----------4---------1-|
|-------------------------|
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