• Song:

    No Place To Fall

  • Artist:

    Townes Van Zandt

  • Album:

    Absolutely Nothing

Capo on Second fret

D5        D5       D5
If I had no place to fall
      G5      D5
and I needed to
        E5       G5
could I count on you
          D5
to lay me down?

D5         D5       D5
I'd never tell you no lies
          G5          D5
I don't believe it's wise
        E5     G5
you got pretty eyes
                   D5
won't you spin me 'round

        E5                   A5
I ain't much of a lover it's true
    E5            F#5
I'm here then I'm gone
        D5       E5
and I'm forever blue
        A5
but I'm sure wanting you


Skies full of silver and gold
try to hide the sun
but it can't be done
least not for long

And if we help each other grow
while the light of day
smiles down our way
then we can't go wrong

Time, she's a fast old train
she's here then she's gone
and she won't come again
won't you take my hand

If I had no place to fall
and I needed to
could I count on you
to lay me down?

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The first three chords are as follows.  When playing
the D7 there is a one strum hammer on the High E, 7th fret.
Listen to the Live at the Old Quarter version to hear this.
The rest of the chords are played in the first position.

D5                 D5      D5
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EADGBE
------ Capo       ------     ------------- | 
------            ------     ------------- | 
------            ------     ------------- | 
------            ------     ------------- | 
------            ------     ------------- | 
-----x 5th fret   -----x     ---x-x------- | 
------            ---x--     ------------- | 
---xx-            ----x-     ----x- <----- | Hammer here

An Additional note here on playing this song:

One small addition as to how
TvZ played it.  The fourth part of the first line of each verse was not
a D7; instead he held down the D, G, B and E strings at the fifth fret,
then hammered on the 7th fret of the E string and then pulled off.  It's
more of an A minor 7th than a D7.
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