"When I Fall" by the Barenaked Ladies
Tabbed by www.JaeFord.com
Capo on 4th fret.

C G Am F

F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1) I look straight in the window, try not to look below
                   C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   FPretend (133211@1)I'm not up here, I try counting sheep
                      C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)  FBut (133211@1)the sheep seem to shower off this office tower
                          C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)    F (133211@1)          
Nine-point-eight straight down I can't stop my knees

[Chorus]
               AmI (x02210@1)wish I could fly
          GFrom (320003@1)this building
          D (xx0232@1)  FFrom (133211@1)this wall
                AmAnd (x02210@1)if I should try
          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)    FWould (133211@1)you catch me if I fall?

                    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)    FMy (133211@1)hands clench the squeegee, my secular rosary
                C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)    FHang (133211@1)on to your wallet, hang on to your rings
             C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)     FCan't (133211@1)look below me; something might throw me
                 C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)     F (133211@1)         
Curse at the windstorms that October brings
              C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)       FI (133211@1)look in the boardroom; a modern pharaoh's tomb
                C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   FI'd (133211@1)gladly swap places, if they care to dive
                        C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)  FThey're (133211@1)lined up at the window, peer down into limbo
                      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)    FThey're (133211@1)frightened of jumping, in case they survive

               Am (x02210@1)           GI (320003@1)wish I could step from this scaffold 
     Em (022000@1)                 F (133211@1)                AmOnto (x02210@1)soft green pastures, shopping malls, or bed
        G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)  FWith (133211@1)my family and my pastor and my grandfather who's Dead

                     C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)    FLook (133211@1)straight in the mirror, watch it come clearer
              C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)     FI (133211@1)look like a painter, behind all the grease
                 C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)   FBut (133211@1)paintings creating, and I'm just erasing
                C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)   FA (133211@1)crystal-clear canvas is my masterpiece

[Chorus 2x]

CG        Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)   When I fall
CG        Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)   When I fall
CG        Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)   When I...     ooommm