• Song:

    When I Fall

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

  • Album:

    Rock Spectacle

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Okay y'all...  This here's a beautiful old-school BNL tune, and I'm sick of checking out bum tabs
for it.  So here it is, straight up.  It's not all that easy, but just run through the main riff
a million times, and you'll get it.  Game on.

Feel free to send me corrections or questions, and good luck!  PEACE!!!

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                             WHEN I FALL - Barenaked Ladies
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Tabbed by: Wacky_Basilisk
Email: tmillea@nd.edu



Standard Tuning
Capo 4, all tabs relative to capo

Chords:

C:       x32010
F?:      1x0010
G:       3x0033
D/F#:    2x0232
Am+G:    x02213
Em:      022000
Gsus4/B: x20013
C+G:     x32013


INTRO/CLOSING

e---------------------------------------------------------
B--1--0-------------1-0--------1-0---------3---1-0--------
G--0-----2p0------0----------0-----------0---0-----2p0----
D--2------------2-----------------------------------------
A--3----------3-------------------------------------------
E------------------------0h1---------1h3------------------

   C          C          F?            G


e---------------------------------------------------------
B--------1--0--------1--0--------3----1-0-----------------
G------2-----------0-----------0----0-----2p0-------------
D----2----------------------------------------------------
A--0------------------------------------------------------
E--------------0h1---------1h3----------------------------

   Am           F?           G


VERSES

e------------------------------------------------
B----------3-0--------1-0---------3---3----------
G--------0----------0-----------0---0---0--------
D------2-----------------------------------------
A----3-------------------------------------------
E---------------0h1---------1h3------------------

     C+D         F?            G


e------------------------------------------------
B--------1--0-------3------------1---1-----------
G------2----------0---0--------0---0---0---------
D----2-------------------------------------------
A--0---------------------------------------------
E---------------3----------0h1-------------------

    Am           G           F?


e------------------------------------------2--------------
B--------3-0--------1----------3---3-------3--------1---3-
G------0----------0---0------0---0---0-----2--------0---0-
D----2-------------------------------------0--------0---0-
A--3----------------------------------------------------x-
E-------------0h1--------1h3-------------2-------0-1----3-

   C+D         F?          G             D/F#     F?    G


CHORUS 1

e-----------3------------3----2-----x---x-
B----0h1----1-----0h1----1----3-----1---3-
G--------2--2---------0--0----2-----0---0-
D-----------2------------0----0-----0---0-
A--0--------0------------2----x-----x---x-
E---------------3--------3----2-----1---3-

      Am+G         Gsus4     D/F#   F?  G


CHORUS 2

e--0----3----0----0-----            --2----x----x-----
B--1----0----0----1-----            --3----1----1-----
G--2----0----0----0-----            --2----0----0-----
D--2----0----2----2-----  2x, then  --0----0----0-----
A--0----2----2----3-----            --x----x----x-----
E--x----3----0----x-----            --2----1----3-----

  Am    G    Em   C                  D/F#  F?   G?


CHORUS 3

e-----------3------------3----2-----x---x-           ---------3----3-------3------2---
B----0h1----1-----0h1----1----3-----1---3-           ---0h1---1----1-------1------3---
G--------2--2---------0--0----2-----0---0-           -------2-2----0-------0------2---
D-----------2------------0----0-----0---0-  2x, then ---------2----0-------2------0--- 2x
A--0--------0------------2----x-----x---x-           -0-------0----2-------3------x---
E---------------3--------3----2-----1---3-           -----------------------------2---

      Am+G         Gsus4     D/F#   F?  G?              Am+G    Gsus4/B   C+G   D/F#


And all together, the order is:

a) INTRO, 2x

b) VERSE, 2x
    - "Look straight in the window..."

c) CHORUS 1, 2x
    - "I wish I could fly..."

d) INTRO, 1x

e) VERSE, 4x
    - "My hands clench the squeegee..."

f) CHORUS 2, 1x
    - "I wish I could step from this scaffold..."

g) VERSE, 2x (first time muted, second time normal)
    - "I look straight in the mirror..."

h) CHORUS 3, 1x
    - "I wish I could fly..."

i) CLOSING, 4x
    - "When I fall..."

j) END ON D/F#
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