When I Fall Chords & Tabs
When I Fall by After School
Played by ears once again and it needed capo at the second fret to make sound the
same like the song. For the chords I'm not exactly sure about those other names of
the chords xD. Well I apologize for that. For the intro Pluck it don't strum the
first part! It would be awesome if someone is playing this song with you. He could
do the strumming at the intro though. Well it's up to you anyways. I'm using two
different Em's(E minor) here. The other with lower tone and the other is the
higher one. You will see it when you get to the Bridge part of the song. Don't
worry I'll put the numbering for that part. I hope you'll enjoy this. I did try to
make it sound the same as the song. Not 100% accurate, but I did try my best.
Legend: ~ let it ring/vibrato| 0-open string means pluck or strum it.| x-dead
string means don't play it don't hit it when u strum it. That's impossible sometimes lol.
The plucking part is only at the Intro the rest you strum it.
Intro Chords C9-G-D|
Play C9 twice
C9 G D
1--------3---|--------3--|-------2--|
2------3-----|------3----|-----3----|
3-----0------|----0------|----2-----| intro x2
4------------|-----------|--0-------|so whenever u play those individual
5--3---------|-----------|----------|chords tap the strings. For example,
6------------|--3--------|----------|after u pluck the C9 tap it so it would have
a little percussion sound. The same thing with G and D. If you listen to this song
at the intro part you will hear tapping sound for every individual chord at the
intro. Just for the intro.
Verse 1 Chords C9x2-G-D|
C9 G D
1---3~-3~---|-----3~---|----2~---|
2---3~-3~---|-----3~---|----3~---|
3---0~-0~---|-----0~---|----2~---| x4
4---2~-2~---|-----0~---|----0~---|
5---3~-3~---|-----2~---|----x----|
6---x--x----|-----3~---|----x----|
Refrain Chords Em-C9-G-D
Em C9 G D
1---3~---|----3~---|----3~---|-222222-|
2---3~---|----3~---|----3~---|-333333-|
3---0~---|----0~---|----0~---|-222222-|
4---2~---|----2~---|----0~---|-000000-|
5---2~---|----3~---|----2~---|-xxxxxx-|
6---0~---|----x----|----3~---|-xxxxxx-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/after_school/when_i_fall_tab.html ]
Chorus Chords Em-C9-G-D x2| Em-C9-G-D | C9-G-D~|
Em C9 G D
1----3----|----3----|----3----|----2----|
2----3----|----3----|----3----|----3----|
3----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----| x2 You can choose your own strumming patterns.
4----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|
5----2----|----3----|----2----|----x----|
6----0----|----x----|----3----|----x----|
Em C9 G D
1----3----|----3----|----3----|----2----|
2----3----|----3----|----3----|----3----|
3----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----| Just change ur strumming pattern on this part.
4----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|
5----2----|----3----|----2----|----x----|
6----0----|----x----|----3----|----x----|
play C9 twice
C9 G D
1----33----|-----3-----|----2~---|
2----33----|-----3-----|----3~---|
3----00----|-----0-----|----2~---|
4----22----|-----0-----|----0~---|
5----33----|-----2-----|----x----|
6----xx----|-----3-----|----x----|
Repeat Intro, Verse 1 has the same chords as Verse 2, and then Chorus.
Bridge Em-C9x2| Am7-G-C9-D~| Em-C-G-D|
Play Em and C9 twice
Em C9
1----33----|-----33----|
2----33----|-----33----|
3----00----|-----00----| x2
4----22----|-----22----|
5----22----|-----33----|
6----00----|-----xx----|
Am7 G C9 D
1----0----|----3----|----3----|----2~---|
2----1----|----3----|----3----|----3~---|
3----0----|----0----|----0----|----2~---|
4----2----|----0----|----2----|----0~---|
5----0----|----2----|----3----|----x----|
6----x----|----3----|----x----|----x----|
Em C G D
1----0----|----0----|----3----|----2----|
2----0----|----1----|----3----|----3----|
3----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----| The Em that I'm talking about in my description earlier.
4----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|
5----2----|----3----|----2----|----x----|
6----0----|----x----|----3----|----x----|
Repeat Chorus
Then for the last time go back in the Intro.
