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FALL ON ME
Corrections by: Mike Allard (allard@rose-hulman.edu)
NOTE: On the chorus, it sounds good to walk up to the C chord like this:
(A) ---0-2--| C chord
(E) -3------|
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INTRO: two guitars
one:
(E)------3p0----5p3---------3p0----5p3----------3p0---------|
(B)-----------------0-------------------0-------------3h5---|
(G)-4h5------5---------4h5------5----------4h5--------------|
guitar 2 starts here *
two: (slow strum of C chord, let ring)
(E)-0--------------------|
(B)-1h3--1-0-------------|
(G)-0---------0----------|
(D)-2---------------0h2--|
(A)-3------------3-------|
Dm Am
There's a problem, feathers iron
Dm Am
Bargain buildings, weights and pullies
Dm Am Dm Am
Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
Dm G C Dm/F Dm C G7
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky
{walk} C Dm F G
Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
F G F Fmaj7
Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rem/fall_on_me_crd.html ]
Dm Am
There's the progress we have found (when the rain)
Dm Am
A way to talk around the problem (when the children reign)
Dm Am
Building towered foresight (keep your conscience in the dark)
Dm Am
isn't anything at all (melt the statues in the park)
Dm G C Dm/F Dm C G7
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky
{walk} C Dm F G
Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
F G F Fmaj7
Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)
Am F Am
Well I could keep it above
G Am
But then it wouldn't be sky anymore
F Dm G
So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it whole
Dm G C Dm/F Dm G C Dm/F
Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky
Dm C G
And ask the sky and ask the sky
{walk} C Dm F G
Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
F G F Fmaj7
Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)
{walk} C Dm F G
Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
F G F Fmaj7
Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)
{walk} C Dm F G
Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
F G F Fmaj7
Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)...
