When I Fall Barenaked Ladies
When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies
Words by Steven Page and Ed Robertson
Music by Ed Robertson
Corrections Welcome!
CAPO 2 Chords indicated as capoed, not as absolute pitch)
INTRO: D G A Bm D/F# G (x2)
I look straight in the [D]window,[G] [A] try not to look [Bm]below [D/F#] [G]
Pretend I'm not [D]up here,[G] [A] I try counting s[E]heep [G]
The sheep seem to shower, off this office tower
It's 9.8 straight down, I can't stop my knees.
CHORUS:
I wish I could f[Bm]ly, from this [A]building, from this [E]wall. [G]
And if I should [Bm]try, would you [A]catch me, if I f[E]all. [G]
My hands clench the squeegee, a seclar rosary
Hang onto your wallet, hand onto your rings.
I can't look below me, something might throw me.
I curse at the windstorms, that October brings.
I look in the boardroom, a modern Pharaoh's tomb.
I'd gladly swap places, if they care to dive
They line up at the window, peer down into limbo
Frightened of jumping, in case they survive.
And I wish I could s[G]tep, from this [A]scaffold,
Onto [Bm]soft green [D/F#]grass and [E]shopping [G]malls,
And [G]bed, and my [A]family, and my [Bm]pastor and my [A]grandfa[D]ther
Whose [E]dead[G].
Look straight in the mirror, watch it come clearer
I look like a painter, behind all the grease.
But painting's creating, and I'm just erasing
A crystal clear canvas, is my masterpiece.
CHORUS x2
If I fall... (repeat)
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