Song: When I Fall Artist: Barenaked Ladies Album: Born on a Pirate Ship & Rock Spectacle Words by Steven Page and Ed Robertson Music by Ed Robertson Transcribed By Jaegen Milley (jmilley@direct.ca) NOTES: - The first open G string in the B---1--- or B---3--- figures is usually quiet. G-0---0- G-0---0- It's really only played to make string noise, not to hear the note - Try hammering-on with your thumb on the low E - it works for me, but you do get a sore thumb after practicing for a while - It's actually not as hard or crazy as it looks - just listen to the CD a bunch of times and play along - He plays minor variations on the picking/strumming throughout the whole song, especially at the end of the VERSE TAB and the CHORUS riff. I've just written in the chords and the basic idea of the picking. WHEN I FALL (CAPO 4) INTRO: C2 C F2 G Am F2 G e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B----1-0-----------1---------1---------3---1-0---------1---------1---------3--- G---0----2p0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----2p0-0h2---2-----0---0-----0---0- D--0---------0h2-----------------------------------0h2------------------------- A-3----------3-------------------------------------0--------------------------- E----------------------0h1-------1h3-----------------------0h1-------1h3------- C F2 G Am F2 G e------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B-1-0-----------3---------1---------3-0-1-0---------1---------1---------3------ G-------------0---0-----0---0-----0---------2p0-0h2---2-----0---0-----0---0---- D---------0h2-----------------------------------0h2---------------------------- A-----0h2-3-------------------------------------0------------------------------ E-------------------0h1-------1h3-----------------------0h1-------1h3---------- |VERSE TAB: |C F2 G G2 Am G F2 e---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------|------3---------1---------3---3-3-------1--------3--------1---1-1--- G---------|----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-0-----0h2---2----0---0----0---0-0----- D-0h2-0---|0h2---------------------------0-----0h2-----------------------3----- A-------2-|3-----------------------------0---0-0-------0h2---------------3---0- E---------|----------0h1-------1h3-------3-------------3--------0h1------1----- "I look straight in the window Try not to look below Pretend C F2 G D/F# F2 G e----------------------------------------------------------------------|| B-------3---------1---------3---3-3-------3----3---------1-------3-----|| G-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-0-------2---2--2---------------0---0--.|| REPEAT D-0h2---------------------------0--------------0-------3---3----------.|| VERSE A-3-----------------------------0--------------0-----------------------|| TAB E-----------0h1-------1h3-------3---0-2--------2-2-0-1-------3---------|| I'm not up here I try counting sheep ..." "But 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 ... Am7 Gsus D/F# F2 G e---------3-3--3-----------3--3----------------------------------- B-----0h1---1--1-------0h1-1--1-------3---3--3-------1-------3---- G-0h2-------2--2-----------0--0-----2---2-2--2-------0-0-----0-0-- D-0h2-------2--2-----------0--0-----------0--0-------3-------0---- A-0---------0--0-0-0h2-----2--2-----------0--0-----3-------2------ E------------------3-------3--3-0-2-------2--2-0-1-------3-------- fly from this building from this wall And if I should Am7 Gsus D/F# F2 C e---------3-3--3-----------3--3------------------------------------------ B-----0h1---1--1-------0h1-1--1-------3---3--3---------1-0-----------1--- G-0h2-------2--2-----------0--0-----2---2-2--2-------0-----2p0-----0---0- D-0h2-------2--2-----------0--0-----------0--0-----3-----------0h2------- A-0---------0--0-0-0h2-----2--2-----------0--0-----------------3--------- E------------------3-------3--3-0-2-------2--2-0-1----------------------- try, would you catch me if I fall" Play straight into end of INTRO and into VERSE 2 (C F2 G, Am F2 G Riff) VERSE 2&3: (Repeat VERSE TAB above 4 times) "My hands clench the squeegee, my secular rosary Hang onto your wallet, hang onto your rings. I can't look below me, or something might throw me I curse at the windstorms, that October brings." "I look straight in the boardroom, a modern Pharaoh's tomb I'd gladly swap places, if they'd care to dive. They're lined up at the window, peer down into limbo They're frightened of jumping, in case they survive." BRIDGE: (STRUM) F2 G "I wish I could step, from this scaffold, Em G Am G Onto some green pasture shopping malls F2 G Em G D D/A And there, with my family, and my pastor and my grandfather D/F# F2 G Who's dead" VERSE 4: "I look straight in the ... (MUTED) C F2 G Am G F2 C F2 e------------------------------------------------------------- B-----1-----1-----3-----3-----1-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1- G---0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--- D------------------------------------------------------------- A-3-----------------------0-----------------------3----------- E-------1-----3-----3-----------3-----1-----1-----------1----- mirror I watch it come clearer I look like a painter |(MUTE OFF HERE) G |D/F# F2 G e------------------------------------------ B-----3-------------3---------1-------3---- G---0-----0-------2---2-----0---0---0---0-- D---------------0-------------------------- A------------------------------------------ E-3-----3---0-2---------0-1-------3-------- Behind all the grease" VERSE TAB: "But painting's creating, and I'm just erasing A crystal clear canvas, is my masterpiece." CHORUS 2X TAG: "When I fall" 4X Guitar is same as INTRO (with minor variations)