When I Fall Chords by Barenaked Ladies

_ [C#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Look straight in [E] the window, _ _ [B] _ try not to [C#m] look [B] below.
_ [E] _ _
Pretend I'm not up here, _ [B] _ I try counting [F#] _ sheep.
_ [A] _ [E] The sheep seem to shower _ [B] off this [C#m] office tower.
[B] _ _ [A] _ It's 9 [E].8 straight down, [B] _ _ can't stop [F#] my _ [A] knees.
_ [B] I wish I could [C#m] fly [B] from this building, [E]
from [F#] this _ wall.
[A] _ [B] And if I should [C#] [C#m] try, would you [B] catch me [E]
if [F#] I fall?
_ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] My hands clench the [E] _ squeegee, _ my secular _ [C#m] rosary.
[B] _ _ [F#] Hang on to your wallet, _ _ _ [B] hang on to [F#] your rings.
_ [A] _ _ [B] Can't look [E] below me, _ _ _ something will [C#m] throw me.
_ [A] _ _ Curse at the [E] _ _ _ [B] _ windstorms [F#] that October _ brings.
[A] _ _ Look straight [E] in the _ boardroom, _ _ a modern [C#m] Pharaoh's [E] tomb.
_ _ I'll gladly swap places _ [B] if they care [F#] to die.
_ _ [A] They're lined up at the [E] _ window, _ _ veered down [A] into [F#] limbo.
_ _ [A] They're frightened of [E] _ jumping, _ [B] _ in case they [F#] survive.
_ _ [A] _ I wish I could step from this [B] scaffold, onto [G#m] soft [B] green [C#m] pastures.
I wish I could shop [B] in malls [A] open, _ [B] with my family, and [G#m] my pastor, [G#] and my grandfather [F#] who's dead.
_ [A] _ [B] I look straight in the [E] mirror, _ [F#] _ _ [B] I watch it [C#] come clearer.
_ [F#] _ I look [E] like a painter, _ [B] _ _
behind [F#] all the grease.
[A] The _ [E] _
painting's creating, _ [A] _ _ [B] _
and I'm [C#m] just erasing.
_ [E] _ _
A crystal clear canvas, _ [B] _ _ [F#]
is my masterpiece.
_ _ [A] _ [B] I wish [C#] I could fly [C#m] from [E] this building, [A#m] from this wall.
[A] _ [F#] And if I [C#] should try, [C#m] would [B] you catch me [G#] if I _ fall?
[A] _ [G#] I wish [E] I could fly from [F#] this building, from [E] this [G#] wall.
_ And if [C#m] I should try, would [D#m] you catch [B] me [E] if I fall?
_ [F#] _ _ _
[E] When I fall,
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] When I _ fall,
_ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ [A] When _ [F#] _ _
_ I fall,
_ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] When I .
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
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