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A Falling Through – Ray Lamontagne
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Notes: This is a beautiful new song off of Ray’s new album “Gossip in the Grain” with
Naess. Really mellow, really emotional. Enjoy. Peace…
Tuning: Standard
Chords Used:
e|--0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----1-----------------------|
B|--1-----0-----1-----0-----0-----1-----------------------|
G|--0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----------------------|
D|--2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----3-----------------------|
A|--3-----3-----0-----0-----2-----3-----------------------|
E|--0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----1-----------------------|
Throughout much of the song he switches from C/Cmaj7 and Am/A5 like this:
e|--0--0--0--0--0---/--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
B|--1--0--1--0--1---/--1--0--1--0--1-----------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0---/--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2---/--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------------------|
A|--3--3--3--3--3---/--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0---/--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
INTRO: What’s in parentheses is what’s actually being played, but leaving it out sounds
too. If it’s too confusing just pretend the parentheses aren’t there.
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Verse 1:
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Laid our blessings on the ground
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The softening of sound
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Draws us closed again
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Stay, stay and watch the coals
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till they cease to glow
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like empty promises
CHORUS:
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
Baby?
VERSE 2: (Remember Verse 1’s parentheses)
There's nothing I can say
Nothing I can do
To bring you back again
This of life I know is true
It's all a falling through
and so I reach for you
CHORUS:
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
BRIDGE:
Don't you care
That it may seem unfair?
You steal things you ought to borrow
Don't you find
That it may seem unkind?
I'd rather breathe than drown in sorrow
FINAL CHORUS:
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
Baby?
(Finish on )