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Falling Down Tab

by Tom Waits


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			     Tom Waits - Falling Down
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Intro: 
D -- Bm -- Asus4 -- A
D -- Bm -- Cadd9 -- Asus4 - A 

                                      
I've come five hundred miles just to see a halo
                              
come from St. Petersburg, Scarlet and me
                                  
Well I opened my eyes, I was blind as can be
                                      
When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea
                                  
And she wants you to steal and get caught 
                                      
For she loves you for all that you are not 
                                      
When you're falling down,     falling down
                                      
When you're falling down,     falling down



                                      
You forget all the roses don't come 'round on sunday
                                    
She's not gonna choose you, for standing so tall
                               
Go on, take a swig of that poison, and like it
                                
Don't ask for silverware, don't ask for nothing
                          
Go on, put your ear to the ground
                                            
Yeah you know you'll be hearin' that sound
                              
Of falling down,     falling down
                              
Of falling down,     falling down
                                         
Well you're fallin' down,    yeah you're falling
                                          
You're fallin' down


Solo:
       
       
       



                                         
Well you're fallin' down,    yeah you're falling
                                          
You're fallin' down



                                           
Go on down see that wrecking ball come swinging on along
                          
Everyone knew that hotel was a goner
                                      
They broke all the windows, they took all the doorknobs
                               
And they hauled it away in a couple of days
                                
Now someone yelled 'timber, take off your hat'
                            
It all looks smaller down here on the ground
                                     
we're fallin' down,     you're fallin' down
                                      
 yeah you're fallin',   you're fallin' down
                                      
 well you're fallin',   you're fallin' down
                                 
   yeah, fallin',       fallin' down... 



                        
e |--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
B |--3--|--3--|--3--|--2--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
G |--2--|--4--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
D |--0--|--4--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
A |-----|--2--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|--2--|
E |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--0--|--0--|

*I recently heard this song and fell in love with it.  So, I wanted to
establish a  foundation for playing the song.  It may not be perfect, 
and I just improvise for the solo, so I hope you enjoy it.