Capo: 2

When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies >From the Album "Born on a Pirate Ship" Words by Steven Page and Ed Robertson Music by Ed Robertson Transcribed by Matthew Nordhaus 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 ^Dwindow,^G ^A try not to look ^Bmbelow ^D/F# ^G Pretend I'm not ^Dup here,^G ^A I try counting s^Eheep ^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^Bmly, from this ^Abuilding, from this ^Ewall. ^G And if I should ^Bmtry, would you ^Acatch me, if I f^Eall. ^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^Gtep, from this ^Ascaffold, Onto ^Bmsoft green ^D/F#grass and ^Eshopping ^Gmalls,

And ^Gbed, and my ^Afamily, and my ^Bmpastor and my ^Agrandfa^Dther Whose ^Edead^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) ====

Barenaked Ladies - When i fall