Tuning:

"First Reactions After Falling Through the Ice" LA DISPUTE ROOMS OF THE HOUSE TUNING: standard CAPO: none CHORDS (low string to high string): F - 133211 Am - x02210 Em - 022000 C - x32010 Dm - xx0231 G - 320003 G7 - 320001 Asus4 - x02230 Asus2 - x02200 INTRO:

F ^F Am ^Am Em ^Em C Em F ^F Am ^Am Em ^Em C Em

I knew ^Fit was far too late to ^AmWalk out on the lake then ^EmHalfway-to-the-middle thawed ^CI wasn’t doing ^Emall that ^Fgreat F Had I cut my hair short? ^Am Had I grown my beard out ^Emlong? Em Had I gone to school or...? ^C Why do all my ^Emplans fall ^Amthrough?

^Am There’s a leak in the basement Am Stupid permanent estrangement Am Casement windows need glazing Am Hinges and arms need be replaced

^F All the way at the edge I ^Amsaid, "I think that we should head back. ^Em What if now the ice cracked? ^C I think I felt it ^Embend" ^F We took opposite steps ^Am Tried to even the stress ^Em Picked a safe direction but You ^Cnever know the way the ^Emice thins

^Dm Half-asleep in dreams where ^C Ceilings start collapsing ^Am Free fall through the roof beams Am Get startled back awake Be^Dmfore you hit the pavement ^C Floor of the foundation ^Am Water in the basement Am Bodies in the lake

"Don’t ^Fpanic," I could hear you ^AmSaying as I fell through ^Em Blackness complete ^Cdown Waiting till my ^Emfeet touched ^Fground F At the bottom, they finally did ^Am First reaction was, "This is it" ^Em Next thought was, "Just stay ^Ccalm, Kick up, and ^Emsave your ^Dmphone"

Dm C Am Am

^Dm 'Cause I wanted to tell you...^F ^Em And I thought you should know...

^Dm Because I thought it might scare you ^F To see me under the ice ^Am Make you remember you cared for me Am What would you do if I died? ^Dm Would you fly out for my funeral? ^C Get too drunk at my wake? ^Am Would you make a scene, then ^Am F Climb in and try to resuscitate me?

F Am C Dm

^FI was on the ^Amice and ^CI was under^Dmwater

^F I was getting pulled out F I was in my wet clothes ^Dm Stumble on the walk back ^Dm Am Someone stoked the fire at camp Am I was by the flames Am Trying to get my body warm ^Dm I was standing naked Dm Dm Checking to see if my phone still worked

Dm I will cut my hair short Dm Trust me

I ^Amwill; I will let my beard go Am Trust me I ^Cwill; I will never tempt fate C Not once I ^Gswear, I will never trust ice I will never trust a t^G7hing ^Am

OUTRO (can also be played as Am the whole time): Asus4 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2

La Dispute - First reactions after falling through the ice