READY TO FALL ACOUSTIC - Rise Against Tuning: Half-Step Down [Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb] Tabber: silver_and_cold Email: deranged_smiley_faces@hotmail.com Note: G5* is 3x0033 (you don't play the A string) Intro: eb|--------------------------| bb|--------------------------| gb|--7777--7777--7777-7777---| Db|--7777--5555--8888-8888---| Ab|--5555--5555--5555-5555---| Eb|--------------------------| play 2x THEN: Dsus2 G5* A# [2x] C VERSE 1: Dsus2 A# G5* A# C Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything

^Dsus2I know I've been gone for what seems like forever A# G5* A# C But I'm here now waiting ^Dsus2To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger A# G5* A# C But closer than you think She said, "^Dsus2Just go on to what you

Pretend is your life but A# G5* A# C Please don't die on me" Refrain:

^A#Wings won't take ^Dsus2me ^A#Heights don't phase ^Dsus2me So take a s^A#tep G5* But don't look down Take a step ^A# ^C

Chorus: Dsus2 G5* A# Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong Dsus2 G5* A# Dsus2 G5* A# C I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Verse 2: Perpetual motion the image won't focus A blur is all that's seen But here in this moment like the eye of the storm It all came clear to me I found a shoulder to lean on An infallible reason to live all by itself I took one last look from the heights that I once loved And then I ran like hell Refrain: Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Chorus: Dsus2 G5* A# Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong Dsus2 G5* A# Dsus2 G5* A# I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Coda:

^C I count the times that I've been sorry ^A#I know, I know ^C Now my compassion slowly drowns ^A#I know, I know ^C If there's a time these walls could guard you ^A#I know, I know ^C Then let that time be right now

Then: eb|--------------------------| bb|--------------------------| gb|--7777--7777--7777-7777---| Db|--7777--5555--8888-8888---| Ab|--5555--5555--5555-5555---| Eb|--------------------------| play 4x Now I'm standing on the rooftop Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong Dsus2 G5* A# Dsus2 G5* A# I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall Dsus2 G5* A# Dsus2 Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

Rise Against - Ready to fall