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How To Take A Fall

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open C tuning (CGCEGC)

t=10

C    000000
Bb   tttxxx
Ab   888888
Ab*  888t88
F    555555
G    777777
Eb*  333433
Eb   333333
G*   777877
Ab** 888988
Am   9x989x

riff1
C------------------------------------------------
G---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-8--12-12-12-12(bend up)
E---10-10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--
C------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
C------------------------------------------------

riff2 (Barre the 5th fret and strum while you play this riff with your pinky and ring fingers)
C--5--7--5----------
G-----------8--7--5-
E-------------------
C-------------------
G-------------------
C-------------------

riff3
C---------------5--
G---8--8--8--8--5--
E---10-10-10-8--5--
C------------------
G------------------
C------------------




riff1 C Bb Ab Ab* Ab F(riff2) Ab(riff1) C Bb

G             F        Eb*  Eb
it's one word cover to co - ver

G*         G    F
it's an endless fuse

Ab**    Ab       F                 Ab**     Ab   Bb
a chain repeated never seems to get any smarter

G          F       Eb*   Eb
I'm always marking pages so

G*           G      F
that I don't get confused

Ab**    Ab      F                Ab**      Ab  Bb
and end up in a fight I never had any part of

Ab Ab*      Ab  F
   listen naive plaything

Ab(riff1)                           C     Bb
coming over clueless every time you call

Ab Ab* Ab        F(riff2)
an accident just waiting to happen

Ab(riff1)                            C     Bb
still hasn't found out how to take a fall

G F        Eb*     Eb
m-ake me a present and

G*      G         F
make it something sweet

Ab**  Ab        F                Ab**       Ab        Bb
small enough to go unnoticed and big enough to compete

G         F       Eb*       Eb
with this massive past that keeps

G*       G     F
blocking up my street

Ab**    Ab    F                Ab** Ab     Bb
looking for a new contender to disassemble

Ab Ab*      Ab  F
   listen naive plaything

Ab(riff1)                           C     Bb
coming over clueless every time you call

Ab Ab* Ab        F(riff2)
an accident just waiting to happen

Ab(riff1)                            C
still hasn't found out how to take a fall

              Am
how to take a fall

              Ab
how to take a fall

G  F     Ab  C riff3 riff1 C Bb

Ab Ab* Ab F(riff2) Ab(riff1) C