Falling Down
Tom WaitsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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
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...
Em7
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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--|
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Readable chord sheet for Falling Down by Tom Waits
D -- Bm -- Asus4 -- A
D -- Bm -- Cadd9 -- Asus4 - A
I've come [D]five hundred [Bm]miles just to [Asus4]see a hal[A]o
[D]come from St. P[Bm]etersburg, [Cadd9]Scarlet and [A]me
Well I [D]opened my [Bm]eyes, I was [Asus4]blind as can [A]be
When you [D]give a man [Bm]luck, he must [Cadd9]fall in the [A]sea
And she [Em]wants you to [Em7]steal and get [Asus4]caught [A]
For she [Em]loves you for [Em7]all that you are [Asus4]not [A]
When you're falling [D]down[Bm], falling [Asus4]down [A]
When you're falling [D]down[Bm], falling [Cadd9]down [A]
You [D]forget all the [Bm]roses don't [Asus4]come 'round on [A]sunday
She's [D]not gonna [Bm]choose you, for [Cadd9]standing so [A]tall
Go [D]on, take a [Bm]swig of that [Asus4]poison, and [A]like it
[D]Don't ask for [Bm]silverware, [Cadd9]don't ask for [A]nothing
[Em]Go on, put your [Em7]ear to the [Asus4]ground [A]
Yeah you [Em]know you'll be [Em7]hearin' that [Asus4]sound [A]
Of falling [D]down,[Bm] falling [Asus4]down [A]
Of falling [D]down,[Bm] falling [Cadd9]down [A]
Well you're fallin' [D]down,[Bm] yeah you're [Asus4]falling [A]
You're fallin' [D]down [Bm] [Cadd9] [A]
[D] [Bm] [Asus4] [A] [D] [Bm] [Cadd9] [A]
[D] [Bm] [Asus4] [A] [D] [Bm] [Cadd9] [A]
[Em] [Em7] [Asus4] [A] [Em] [Em7] [Asus4] [A]
Well you're fallin' [D]down,[Bm] yeah you're [Asus4]falling [A]
You're fallin' [D]down [Bm] [Cadd9] [A]
Go on [D]down see that [Bm]wrecking ball come [Asus4]swinging on [A]along
[D]Everyone [Bm]knew that [Cadd9]hotel was a [A]goner
They [D]broke all the [Bm]windows, they [Asus4]took all the [A]doorknobs
And they [D]hauled it [Bm]away in a [Cadd9]couple of [A]days
Now [Em]someone yelled [Em7]'timber, [Asus4]take off your [A]hat'
It [Em]all looks[Em7] smaller down [Asus4]here on the [A]ground
we're fallin' [D]down,[Bm] you're fallin'[Asus4] down [A]
yeah you're f[D]allin[Bm]', you're fallin' [Cadd9]down [A]
well you're f[D]allin[Bm]', you're fallin' [Asus4]down [A]
yeah, fal[D]lin', [Bm] fallin' [Cadd9]down... [A]
[D] [Bm] [Asus4] [A] [Cadd9] [Em] [Em7]
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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--|