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No Place To Fall

Townes Van Zandt
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
If  I had no  place to fall
 and I needed to
 could I count  on you
 to lay me down?
I'd  never tell  you no lies
 I don't believe  it's wise
 you got pretty eyes
 won't you spin me 'round
 I ain't much  of a lover it's true
 I'm here  then I'm gone
 and I'm forever blue
 but I'm sure  wanting you
 Skies full of silver and gold
 try to hide the sun
 but it can't be done
 least not for long
 And if we help each other grow
 while the light of day
 smiles down our way
 then we can't go wrong
 Time, she's a fast old train
 she's here then she's gone
 and she won't come again
 won't you take my hand
 If I had no place to fall
 and I needed to
 could I count on you
 to lay me down?
 The first three chords are as follows. When playing
 the D7 there is a one strum hammer on the High E, 7th fret.
 Listen to the Live at the Old Quarter version to hear this.
 The rest of the chords are played in the first position.
 An Additional note here on playing this song:
 One small addition as to how
 TvZ played it. The fourth part of the first line of each verse was not
 a D7; instead he held down the D, G, B and E strings at the fifth fret,
 then hammered on the 7th fret of the E string and then pulled off. It's
 more of an A minor 7th than a D7.

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Readable chord sheet for No Place To Fall by Townes Van Zandt

[D]If I had [Dmaj7]no place to [D7]fall
and I [G]needed [D]to
could I [Em]count on [G]you
to lay me [D]down?

[D]I'd never [Dmaj7]tell you no [D7]lies
I don't be[G]lieve it's [D]wise
you got [Em]pretty [G]eyes
won't you spin me '[D]round

I ain't [Em]much of a lover it's [A]true
I'm [Em]here then I'm [F#m]gone
and I'm [D]forever [E]blue
but I'm [A]sure wanting you

Skies full of silver and gold
try to hide the sun
but it can't be done
least not for long

And if we help each other grow
while the light of day
smiles down our way
then we can't go wrong

Time, she's a fast old train
she's here then she's gone
and she won't come again
won't you take my hand

If I had no place to fall
and I needed to
could I count on you
to lay me down?

The first three chords are as follows.  When playing
the D7 there is a one strum hammer on the High E, 7th fret.
Listen to the Live at the Old Quarter version to hear this.
The rest of the chords are played in the first position.

[D]                 [Dmaj7]      [D7]

An Additional note here on playing this song:

One small addition as to how
TvZ played it.  The fourth part of the first line of each verse was not
a D7; instead he held down the D, G, B and E strings at the fifth fret,
then hammered on the 7th fret of the E string and then pulled off.  It's
more of an A minor 7th than a D7.

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