How To Take A Fall

Elliot Smith - How To Take A Fall

tabbed by Cormac Gartland at [email protected]

Open C tuning CGCEGC

Chords:
C  000000
G# 888888
G  777777
F  555555
Eb 333333
Am 9x989x

Opening riff (Part I)
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Part II (strumming not shown play melody w/ chords)
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Verse:
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           It's one with cover to cover      It's an endless fuse
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  Chain repeater never seems to get    any smarter
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       I'm always marking pages so that I don't get confused
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  Wind up in a fight I  never had   any part of
Chorus:
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     Listen naive  play thing   coming over clueless every time you call
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  An accident just waiting to happen still hasn't fell down     How to take a fall

second verse:
Make me a present make it something sweet
Small enough to go unnoticed and big enough to complete
What does a massive pass that keeps blocking up my street
Looking for a new contender to disassemble

chorus

the end:
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       How to take a fall  How to take a fall Ooh Oooh....
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|--10-10-10-8--5---| Then play parts I&II of intro and end on open C chord
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