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Artist: R.E.M.
Guitar Tab: Fall On Me
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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FALL ON ME
(Bass Tab)

From: Ralf Siemon (siemon@Mathematik.Uni-Marburg.DE)


verse:

G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|5--5----|0--0--3-|5--5--57|0--0--3-|  2x
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

prechorus:
  
G|--------|--------|--------|0-20----|
D|0-035-50|--023-2-|0--32---|--------|
A|--------|3-------|-----3--|------02|
E|--------|--------|--------|-----3--|

chorus:

G|--------|---0----|--------|--------|
D|----0-0-|3-3--320|--------|--------|
A|3--3----|--------|3--35-5-|-----02-|
E|--------|--------|--------|1-113--3|

G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|----0-0-|3-35-555|3--3----|23-2-32-|
A|3--3----|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
                    *****************

verse

prechorus

chorus:           G|------0-|--------|
ends on this      D|3--3---3|2--23202|
instead of ***    A|--------|--------|
                  E|--------|--------|

bridge:

G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|3--3----|--------|2--2--2-|
A|0--0---3|--------|0--0---2|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|3--3--32|0--023--|5--5----|
A|0--0---3|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

prechorus

chorus several times (fades out):
each ends on      G|------0-|-----0--|
                  D|3--3---3|2--2--20|
                  A|--------|--------|
                  E|--------|--------|

each '-' represents one beat.


{t:Fall On Me}
{st:REM}
[Dm]There's a problem [Am]feathers iron
[Dm]Bargain buildings [Am]weights and pullies
[Dm]Feathers hit the [Am]ground before the [Dm]weight can leave the [Am]air
[Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [Am]sky and [Dm]tell the sky and [G7]tell the sky

{C:Chorus:}
{soc}
Don't   [C]Fall    [Dm]     On     [F]Me       [G]
         (What is it up in the air for?)
Don't   [C]Fall    [Dm]     On     [F]Me       [G]
         (If it's there for)
Don't   [C]Fall    [Dm]     On     [F]Me       [G]      [F]
         ((Assume that it's over me) 
{eoc}

[Dm]There's the progress [Am]we have found
A [Dm]way to talk a[Am]round the problem
[Dm]Building towered [Am]foresight isn't [Dm]anything at [Am]all
[Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [Am]sky and [Dm]bleed the sky and [G7]tell the sky

{c:Chorus}

[Am]Well I would [F]keep it above
[Am]But then it [G]wouldn't be sky anymore   [Am]
So if I [F]send it to you you've got to [Dm]promise to keep it [G]home
[Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [Am]sky and [Dm]lift your [G]arms up [C]to the [Am]sky
 and [Dm]ask the sky and [G]ask the sky

{c:Chorus 3x, end on Am}

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FALL ON ME

Corrections by:  Mike Allard (allard@rose-hulman.edu)

NOTE:  On the chorus, it sounds good to walk up to the C chord like this:
(A) ---0-2- C chord
(E) -3----

---

INTRO:       two guitars
one:
 (E)------3p0----5p3---------3p0----5p3----------3p0-------
 (B)-----------------0-------------------0-------------3h5--
 (G)-4h5------5---------4h5------5----------4h5------------
           guitar 2 starts here   *

two:        (slow strum of C chord, let ring)
 (E)-0--------------------
 (B)-1h3--1-0-------------
 (G)-0---------0----------
 (D)-2---------------0h2--
 (A)-3------------3-------

 Dm                Am
There's a problem, feathers iron
 Dm                Am
Bargain buildings, weights and pullies
 Dm                Am                Dm                  Am
Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
 Dm       G       C      Dm/F      Dm         C     G7
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky



{walk}    C   Dm     F    G
  Don't fall      on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
        Fall      on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
                                 F        G   F  Fmaj7
        Fall      on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)



Dm                   Am
There's the progress we have found       (when the rain)
Dm            Am
A way to talk around the problem         (when the children reign)
Dm               Am
Building towered foresight               (keep your conscience in the dark)
Dm                Am
isn't anything at all                    (melt the statues in the park)
 Dm       G       C      Dm/F     Dm           C     G7
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky



{walk}    C   Dm     F    G
  Don't fall      on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
        Fall      on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
                                 F        G   F  Fmaj7
        Fall      on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)


 Am                F            Am
      Well I could keep it above
            G                  Am
But then it wouldn't be sky anymore
        F                            Dm                 G
So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it whole


 Dm      G       C       Dm/F     Dm         G      C      Dm/F
Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky
     Dm         C    G
And ask the sky and ask the sky


{walk}    C   Dm     F    G
  Don't fall      on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
        Fall      on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
                                 F        G   F  Fmaj7
        Fall      on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)


{walk}    C   Dm     F    G
  Don't fall      on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
        Fall      on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
                                 F        G   F  Fmaj7
        Fall      on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)

{walk}    C   Dm     F    G
  Don't fall      on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
        Fall      on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
                                 F        G   F  Fmaj7
        Fall      on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)...





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