When I Fall Chords
by Steve Earle
When I Fall by Steve Earle is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em7, Bm, Dadd11/C, Dadd11/B and Dadd11/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Intro - G - C - D =2x's
(verse 1)
Em7 C G - D
Late at night on some dark deserted highway,
Em7 C D
On my way to another lonesome town,
Em7 C G D
I thought I might see the first light of a new day,
Em7 Bm D - Dadd11/C - Dadd11/B - Dadd11/A
As it lay like fool?s gold on the ground,
(chorus)
C D
But whenever I?m feeling low,
G C
I won?t have to cry alone I know,
D G
Cause you will answer when I call,
C D
If I soar above the clouds and then,
G C
I come crashin? back to earth again,
D G - Em7 - C - G - D
You will catch me when I fall,
(verse 2)
All these years I?ve watched you trip and stumble,
There were times that I feared that you were lost,
But every tear that I dried after you tumbled,
Comes to mind when I?m considering the,
(chorus)
C D
But whenever I?m feeling low,
G C
I won?t have to cry alone I know,
D G
Cause you will answer when I call,
C D
If I soar above the clouds and then,
G C
I come crashin? back to earth again,
D G
You will catch me when I fall,
(lead chords - Em7 - C - G - D - Em7 - C - D
Dadd11/C - Dadd11/B - Dadd11/A
- C - D - G - C -D - G
(bridge)
Em7 C G D
In my heart there?s a place for you to run to,
Em7 C D
Any time you?re tired and hurt and blue,
Em7 C G D
For my part I have only to remind you,
Em7 Bm D - Dadd11/C - Dadd11/B - Dadd11/A
You will find me waiting when you do,
(chorus)
C D
But whenever I?m feeling low,
G C
I won?t have to cry alone I know,
D G
Cause you will answer when I call,
C D
If I soar above the clouds and then,
G C
I come crashin? back to earth again,
D G
You will catch me when I fall,
C D
But whenever I?m feeling low,
G C
I won?t have to cry alone I know,
D G
Cause you will answer when I call,
C D
If I soar above the clouds and then,
G C
I come crashin? back to earth again,
D G
You will catch me when I fall,
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