When I Fall

INTRO:  D G A Bm D/F# G  (x2)

                       D      G   
I look straight in the window,    
  A                Bm      D/F#   G
   try not to look below

                D       G    A   
Pretend I'm not up here,         
                 E    G
 I try counting sheep

The sheep seem to shower, off this 
office tower
It's 9.8 straight down, I can't stop
 my knees.

CHORUS:
                Bm           
I wish I could fly, from this 
 A                   E       G
building, from this wall.

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                Bm             A  
And if I should try, would you 
             E       G
catch me, if I fall.


My hands clench the squeegee, a 
seclar rosary
Hang onto your wallet, hand onto 
your rings.
I can't look below me, something 
might throw me.
I curse at the windstorms, that 
October brings.

I look in the boardroom, a modern 
Pharaoh's tomb.
I'd gladly swap places, if they care
 to dive
They line up at the window, peer 
down into limbo
Frightened of jumping, in case they 
survive.

                    G              
And I wish I could step, from this 
A
scaffold,

     Bm         D/F#      E       
Onto soft green grass and shopping 
 G
malls,

    G           A            
And bed, and my family, and my 
  Bm            A      D
pastor and my grandfather
      E   G
Whose dead.

Look straight in the mirror, watch 
it come clearer
I look like a painter, behind all 
the grease.
But painting's creating, and I'm 
just erasing
A crystal clear canvas, is my 
masterpiece.