Fall on Me

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

FALL ON ME BY KING'S X

from Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

Transcribed/Deciphered by Brian King

Notes: I have made this transcription for one guitar.

There is an alternate fill in the third verse. I have included

timing notes above the staff, using the standard system of

1e&a 2e&a 3e&a 4e&a, where each one is a sixteenth note (or rest.)

Therefore, 1&2&3&4& means straight eighth notes, and 1234 means

straight quarter notes. The numbers coincide with the onset of

a note or rest. Triplets are noted by: 1 b c, 2 b c... where each

note is a third of a beat. The time signature for Fall On Me is

4/4, noted at the beginning of each staff.

Legend:

X string muted h hammeron p pulloff

/ slide up \ slide down R rest

r release bend ^ 1/4 step bend t tie note over

b bend to note in ( ) into next measure

`( ) whammy bar drop number of steps in ( ), then release.

+--------+

| // |

| 2 // 2 | repeat previous measures - the number tells you

| // | how many of the previous measures to repeat

| // |

+--------+

FALL ON ME

intro end intro verse

1 e & & 3 a & 1 e & & 3 a & 1 a &

*Alternate Fill

1 a & 1234 1234 1 & a e & 3 & a e &

chorus

1 & a e & 3 & a e & 1 & a e & 3 & a e & 1 e & & 3 a &

1 e & & 3 a & 1 e & & 3 a & 1 e & & 3 a &

end chorus

1 e & & 3 4

Solo

1 4 e & 1 a 4 & 2 & 4 & 1234

2 e & a & 1 & 3 & a &

& a 2 e & a 3 e & 4 a

1 e & a 2 e 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 4 e & a

1 e & 3 4 &

1 e & a 3 e & b c 4 b c a

1 b c & b c 2 b c & b c 3 a 4 b c

& 3 b c 4 b c

1 b c 2 b c 3 b c & a

1 & b c 2 b c 3 b c 4

end solo Interlude

& & 4 & 1 a 1 a & 1 a & 1 a &

1 a & 1 a & 1 a & 1234

NOW, REPEAT VERSE AND CHORUS

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Coda

1 a &

E| |----------+---------------+----------------------------|
B|4|------6t--|---------------|----------------------------|
G|-|------6t--|-[hold 3 more--|--[about 16 measures--------|
D|4|------6t--|--measures]----|--of drums, adlib fills]----|
A|-|-2-2--4t--|---------------|----------------------------|
E| |-0-0------+---------------+----------------------------|

NOW, PLAY INTRO TWICE

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1 e &

e| |-----------|
B|4|-----------|
G|-|-----------| the End!
D|4|-----------|
A|-|-4h7-------|
E| |-----4\----|

*ALTERNATE FILL - FOR 3RD TIME THRU VERSE ONLY!

1 e & 2 e & 3 &

E| |---------------------------|
B|4|---------------------------|
G|-|-6-6p4--6-6p4--6b(8)--4----|
D|4|---------------------------|
A|-|---------------------------|
E| |---------------------------|

LYRICS:

VERSE 1:

A boy's own story, grows up to be a man.

He catches the fall, he's given a second chance.

Lightning flashes east to west.

CHORUS:

Love is falling on (pain), don't fall on me (pain).

Don't fall on me (pain), don't fall on me.

Love, fall on me.

VERSE 2:

Hand to hand, breath to breath.

The boy to man, spirit and death.