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Falling Down

Muse
Tab
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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.

Intro/Outro/Verse Chords

A A7 D(add9)/F# Dm(add9)/F E7 Dsus2

e|-0-|   e|-0-|   e|-0-|       e|-0-|     e|-0-|   e|-0-|
B|-2-|   B|-2-|   B|-3-|       B|-3-|     B|-3-|   B|-3-|
G|-2-|   G|-0-|   G|-2-|       G|-2-|     G|-1-|   G|-2-|
D|-2-|   D|-2-|   D|-4-|       D|-3-|     D|-2-|   D|-0-|
A|-0-|   A|-0-|   A|---|       A|---|     A|-2-|   A|---|
E|---|   E|---|   E|---|       E|---|     E|-0-|   E|---|

Chorus Chords

F#m F A C#7 D D#dim7 E E7 E7

e|-2-|   e|-1-|   e|-0-|   e|---|   e|---|   e|---|   e|---| e|-7-|    e|-10-|
B|-2-|   B|-1-|   B|-2-|   B|-2-|   B|-7-|   B|-7-|   B|-9-| B|-9-|    B|-9--|
G|-2-|   G|-2-|   G|-2-|   G|-4-|   G|-7-|   G|-5-|   G|-9-| G|-7-| or G|-9--|
D|-4-|   D|-3-|   D|-2-|   D|-3-|   D|-7-|   D|-7-|   D|-9-| D|-9-|    D|-9--|
A|-4-|   A|-3-|   A|-0-|   A|-4-|   A|-5-|   A|-6-|   A|-7-| A|-7-|    A|-7--|
E|-2-|   E|-1-|   E|---|   E|---|   E|---|   E|---|   E|---| E|---|    E|----|

Intro

A A7 D(add9)/F# Dm(add9)/F

e|-------------------------0-------0-------0---------------------|
B|----2--2-------2b3r2-----3-3-------3-----3---------------------|
G|----2----2-0---------0---2---2-------2---2---------------------|
D|----2--------------------4-----4---------3---------------------|
A|----0----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E7 Dsus2 A

e|-----------------------------0---------------0-----0-----------|
B|-------------------------------3-------3-------3---2-2------2--|
G|---4b6r4-2---2---4b6---1-1-------1---2---2-----2---2---2------2|
D|-----------4---4-------2---2---------0---------0---2-----2h4---|
A|-----------------------2-------------0-------------0-----------|
E|-----------------------0---------------------------------------|

Verse 1

A A7 D(add9)/F# Dm(add9)/F

Fa- aaa- lling down

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--4b6r4---2--------2------4b6---|
D|--------------4-------4---------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

And fifteen thousand people scream

E7 Dsus2 A

They were all begging for your dream

A A7 D(add9)/F# Dm(add9)/F

And fa- aaa- lling down

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---4b6r4----2------2-------4b6--|
D|---------------4------4---------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Five thousand houses burning down

E7 Dsus2 A

No one is gonna save this town

Chorus

F#m F

Too late, I already found

A C#7

What I was loo- ooking for

D

You know it waa- aasn't here/you

D#dim7 E E7

No- oo, it waa- aasn't here/you

Verse 2

I was calling your name

But you would never hear me sing

You wouldn't let me begin

Now I'm crawling away

'Cause you broke my heart in two, yeah

No I will not forget you

Chorus

F#m F

Too late, I already found

A C#7

What I was loo- ooking for

D

You know it waa- aasn't here/you

D#dim7 E E7

No- oo, it waa- aasn't here/you

Verse 3

Falling away

You would never see me through

No I cannot forget you

Falling down

A thousand houses burning down

No one is gonna save this town, yeah

Chorus

F#m F

Too late, I already found

A C#7

What I was loo- ooking for

D

You know it waa- aasn't here/you

D#dim7 E E7

No- oo, it waa- aasn't here/you

Outro

A A7 D(add9)/F# Dm(add9)/F

Fa- lli- iing down

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--4b6-4---2--------2------4b6---|
D|----------------4----4----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

And now the world is upside down

E7 Dsus2

Yeah, I'm heading straight fo- oor the clouds

A7

e|-------5-|
B|-----5---|
G|-5h6-----|
D|-5-------|
A|-7-------|
E|-5-------|

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| r Release

| b Bend

| h Hammer-on

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