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/ Indigo Girls / Nomads Indians Saints (1990) / World Falls guitar tab

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WORLD FALLS (Amy Ray)
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[Actually in F; capo 3.]
[Each chord is half a measure, except as noted in the bridge.]
[Ds9(4) is Dsus9(4).  I'm not sure if that's its "real" name.  It's xx0030.]

D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   C(9)  C(9)
[intro]
D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   C(9)  C(9)
[intro]

    D      Ds9(4)  D      Ds9(4)  D         Ds9(4)  C(9)  C(9)
I'm coming home    with a stone   strapped onto my back
    D      Ds9(4)      D       Ds9(4)       D      Ds9(4)     C(9)  C(9)
I'm coming home with a burning hope turning all my blues to black
    D       Ds9(4) D     Ds9(4)  D       Ds9(4)  C(9)  C(9)
I'm looking for a sacred hand to carve into my stone
  D        Ds9(4)   D       Ds9(4)     D         Ds9(4)  C(9)   C(9)
A ghost of comfort, angel's breath, to keep this life inside my chest

     D       D      G  G     D         D     G   G
This world falls on me, with hopes of immortality
D      D        G    G          D     D           G       G
  Everywhere I turn, all this beauty just keeps shaking me
D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   C(9)  C(9)
[instrumental]

I woke up in the middle of a dream, scared the world was too much for me
Sejarez said, "don't let go, just plant the seeds and watch them grow"
I've slept in rainy canyonlands, cold drenched to my skin
I always wake to find a face to calm these troubled lands

This world falls on me, with hopes of immortality
Everywhere I turn, all the beauty just keeps shaking me

[For the bridge, these numbers refer to the fret position on the D and G
 strings, because I don't know what the chords would be called.  All the
 chords are x0??00.  (These numbers fill in the ??.)  Each chord or group
 of chords joined by a hyphen is one measure.  (See the tab at the end.)]

22 - 44 - 66    77 - 66 - 44    22 - 20   22
[instrumental]
        22  -  44 - 66   77 - 66 - 44       22 - 20     22
Now I'm running                      to the end  of the earth
        22  -  44 - 66   77 - 66 - 44       22 - 20     22
And I'm swimming                     to the edge of the sea
        22  -  44 - 66   77 - 66 - 44    22   -   20      22
And I'm laughing,                    I'm under a starry sky, this world was
E            E            G  G
Meant for me, don't bury me,  carry me...

[Back to normal with the chords now.]

I wish I was a nomad, an indian, or a saint
The edge of death would disappear, leave me nothing left to taint
I wish I was a nomad, an indian, or a saint
Give me walking shoes, feathered arms, and a key to heaven's gate

Oh, this world falls on me, dreams of immortality
Everywhere I turn, all the beauty just keeps shaking me
This world falls on me, with hopes of immortality
   (I'm runnin' to the end of the earth)
Everywhere I turn, all the beauty just keeps shaking me
   (I'm swimmin' to the edge to the sea)
This world falls on me, with hopes of immortality
   (And I'm laughing 'cause I'm under a starry sky)
Everywhere I turn, I got hopes of immortality
   (This world was meant for me, I got hopes of immortality)
D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   D  Ds9(4)   Cmaj9(6).
[instrumental]


Here's some simplified tablature that should make the bridge a little
easier to understand:

E 0-0-0-0---0---0-|0-0-0-0---0---0-|0-----0---0-0-0-|0---------0-0-0-|
B 0-0-0-0---0---0-|0-0-0-0---0---0-|0-----0---0-0-0-|0---------0-0-0-|
G 2-2-2-4---6---7-|7-7-7-6---4---2-|2-----0---0-0-0-|2-----2---2-2-2-|
D 2-2-2-4---6---7-|7-7-7-6---4---2-|2-----2---2-2-2-|2-----2---2-2-2-|
A 0-0-0-0---0---0-|0-0-0-0---0---0-|0-----0---0-0-0-|0-----0---0-0-0-|
E +---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+-0-+---+---|

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com


Indigo Girls albums
2004 All That We Let In
2002 Become You
1999 Come on Now Social
1997 Shaming of the Sun
1994 Swamp Ophelia
1992 Rites of Passage
1990 Nomads Indians Saints
1989 Indigo Girls
1987 Strange Fire
Nomads Indians Saints tabs
02Welcome Me tabbass tab
03World Falls tabbass tab
04Southland in the Springtime tabbass tab
051 2 3 tabbass tab
06Keeper of My Heart tabbass tab
07Watershed tabbass tab
08Hand Me Downs tabbass tab
10Pushing the Needle Too Far tabbass tab
11Girl With the Weight of the World in Her Hands tabbass tab

 

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