I Fell

The Handsome Family

tom:

A B E

[VERSE 1]

A                            B
There's a mountain north of Winnipeg
              E
buried under ice,
A                        B
and as the black clouds roll above
                         E
white pines crack like glass
A                     B
Walking under those swaying trees,
                     E
branches bowed with ice,
A                B
I wanted one to fall on me
                   E
to pin me in the snow

[CHORUS]

             G#m   A    
That silver forest 
         G#m       A
reminded me of you
          G#m    
and how I kissed you
       A                B               E
and I fell down to the bottom of a well

[INTERLUDE]

   A             B                                                 E
E|-5---4-2-5-4-2-------2---------------------5-4-2--9--7-7---5h7p5-4-|
B|---------------4--------------------4-2-0--------------------------|
G|-----------------------2-----2-1-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------4---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[PIANO ARR. FOR GUITAR]

[VERSE 2]

A                        B
Down a dirt road west of El Paso
                  E
behind a burning barn,
A                B
I stumbled on a horse's bones
                  E
bleaching in the sand
A                           B
But when I reached down to touch the skull
               E
underneath my hand,
     A                      B
a stream of orange lizards poured out
                      E
from the bone-white mouth

[CHORUS]

            G#m   A
That empty mouth 
         G#m       A
reminded me of you
          G#m    
and how I kissed you
       A                B               E
and I fell down to the bottom of a well

[OUTRO]

        G#m   A      G#m     A         G#m         A         B            E
E|-------4------------4-5-4-----5-7-12--16---12-11-9------------------------|
B|-5-4-2----4---5-4-2---------------------16---------10-12-9-7---5-4--2-0-0-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[PIANO ARR. FOR GUITAR]