When You Fall Down chords by Blues Traveler

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
FF  C majorC   x4

Verse 1:
FF                  C majorC                 FF          C majorC
 Somebody hit the button please, I'm on my knees
FF                 C majorC                  Bb majorBb              FF
 Strapped in my ejector seat, gonna hide out in the sky
FF                   C majorC          FF           C majorC
 Somebody light the exit sign, I'm on fire
FF               C majorC                 Bb majorBb               FF
 Ghostwrite a thank you note, and all run for our lives


Pre-Chorus:
DmDm          Bb majorBb       FF           C majorC
Hold up, I showed up, hard to believe
DmDm            Bb majorBb       FF              A augmentedA
Made up, you stayed up, how could it be?


Chorus:
Bb majorBb                      FF                      C majorC
 Wave your arms in the air till you leave the ground, the party starts when you fall down
Bb majorBb                          FF             C majorC
 Throw your cares on the floor and move around, the party starts when you fall down
Bb majorBb               FF                 C majorC                                     FF   C majorC  FF  C majorC
 It’s a foolish jest to follow a clown, the party starts when you fall down

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Verse 2:
FF                      C majorC               FF          C majorC
 I heard a call for a voodoo doll, but after all
FF            C majorC           Bb majorBb                 FF
 Pose for a Polaroid and all start for the wall
FF               C majorC             FF          C majorC
 Anybody got a time machine I am unclean
FF              C majorC             Bb majorBb                FF
 Step back to move ahead or wait it out in between


Pre-Chorus:
  DmDm            Bb majorBb       FF            C majorC
Played out, you made out, oh what a scene
DmDm           Bb majorBb      FF                 A augmentedA
Makeup, the gold cup, you're just a screen


Chorus:
Bb majorBb                      FF                      C majorC
 Wave your arms in the air till you leave the ground, the party starts when you fall down
Bb majorBb                          FF             C majorC
 Throw your cares on the floor and move around, the party starts when you fall down
Bb majorBb               FF                 C majorC                                    Eb MajorEb
 It’s a foolish jest to follow a clown, the party starts when you fall down
 Bb majorBb                  C majorC
 Wave your arms and leave the ground
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb                C majorC
 The party starts when you fall down
Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb                C majorC          A augmentedA
 I can’t believe you let me down, you let me down


Solo:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC  x3
A augmentedA


Chorus:
Bb majorBb                      FF                      C majorC
 Wave your arms in the air till you leave the ground, the party starts when you fall down
Bb majorBb                          FF             C majorC
 Throw your cares on the floor and move around, the party starts
Bb majorBb                      FF                      C majorC
 Wave your arms in the air till you leave the ground, the party starts when you fall down
Bb majorBb                          FF             C majorC                                     Bb majorBb  FF C majorC
 Throw your cares on the floor and move around, the party starts when you fall down
               Bb majorBb  FF C majorC
When you fall down,
                       Bb majorBb           FF C majorC                                   Bb majorBb  FF C majorC
The party starts when you fall down,      the party starts when you fall down
N.C.
The party starts when you fall down.