Before The Fall chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G    Em    C  D  G

Verse:
G
Where did the time go? I swear
   Em
It was last week, at most last year
    C                              D
The face that I see in the mirror
D
Really can't be me

Verse:
     G
This town can talk, and just because
    Em
But stupid is as stupid does
  C                                 D
We have but one or two great loves
D

Why would I regret?

Chorus:
  G                 C
I was the girl you almost married
    G                    C
When hopes were high and eyes were starry
   G                   C
You lay me down in the tallest grass
         D
When the sun was going down
       G                C
In the shadow of the thunderstorm
       G                C
My hair tangled in your sunburned arms
    Em             C
You crazy for my wildest charms
D
That summer before the fall

Instrumental:
G    Em    C  D  G

Verse:
G
So willingly lead astray
    Em
The world spun slower than today
    C                                  D
Most women know but they’ll never say

Chorus:
  G                 C
I was the girl you almost married
    G                    C
When hopes were high and eyes were starry
   G                   C
You lay me down in the tallest grass
         D
When the sun was going down
       G                C
In the shadow of the thunderstorm
       G                C
My hair tangled in your sunburned arms
    Em             C
You crazy for my wildest charms
D
That summer before the fall

Instrumental:
G    Em    C  D  G

Bridge:
          Em
On steamy nights in mid July
              C
Through dusty windows and stormy skies
              Em                           D
I lean on the counter and I close my eyes

Verse:
    G
Who knows how far a good deed flies
       Em
Or the speed of light to reach our eyes
  C                                D
Or when we shouldn't question why

Chorus:
  G                 C
I was the girl you almost married
    G                    C
When hopes were high and eyes were starry
   G                   C
You lay me down in the tallest grass
         D
When the sun was going down
       G                C
In the shadow of the thunderstorm
       G                C
My hair tangled in your sunburned arms
    Em             C
You crazy for my wildest charms
D
That summer before the fall

Outro:
G    Em    C  D  G
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