As I Try Not To Fall Apart chords by White Lies

🎸 Intro:

E    F#m    A
E    F#m    A



🎸 Verse 1:
E                     F#m                    A
Am I a faulty kind of man so tender in the heart?
E                         F#m                    A
Are clues embedded in my hands, a horoscope of cards
E                           F#m                   A
No, I'm no special grain of sand or undiscovered star
E                           F#m                  A
If there's a great and holy plan I'd rather have no part

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
G#m
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
              A
You always unwind my head, unmake the bed like Sunday, G#m
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
             A                                                  E
You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

🎸 Chorus:
E                     A
  Why every morning waking up
    G#m                      B                    E
Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?
                      C#m
You take me in your grateful arms
   G#m                    B                   E
And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart
                    A
It's not the way a man like me behaves
G#m                    B                          E
It's not the way the world would have me play my part
                     C#m
Then why does every fibre shake
  G#m                    B                   E
As I try not to fall, as I try not to fall apart?

🎸 Verse 2:
E                  F#m                      A
Am I a lone unlucky man, no shimmer to my soul?
E                        F#m                     A
Am I a spindle wound too tight, a fraction of a whole
E                            F#m                  A
No, I've no party tricks, my hand is empty as a vault
E                                 F#m                    A
If there's a charge, oh then I'll stand and do the time for every fault

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
G#m
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
            A
You always unwind my head, unmake the bed like Sunday
G#m
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
            A
You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

🎸 Chorus:
E                     A
  Why every morning waking up
    G#m                      B                    E
Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?
                      C#m
You take me in your grateful arms
   G#m                    B                   E
And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart
                    A
It's not the way a man like me behaves
G#m                    B                          E
It's not the way the world would have me play my part
                     C#m
Then why does every fibre shake
  G#m                    B                   E
As I try not to fall, as I try not to fall apart?

🎸 Outro:
E    A    G#m      B                  E   C#m  G#m
              As I try not to fall apart
   B                   E    A   G#m   B
As I try not to fall apart
                       E    C#m   G#m
As I try not to fall apart
   B                   E
As I try not to fall apart