Chords
Falling Face First

Key: F#m

Introduction:  F#m7   Bm7   C#m7  

difficulty
intermediate |||||
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Young boy grows up in South Carolina
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Raised on ain't no point, this worlds got nothing for ya
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He goes missing every blue moon for about an hour
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Comes back home to an empty house full of silence that grows louder and louder and louder
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Deep at night depression creeps through his window
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And he re-reads and re writes the letter that he wrote
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Back and forth voices tell him secrets
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Do not, do not, do not, yes do
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Please don't tell momma death is coming for you

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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air

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Young boy goes to sleep and wakes up a man
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Blue moon comes back around, but he don't turn back to take his mother's hand
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Momma's crying, she's crying out blood
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Slowly dying, she's calling out, she's calling out
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Momma's crying, she's crying out blood
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Slowly dying, she's calling out, she keeps calling out
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I'm singing

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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
 F#m7                  A7M                Bm7                 C#m7 
Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
 F#m7                  A7M                Bm7                 C#m7 
Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air

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The sun is setting
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Blue moon is rising
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The stars are lightened
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His heart is pounding
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He can feel it in his feet
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And he can feel it in his throat
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He can feel it in his hands
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As he walks up to the edge
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He doesn't fear death anymore
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The sea upon the shore
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One hundred feet above the shore
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He drops the letter that he wrote

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Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
 F#m7                  A7M                Bm7                 C#m7 
Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
 F#m7                  A7M                Bm7                 C#m7 
Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air
 F#m7                  A7M                Bm7                 C#m7 
Mister why you look so sad while you're falling face first through the air