A Smashing Indictment Of Character

 [Intro]

Bb Dmadd9/A Gm Eb



[Verse 1]

Bb                      Dm

There was a clang in them

                           Gm

When they first looked on me

                      Eb

And said the word disgrace

Bb                 Dm

If I could have spoke

                         Gm

I would have give what for

                         Eb

But, I ain't the giving type

Bb               Dm

Doctors came in herds

                           Gm

Touch-feathered my spine's curve,

                Eb

Said the word absurd

Bb                    Dm

They stood on my blindside,

                   Gm

brutal with their words

                       Eb

told them I should be thinned



[Chorus]

Bb                            Eb F

What they gonna do if I don't fall?

Bb                            Eb F

What they gonna do if I don't fall?

Bb                            Eb F

What they gonna do if I don't fall?

Bb                      Eb F

What they gonna do if I do not..



Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall

Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall



[Verse 2]

Bb                    Dm

When they brought me home

                    Gm

They laid me in my trunk

                    Eb

And had a grieving contest

Bb                    Dm

The neighbors came to see,

                        Gm

The door was closed too hard

                       Eb

Before they even could knock

Bb                Dm

I kept the town awake

                     Gm

Behind my fits and quakes

                    Eb

I heard the word mistake

Bb           Dm

They said runaway

                Gm

But gravity is cruel -

                         Eb

We know I'm some kind of useless



 [Chorus]

Bb                            Eb F

What they gonna do if I don't fall?

Bb                            Eb F

What they gonna do if I don't fall?

Bb                            Eb F

What they gonna do if I don't fall?

Bb                      Eb F

What they gonna do if I do not..



Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall

Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall



[Instrumental]

Bb Dmadd9/A Gm Eb



[Verse 3]

Bb             Dm

When I came of age

                      Gm

I once again tried to speak

                      Eb

But they all just guffawed

Bb                 Dm

And when I came of age

                      Gm

I once again tried to run,

                      Eb

They kept up their guffaws

Bb                       Dm

Vengeance ain't yours or mine

                     Gm

when one ain't got a spine

                    Eb

so stop wasting my time

Bb                  Dm

So in remembrance of me

                  Gm

put death in it's place

                        Eb

make good use of your temper



[Outro]

Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall

Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall

Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb

If I do not fall

Bb

If I do not fall

Dm

If I do not fall

Gm

If I do not fall

Eb          Bb

If I do not fall