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A Falling Through – Ray Lamontagne
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Tabbed by: Joshua Lamb
Notes: This is a beautiful new song off of Ray’s new album “Gossip in the Grain” with
Naess. Really mellow, really emotional. Enjoy. Peace…
Tuning: Standard
Chords Used:
C Cmaj7 Am A5 G F
e|--0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----1-----------------------|
B|--1-----0-----1-----0-----0-----1-----------------------|
G|--0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----------------------|
D|--2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----3-----------------------|
A|--3-----3-----0-----0-----2-----3-----------------------|
E|--0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----1-----------------------|
Throughout much of the song he switches from C/Cmaj7 and Am/A5 like this:
e|--0--0--0--0--0---/--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
B|--1--0--1--0--1---/--1--0--1--0--1-----------------------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0---/--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2---/--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------------------|
A|--3--3--3--3--3---/--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0---/--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
INTRO: What’s in parentheses is what’s actually being played, but leaving it out sounds
too. If it’s too confusing just pretend the parentheses aren’t there.
C (Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C) Am (A5 Am A5 Am)
Verse 1:
C (Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C) Am
Laid our blessings on the ground
(A5 Am A5 Am) C
The softening of sound
(Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C) Am (A5 Am A5 Am)
Draws us closed again
C (Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C) Am
Stay, stay and watch the coals
(A5 Am A5 Am) C
till they cease to glow
(Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C) Am (A5 Am A5 Am)
like empty promises
CHORUS:
C G F C G
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
C G F C G
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
C
Baby?
C Cmaj7 Am A5
VERSE 2: (Remember Verse 1’s parentheses)
C Am
There's nothing I can say
C
Nothing I can do
Am
To bring you back again
C Am
This of life I know is true
C
It's all a falling through
Am
and so I reach for you
CHORUS:
C G F C G
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
C G F C G
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
BRIDGE:
Am C
Don't you care
Am C
That it may seem unfair?
F C G
You steal things you ought to borrow
Am C
Don't you find
Am C
That it may seem unkind?
F C G
I'd rather breathe than drown in sorrow
FINAL CHORUS:
C G F C G
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
C G F C G
Why, Why did you go, why did you go away?
C
Baby?
C Cmaj7 Am A5 (Finish on C)
