Can't Break Her Fall chords by Mat Kearney

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Verse 1
G 
C 
G 
 (G major) She says today is gonna be the last  (C major) one  (G major) 
I know there's never gonna
C 
be an  (C major) easy way out
G 
 (G major) She's rolling round the town
C 
G 
with a fast  (C major) gun  (G major) 
And I know I can't be there to
C 
 (C major) catch her when she falls
D 
Well  (D major) half way down is half
C 
way out of  (C major) here
D 
We're either  (D major) halfway drowned or half
C 
way â??round the pier  (C major) 

Interlude 1

When you're that far gone

I walked the

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Verse 2
steps to her apartment
with the window by the shore
C 
And saw her  (C major) curled on the tile
through a crack in the door
G 
I've been  (G major) searching for the words
I don't know how to say
C 
I've been  (C major) searching for the words
to make it go away
G 
I spent  (G major) all of last night
and the night before that
C 
With  (C major) my feet in the sand
and the wind on my back

Verse 3
G 
Watching  (G major) a ship sail out
to a blue wide sea
C 
There  (C major) must be more than this
with a kiss we can't see
D 
Well  (D major) half way down is
C 
half way out of here  (C major) 
D 
We're either  (D major) half way drowned
C 
or half way round the pier  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) I  can't break her, I can't break her fall
C 
 (C major) She's lying in the back room, crying
on the bathroom floor
Em 
Singing  (E minor) I    can't take it,
C 
I can't take any more  (C major) 
Just one reason, one to believe in
G 
C 
That's not that far  (G major) gone  (C major) 
G 
C 
Not that  (G major) far gone  (C major) 

Verse 4
G 
I held  (G major) the back of her head and laid
her in the bed
C 
And watched  (C major) the sheets raise and fall
to the rhythm of her breath
G 
Turn  (G major) the lock on the handle
and slipped down the stairs
C 
To the  (C major) cover of the night
with diamonds in the air
G 
I'll say  (G major) a prayer in my breath
and take a left at the water
C 
 (C major) To the rhythm of my feet a sister
and a daughter
G 
 (G major) To the rhythm of the sea with the breeze
in the autumn
C 
 (C major) As it blows through the trees
my hands into the water
D 
Well  (D major) half way down is half
C 
way out of here  (C major) 
D 
We're either  (D major) half way drowned
C 
or half way round the pier  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) I  can't break her,
C 
I can't break her fall  (C major) 
She's lying in the back room,
crying on the bathroom floor
Em 
Singing  (E minor) I    can't take it,
C 
I can't take any more  (C major) 
Just one reason, one to believe in
That's not that far

Verse 5
Em 
I  (E minor) can't break her,
C 
I can't break her fall  (C major) 
She's lying in the back room,
crying on the bathroom floor
Em 
C 
Em 
And  (E minor) I    can (C major) 't take  (E minor) it,
D 
C 
I  (D major) can't take anymore  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) She says today is gonna
C 
G 
be the last  (C major) time  (G major) 
And I know there's never
C 
gonna be an  (C major) easy way out