Chords/Tabulature for
Falling From Above

Submitted by: Chuck Naughton (sixty_2_zero@yahoo.com)

Notes about this song:

• Song originally known as Love And Affection
• This acoustic version from the 2nd night of the 2002 Bridge School Benefit concerts.
• As is usually the case when Neil performs new songs, the lyrics move around from one performance to the next, so this may not match later versions.
• Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)

Chords:
  G          320003
  C/G        3x2013
  C          x32010
  D          xx0232
  Dadd2add4  x54030

Intro:
Dadd2add4 / / / C / / / (play 3 times)

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

Verse:
G
Grandpa said to cousin Jed
C              G
Sittin' on the porch
G              D             C
I won't retire but I might retread

G
Seems like that guy singin' this song
C                       G
Been doin it for a long time
G                         D                   C
Is there anything that he knows that he ain't said?

Chorus:
G                   C
Sing a song for freedom
G               C
Sing a song for love
G                 C
Sing a song for depressed angels
C             G
Falling from above

(Repeat intro:)
Dadd2add4 / / / C / / / (play 4 times)

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

Verse:
Grandpa held the paper
Pretending he could see
But he couldn't read without his glasses on

How can all these people
Afford so many things?
When i was young we wore what we had on?

Chorus:
(Mama said)
A little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you

Dadd2add4
A little love and affection
C
in everything you do
Dadd2add4       C
A better place
Dadd2add4    C
              A better place

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

Verse:
Slammin' down some late night shots
The artist and the hero compare
Goals and visions and afterthoughts for the 21st century

But mostly came up with nothin'
And the truth was never learned
And the Human Race just kept rollin' on

Chorus:
Rollin' through the fighting
Rollin' through the religious wars
Rollin down the temple walls
And the Church's exposed sores

Dadd2add4
Rollin through the fightin',
C
the religious wars
Dadd2add4                  C
Mostly came up with nothin'

Harmonica break:
Dadd2add4 / / / C / / /

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

Verse:
Grandpa here's your glasses,
You'll see much better now
Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's

But Grandpa just kept starin',
He was lost in some distant thought
And he turned and he said to that young girl

Chorus:
A little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you

Dadd2add4
A little love and affection
C
In everything you do
Dadd2add4
A better place
C
With or without you

Harmonica break:
Dadd2add4 / / / C / / /

Dadd2add4 / / / C / / /

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

Verse:
Hear the rooster crowing
Down on the double E
It's a new morning dawning on the green

Bouncing off the towers
The sun's heading down to the street
The morning businessman's window shades are drawn

Chorus:
Another morning edition
Coming to the porch
Because Grandma puts down the paper
Before Grandpa raises his fork

Dadd2add4
A little love and affection
C
In everything you do
Dadd2add4           C
With or without you

Harmonica break:
Dadd2add4 / / / C / / /

Dadd2add4
Hear the rooster crowing
C
Down on the Double E

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

G C/G G C/G

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