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Falling For The First Time Tabs

(ver. 1)
Bare Naked Ladies
Falling for the First Time
Written By Steven Page and Ed Robertson
Recorded by Barenaked Ladies
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This song is played with a capo on the 2nd fret.
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Here\'s the next radio-friendly hit from the BNL guys.  Learn it now,
and beat the rush!

This is the intro riff, which most of the verse riffs are based on.
The chords are E major and something that sounds like an A6sus2.
Neat chord, oddly enough used in a similar context by Poison in the hit
\"Something to Believe In.\"   But I digress.

Here is the main riff tabbed out.  It\'ll be referred to as Main Riff
throughout,
mainly because seeing A6sus2 written over and over will give you a headache.

     E             A6sus2
e----0--0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0----|
B----0--0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0----|
G----1--1--1-1-1---2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2----|
D----2--2--2-2-2---4--4--4-4-4-4-4-4----|
A----2--2--2-2-2---0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E----0--0--0-0-0------------------------|

You kinda do it naturally anyway, but make the transition between the two
chords
a slide.  Sounds nice.

Throughout the rest of the songs, here are the voicings of the chords I\'m
using.
These names aren\'t entirely correct, but deal with it, they\'re close enough.

   Asus2  C#m  C#m/A   E   Badd4 Dsus2   B     A
e----0-----4-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----|
B----0-----5-----5-----0-----0-----3-----4-----2-----|
G----2-----6-----6-----1-----4-----2-----4-----2-----|
D----2-----6-----6-----2-----4-----0-----4-----2-----|
A----0-----4-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
E----------------------0-----0-----------------------|

For the little chorus line (Feels just like I\'m...) Ed does this little
riff.
We\'ll call it Riff 1.

e----------------2---|
B----------------4---|
G----------------4---|
D----------------4---|
A----------------2---|
E----2--4--2--0------|

You can also use power chords for that to make it sound bigger.  Your call.
And you may have better luck with the full B chord as a power chord too.

The other main guitar riff is the little alto part that pops up after the
chorus lines
every now and then.  Here\'s a take on that one:
This will be officially called Riff 2.

e--------------------------|--------------------------|
B----------5---7--9--7--5--|----------5---7~~~~----5--|
G----4~~~------------------|----4~~~------------------|
D--------------------------|--------------------------|
A--------------------------|--------------------------|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|

Now, that 9th fret note in the first measure sounds more like a full
pre-bend
at the 7th fret, but I can\'t remember how to notate that in TAB.  Any band
at
the 7th fret should sound ok, or played as written above.
Occassionally, the just play the second half of this.  I notate when.
Anyway, if you\'re playing this solo acoustic you won\'t be playing this
anyway, so nevermind.


That covers it.   On with the song:
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Main Riff x 4

VERSE 1

Main Riff                  Asus2
I\'m so cool, too bad I\'m a loser

Main Riff                         C#m              C#m/A
I\'m so smart, too bad I can\'t get anything figured out

Main Riff                   Asus2
I\'m so brave, too bad I\'m a baby

Main Riff
I\'m so fly, that\'s probably why it

Riff 1
Feels just like I\'m falling for the first time.

Main Riff x 2  with  Riff 2

VERSE 2

Main Riff                Asus2
I\'m so green it\'s really amazing

Main Riff                         C#m                 C#m/A
I\'m so clean, too bad I can\'t get all the dirt off of me.

Main Riff                   Asus2
I\'m so sane it\'s driving me crazy

Main Riff
It\'s so strange, I can\'t believe it

Riff 1
Feels just like I\'m falling for the first time.

Main Riff x 1   (with second half of Riff 2)

       E               Badd4           Dsus2        Asus2
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost

       E            Badd4          Dsus2        Asus2
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost

          E          Badd4              Dsus2         Asus2
What if I lost my direction?  What if I lost sense of time?

          E             Badd4                Dsus2      Asus2
What if I nursed this infection?   Maybe the worst is behind

   A                   B                     C#m       C#m/A
It feels just like I\'m falling for the first time.

   A                   B
it feels just like I\'m falling for the first time.

Main Riff x 2  with Riff 2

Main Riff                    Asus2
I\'m so chill, no wonder it\'s freezing

Main Riff                          C#m                    C#m/A
I\'m so still, I just can\'t keep my fingers out of anything

Main Riff                     Asus2
I\'m so thrilled to finally be failing

Main Riff
I\'m so done, turn me over cause it

Riff 1
Feels just like I\'m falling for the first time.

Main Riff x 1 (with second half of Riff 2)

         E            Badd4            Dsus2        Asus2
Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost

        E         Badd4                Dsus2       Asus2
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?

       E               Badd4           Dsus2        Asus2
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything east has its cost

       E            Badd4          Dsus2        Asus2
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost

          E         Badd4               Dsus2        Asus2
What if I lost my direction?  What if I lost sense of time?

          E             Badd4                Dsus2    Asus2
What if I nursed this infection?   Maybe the worst is behind

    Kick in with Riff 2, here until end
          E             Badd4                Dsus2    Asus2
Maybe the Worst is Behind

E             Badd4                Dsus2    Asus2   x 2

End on E
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