Our Way To Fall

artist : yo la tengo
album : and then nothing turned itself inside – out
song : our way to fall

tuning : standard

a spectacular song off of and then nothing . . . and definitely one of my faves from ylt .
a thing i would say to watch out for is the timing of the chord changes , as the timing
is different with every verse and chorus .

first off , the actual guitar part of the song is a simple one – note riff played
throughout the whole song :

| E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| B – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – 1 – 1 – 1 – – – |
| G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

now here are the chords used in the song :

Fmaj7 F F7 G C A C *
| E – – – 0 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – |
| B – – – 1 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 3 – – – – – x – – – – – 10 – – – – 12 – – – |
| G – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 5 – – – – – 9 – – – – – 12 – – – |
| D – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 5 – – – – – 7 – – – – – 10 – – – |
| A – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – x – – – – – 2 – – – – – 3 – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – |
| E – – – x – – – – – 1 – – – – – x – – – – – 3 – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – |

intro :

play guitar riff for one bar , then :

verse 1 : ( play guitar riff for first half of the verse , then the chords )

i remember a summer’s day ,
i remember walking up to you ,
i remember my face turned red ,
and i remember staring at my feet

Fmaj7 F
i remember before we met ,
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
i remember sitting next to you ,
F7 Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
and i remember pretending i wasn’t looking

chorus 1 :

A F7 F Fmaj7
so we’ll try and try , even if it lasts an hour ,
F7 F Fmaj7
with all our might , we’ll try and make it ours ,
F7 A
’cause we’re on our way , we’re on our way to fall in love

F7 F Fmaj7 G C

verse 2 : ( play guitar riff for first half of the verse , then the chords )

i remember your old guitar ,
i remember i can’t explain ,
i remember the way it looked around your neck ,
and i remember the day it broke

F7 F Fmaj7
i remember the song you sang ,
F7 Fmaj7
i remember the way you looked tonight ,
F Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C G F7 F Fmaj7
and i remember the way it made me feel

chorus 2 :

F7 F Fmaj7
we’ll try and try , even if it lasts an hour ,
F7 F Fmaj7
with all our might , we’ll try and make it ours ,
F7 F Fmaj7
’cause we’re on our way , we’re on our way to fall in love

G Fmaj7

solo :

| A F7 | A C * F7 | C Fmaj7 | F F7 |

chorus 3 :

F7 F Fmaj7
you’ll try and try , even if it lasts an hour ,
C Fmaj7 F F7
with all our might , we’ll try and make it ours ,
Fmaj7 G F F7
’cause we’re on our way , we’re on our way to fall in love
F7
yeah , we’re on our way to fall in love , we’re on our way to fall in love

outro : ( play guitar riff )

we’re on our way to fall in love

well , that’s it! if you want to replace Fmaj7 with regular old C ( x32010 ) ,
i think that works fine also .

hope this helps .
– george t .