Falling Slowly Chord Chart (from ONCE) Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Falling Slowly chord chart by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová. This is such a beautiful songs and would make a very nice fingerpicking song for anyone looking to practice their finger picking skills.
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This song uses and interesting F voicing called and Fsus2 pictured below. If this is tricky for you, you can use a regular F chord it just won’t sound exactly the same.
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Falling Slowly Chord Chart (from ONCE) Guitar Chords:
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This song features the following fingerpicking and strumming patterns.
Strumming:
1 + 2+a 3e+ 4e +a
DD DDU DUD DUDU
Here is the finger picking pattern and you will see on the Fsus2 we don’t need to have all the fingers down. Only the notes we will be playing.
Falling Slowly Chord Chart (from ONCE) Guitar Lesson:
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Falling Slowly Chord Chart (from ONCE) Chord Chart:
Intro:
C Fsus2 C Fsus2
Verse:
C
I don't know you
Fsus2
But I want you
C Fsus2
All the more for that
C
Words fall through me
Fsus2
And always fool me
C
And I can't react
Pre-Chorus
Fsus2 |Am G| | Fsus2 G |
And games that never a - mount To more than they're
|Am G| Fsus2 Fsus2
meant Will play themselves out
Chorus:
C Fsus2 Am7
Take this sinking boat and point it home
Fsus2
We've still got time
C Fsus2 Am7
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice
Fsus2 Fsus2
You'll make it now
C Fsus2
Falling slowly, eyes that know me
C Fsus2
And I can't go back
C Fsus2
And moods that take me and erase me
C
And I'm painted black
Pre-Chorus
Fsus2 |Am G| | Fsus2 G |
Well, you have suffered enough and warred
|Am G| Fsus2 Fsus2
with yourself It's time that you won
Chorus:
C Fsus2 Am7
Take this sinking boat and point it home
Fsus2
We've still got time
C Fsus2 Am7
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice
Fsus2 Fsus2
You'll make it now
C Fsus2 Am7
Falling slowly, sing your melody
Fsus2
I'll sing it loud
Outro:
C Fsus2 Am7
Fsus2 Fsus2 Fsus2
To come,
Fsus2 Fsus2
I paid the cost too late
Fsus2 Fsus2 Fsus2
Now you're gone
Fsus2 Fsus2 Fsus2 (2/4)
C (4/4) Fsus2 C Fsus2 C
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