Verse one: --------------- -------------------------------------------------------------| ---2---------2-----------------------------------2-----------| ---2---------2---------2-------2-------2--------2------------| ---0---------0---------0-------0-------0--------0------------| ---0---------3---------0-------3-------3--------0------------| ------------------------0------------------------------------| Is this world spin - ning round --------------------------------------------0--------------| ---2-------2--------2-------2-----2-------2----------------| ---2-------2--------2-------2-----2-------2----------------| ---0-------0--------0-------0-----0------------------------| ---0-------3--------1-------0-----0------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------| Has the ship run a - ground What's that shape, what's that sound? That's just me falling down Some of us are free, some are bound Some will swim, some will drown Some of us are saints, some are clowns Just like me, they're falling down Well I lied to the nation While my reputation ran dry >From my lungs to my liver Clung to the river bank's side Yeah well I'm back in the water Doing what I oughtta Trying to lead an ordinary life Verse two (as verse one): --------------------------------- Is this world spinning round Has the ship run aground What's that shape, what's that sound That's just me falling down Some of us are green, some are brown Some are lost, some are found Sight unseen, baby, sound on sound Pray for me, I'm falling down Chorus Two (as chorus one): ------------------------------------- I was lost in the jungle Crossed over enemy lines Well I got me a red nose By sleeping under hedgerows at night Yeah well I tried levitation Flying in formation Heaven knows the weight of this crime (Repeat verse one omitting second stanza) Ending: ----------- Falling down Falling down Falling down Falling down (Play verse "riff" twice ending with slight crescendo on second time)