As I Try Not To Fall Apart Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Em][G][D][Em][G][D]
[Em][D][A][G][D][A][D][Em][D][G][D]
Am I a forty [A]kind of

[Verse 1]
[Em]man so tende[D]r in the heart[G]?[A][D][A]
[D]Our clues embedded and my[Em]
hands are horo[D]scope for cards
[A]No,[Asus4] I'm no s[A]pec[D]ial[A] gr[D]ain
of [Em]salt nor undis[D]covered [G]star[A][D][A]
[D]'Cause there's a great and hol[A]y pla[Em]n
I'd rather [D]have [G]no [A]part
[D]

[Verse 2]
Ain't that [F#m]the way, [D]ain't that the way
You [G]always unwind my head and
make the bed like Sunday
Ain't [F#m]that t[D]he way, ain't that the way
You get me [G]talking to the dead and
questioning if I'm [A]alive [D]at all

[Verse 3]
Why every [D]morning wak[G]ing up
Must [D]I try not to fall,
must [A]I try not to fall a[D]part?
You take me in [Bm]your grateful arms
And [D]I try not to fall, oh I[A] try not to fall apart
[D]It's not the way a man like me [G]behaves
It's [D]not the way [A]the world will
have me playing my [D]cards
And why does [Bm]every fiber shake
As [D]I try not to fall apart, as I[A]
try not to fall apart?
[D][Bm]

[Verse 4]
[D]Am I a lone and lucky man[Em],
no [D]shimmer to my [A]soul?[D][A]
[D]Am I a spindle wound too tig[Em]ht,
[D]a fraction of [G]a whole?[A][D]
No, I have no party tricks,
my [E]hand is [D]empty as a [A]vault[G][A][D]
There's a charge [A]then I'll [E]stand in
[D]to the time [G]for [A]every fault
[D]

[Verse 5]
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You al[G]ways unwind my head
and make the bed like Sunday
[D]Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You get me [G]talking to the dead
and questioning if [A]I'm alive [D]at all

[Verse 6]
Why [D]every morning wak[G]ing up
Must [D]I try not to fall,
must [A]I try not to fall a[D]part?
You take me in [Bm]your grateful arms
And [D]I try not to fall, oh I[A] try not to fall apart
[D]It's not the way a man like me [G]behaves
It's [D]not the way [A]the world will
have me playing my cards
[D]And why does every fib[Bm]er shake
As [D]I try not to fall apart,
as [A]I try not to f[D]all apart?

[Verse 7]
Ain't that [D]the way, ain't that the way
You al[G]ways unwind my head
and make the bed like Sunday
[D]Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You get me [G]talking to the dead and
questioning if [A]I'm alive at [D]all

[Verse 8]
Why [D]every morning wak[G]ing up
Must I try [D]not [F#m]to fall,
must [A]I try not to fall a[D]part?
You take me in [Bm]your grateful arms
And [D]I try not to fall, oh I[A] try not to fall apart
[D]It's not the way a man like me [G]behaves
[D]It's not[F#m] the way the w[A]orld will
have me playing my cards
[D]And why does every fib[Bm]er shake
As [F#m]I try not to f[D]all apart,
as [A]I try not to f[D]all apart?
[G][D]

[Verse 9]
As [A]I try not to fall a[D]part[Bm][D]
As [A]I try not to fall a[D]part[G][D]
As [A]I try not to f[D]all a[Bm]part[D]
As [A]I try not to fall a[D]part