Falling Bombs Lyrics

Drop-D tuning.
Verse 1, no guitar:
Mother told me not to worry they??re just falling bombs
She said she hasn??t heard that sound since back in Vietnam
Falling Bombs, they??re falling to the earth
chromatic riff pt1:
g-----------------------------------------------------------4b----|
g-----------7b--------------6b--------------5b------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
Father told me that the world??s collapsing on us all
But television shows elapsing hides the writing on the wall
Falling bombs, Who they falling on?
They??re just falling bombs, Till they??re falling on you
decending lick:
funky thing:
d-------------------------------------------------__3____-___3___---------------------------------|
a-------5---------------------1b--------5-------------------------------5----------------------1b-|
d-0-----------0-----3-3---3h5-----0-----------0---r--6--6-6--5--3-0-----------0-----3-3---3h5-----|
d---------------------------------------7---------------------3b--5---3---------------------------|
a-------5-------------------------0-----------0-----3-3-3h5-------------5-3---1-3-1---------------|
d-0------------0----x-5h7h8~----------------------------------------------------------------------|
pre-chorus:
Chorus:
Are you gonna fly when you hear the sirens call?
Are you gonna die in a raging fire ball?
How you gonna live in a world that isn??t there?
Don??t you know there??s bombs?? falling through the air
(Those last C5:s are actually a third guitar tuned to drop-C.)
Lead fills chorus guitar:
e-------------------------7tr8----|
b-----------------7tr8------------| tr means trill between the two notes stated.
g-4tr5----7tr8--------------------|
Verse 3, part without guitar:
Mother??s cooking in the kitchen she looks up to sky
She sees a fighter pilots mission and she wonders why
Verse 3, part with guitar:
g-7-----7---7---7-6-----6---6---6-5-----5---5---5-4-----4---4---4-| Falling bombs
d-----------------------------------------------------------------| They're falling to the earth
g-7-----7---7---7-6-----6---6---6-5-----5---5---5-4---------------| Falling bombs
d-----------------------------------------------------------------| They're falling to the earth
Play the chromatic riff.
Verse 4:
Father sees the situation starting to occur
But before he changed the station it was just another blur
Falling bombs, Who they falling on?
They??re just falling bombs, Till they??re falling on you
Play the decending lick and the funky thing.
really cool riff: