Falling To Pieces
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribeed by Steve Gorenburg
re-tabbed by Joe White

       t t t t+Q t t t t+Q   t t t t+Q t t t t+e+s e s  3x t t t t+Q t t t t
---||----------------------|----------------------------||----------------------
4:-||*---------------------|---------------------------*||----------------------
4:-||*-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-0-----*||-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0----
---||----------------------|-----------------------0-0--||----------------------
       Intro

+Q   t t t t Q t t t t e q    s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s s E s s s
---|------------------------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------
---|------------------------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------
-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0----|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---s-s-------
---|---------------------12\|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-t-0-3---
                             1st/3rd Verse

s   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s q s E q   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s
--|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r-----
--|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-7\|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e-----
--|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s-----
0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-5-t---|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5---

e s s s E s s s s   s e s e s s s e s q   s e s e s s e e e e   s e s e s s s
r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---------|---r---r---r-----
e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---------|---e---e---e-----
s---s---s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s-------3-|-5-s-5-s-3-s-5---
t-3-t-5-t-t-0-3-0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-3-5---|---t---t---t-----

e s e s s   s e s e s s e e s s s s   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s s s s s
r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r-----r---
e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e-----e---
s-5-s-3-s-|-5-s-5-s-3-s-5\s-s-0-3-0-|-5-s-5-s-3-s-5-s-5-s-3-s-|-5-s-5-s-5-3-s---
t---t---t-|---t---t---t---t-t-------|---t---t---t---t---t---t-|---t---t-----t---

e s s e e   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s s s e s s s s   s e s e s s
----------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r-----r-r-------|---r---r---r---
----------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-----e-e-------|---e---e---e---
5-5/6\5-3-|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s-----s-s-------|---s---s---s---
----------|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-5\t-t-0-3-0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t---

s e s e s s   s e s e s s e e e e     q e s s q s s s s  3x e e e e e e q
--r---r---r-|---r---r---r---------||---------------------||---------------||----
--e---e---e-|---e---e---e---------||*---5---------------*||---------------||*---
--s---s---s-|---s---s---s---3-4-5-||*-7---0-0-5-x-0-5-5-*||-7-------5-----||*---
5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-------||---------------------||---0-0-0---0-3-||----
                                      Pre-Chorus

q e s s e e e e   e e e e e e e      2x q e s s e e e e   e e e e e e s s e
----------------|--------------------||-----------------|-------------------|---
----------------|---------------(5)-*||-----------------|-------------------|---
0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---5---------*||-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---7---7-----|---
----------------|-0-0---0---0-3------||-----------------|-0-0---0---0---0-2-|---
Chorus

e s s e s s e s s e e   e e H   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s s s e s
----------------------|---r-r-|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r-----r-r---
------5-----5-----5---|---e-e-|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-----e-e---
----------------------|---s-s-|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s-----s-s---
3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-3-t-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-5\t-t---
                              |
                              |To out chorus--->

s s s   s e s e s s s e s e s s   e s s e s s e s e s s s   s e s e s s s e s
------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|-------r-----r---5-------|---r---r---r---r-----
------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---4-5-e-5-7-e-7---7-5-7-|---e---e---e---e-----
------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|-------s-----s-----------|---s---s---s---s-----
0-3-0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-----t-----t-----------|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5---
                                                            2nd Verse

e s s   s e s e s s s E s s s s   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s q s E q   s
r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---|-----
e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-7\|-----
s---s-|---s---s---s---s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---|-----
t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-t-0-3-0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-5-t---|-5---

e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s s E s s s s   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s
r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|-----
e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|-----
s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|-----
t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-t-0-3-0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5---

e s e s s e e e e   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s e e s s s s   s e s
r---r---r---------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r-----
e---e---e---------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e-----
s---s---s-------3-|-5-s-5-s-3-s-5-s-5-s-3-s-|-5-s-5-s-3-s-5\s-s-0-3-0-|-5-s-5---
t-5-t-3-t-5-3-5---|---t---t---t---t---t---t-|---t---t---t---t-t-------|---t-----

e s s s e s e s s   s p q s s s p s p   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s
r---r---r---r-----|---7-r-------7---5-|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---
e---e---e---e-s---|-s---e-s---s---s---|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---
s-3-s-5-s-5-s-0h5-|-5---s-0h5-5---5---|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---
t---t---t---t-----|-----t-------------|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t---

s s e s s s s   s e s e s s s e s e s s   s e s e s s e e e e     q e s s q s
----r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---------||----------------
----e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---------||*---5-----------
----s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---3-4-5-||*-7---0-0-5-x---
5-5\t-t-0-3-0-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-t-5-t-3-t-|-5-t-5-t-3-t-5-------||----------------
                                                                  Pre-Chorus

s s s  3x e e e e e e q     q e s s e e e e   e e e e e e e  e   2x q e s s e
-------||---------------||------------------|--------------------||-------------
------*||---------------||*-----------------|---------------(5)-*||-------------
0-5-5-*||-7-------5-----||*-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---5---------*||-0-x-0-0-5---
-------||---0-0-0---0-3-||------------------|-0-0---0---0-3------||-------------
                            Chorus                          (Play high G
                                                            2nd time only)

e e e   e e e e e e s s e   e s s e s s e s s e e   e e H     t t t t+Q t t t
------|-------------------|-----------------------|---r-r-||--------------------
------|-------------------|-------5-----5-----5---|---e-e-||*-------------------
5-x-7-|-----7---7---7-----|-----------------------|---s-s-||*-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1---
------|-0-0---0---0---0-2-|-3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-3-t-t-||--------------------
                                                              Interlude

 t+Q   t t t t+Q t t t t+e+s e s  3x t t t t+Q t t t t+Q   t t t t+Q t t t t
-----|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------
-----|---------------------------*||---------------------|----------------------
p0-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-0-----*||-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0----
-----|-----------------------0-0--||---------------------|----------------------

+e q
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-0----||
---12\||

After the interlude, go back and play the 1st/3rd verse until you reach the bar
marked "To out chorus."  Then, go to the out chorus.

       q e s s e e e e   e e e e e e e      2x q e s s e e e e   e e e e e e
||-||------------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------
||-||*-----------------|---------------(5)-*||-----------------|----------------
||-||*-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---5---------*||-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---7------
||-||------------------|-0-0---0---0-3------||-----------------|-0-0---0---0----
       Out Chorus

s s e   e s s e s s e s s e e   e e q q q   2x     t t t t+Q t t t t+Q   t t
------|-----------------------|---r-r-r-----||-||----------------------|--------
------|-------5-----5-----5---|---e-e-e----*||-||*---------------------|--------
7-----|-----------------------|---s-s-s----*||-||*-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-|-1p0----
--0-2-|-3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-3-t-t-t-15\-||-||----------------------|--------
                                        Play high G           Outro
                                        1st time only.
 t t+Q t t t t+e+s e s
------------------------||
-----------------------*||
h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-0-----*||
-------------------0-0--||
       (repeat and fade)