Falling To Pieces
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribed 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
G|---||----------------------|----------------------------||----------------------|
D|4:-||*---------------------|---------------------------*||----------------------|
A|4:-||*-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-0-----*||-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0----|
E|---||----------------------|-----------------------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
G|---|------------------------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|
D|---|------------------------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|
A|-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0----|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---s-s-------|
E|---|---------------------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
G|--|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r-----|
D|--|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-7\|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e-----|
A|--|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s-----|
E|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
G|r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---------|---r---r---r-----|
D|e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---------|---e---e---e-----|
A|s---s---s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s-------3-|-5-s-5-s-3-s-5---|
E|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
G|r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r-----r---|
D|e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e-----e---|
A|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---|
E|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
G|----------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r-----r-r-------|---r---r---r---|
D|----------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-----e-e-------|---e---e---e---|
A|5-5/6\5-3-|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s-----s-s-------|---s---s---s---|
E|----------|-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
G|--r---r---r-|---r---r---r---------||---------------------||---------------||----|
D|--e---e---e-|---e---e---e---------||*---5---------------*||---------------||*---|
A|--s---s---s-|---s---s---s---3-4-5-||*-7---0-0-5-x-0-5-5-*||-7-------5-----||*---|
E|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
G|----------------|--------------------||-----------------|-------------------|---|
D|----------------|---------------(5)-*||-----------------|-------------------|---|
A|0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---5---------*||-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---7---7-----|---|
E|----------------|-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
G|----------------------|---r-r-|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r-----r-r---|
D|------5-----5-----5---|---e-e-|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-----e-e---|
A|----------------------|---s-s-|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s-----s-s---|
E|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
G|------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|-------r-----r---5-------|---r---r---r---r-----|
D|------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---4-5-e-5-7-e-7---7-5-7-|---e---e---e---e-----|
A|------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|-------s-----s-----------|---s---s---s---s-----|
E|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
G|r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---|-----|
D|e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e-7\|-----|
A|s---s-|---s---s---s---s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---|-----|
E|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
G|r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|-----|
D|e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|-----|
A|s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|-----|
E|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
G|r---r---r---------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---r-r-------|---r-----|
D|e---e---e---------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---e-e-------|---e-----|
A|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---|
E|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
G|r---r---r---r-----|---7-r-------7---5-|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---|
D|e---e---e---e-s---|-s---e-s---s---s---|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---|
A|s-3-s-5-s-5-s-0h5-|-5---s-0h5-5---5---|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---|
E|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
G|----r-r-------|---r---r---r---r---r---r-|---r---r---r---------||----------------|
D|----e-e-------|---e---e---e---e---e---e-|---e---e---e---------||*---5-----------|
A|----s-s-------|---s---s---s---s---s---s-|---s---s---s---3-4-5-||*-7---0-0-5-x---|
E|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
G|-------||---------------||------------------|--------------------||-------------|
D|------*||---------------||*-----------------|---------------(5)-*||-------------|
A|0-5-5-*||-7-------5-----||*-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---5---------*||-0-x-0-0-5---|
E|-------||---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
G|------|-------------------|-----------------------|---r-r-||--------------------|
D|------|-------------------|-------5-----5-----5---|---e-e-||*-------------------|
A|5-x-7-|-----7---7---7-----|-----------------------|---s-s-||*-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1---|
E|------|-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
G|-----|----------------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
D|-----|---------------------------*||---------------------|----------------------|
A|p0-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-0-----*||-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-|-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0----|
E|-----|-----------------------0-0--||---------------------|----------------------|

  +e q
G|------||
D|------||
A|-0----||
E|---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
G|-||------------------|--------------------||-----------------|----------------|
D|-||*-----------------|---------------(5)-*||-----------------|----------------|
A|-||*-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---5---------*||-0-x-0-0-5-5-x-7-|-----7---7------|
E|-||------------------|-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
G|------|-----------------------|---r-r-r-----||-||----------------------|--------|
D|------|-------5-----5-----5---|---e-e-e----*||-||*---------------------|--------|
A|7-----|-----------------------|---s-s-s----*||-||*-1p0h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-|-1p0----|
E|--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
G|------------------------||
D|-----------------------*||
A|h1p0-0-1p0h1p0-0-0-----*||
E|-------------------0-0--||
       (repeat and fade)