Catch Me If I Try

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Song : "Catch Me If I Try"

Artist : David Wilcox

Album : East Asheville Hardware (1995)

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(Transcribed by Brian Scholl)

scholl@ruccs.rutgers.edu

Tuning : D A D G A D

INTRO (4 Bars, repeated twice)

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FIRST VERSE (10 Bars)

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"easy" "easy"

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"Lay off" "I'm"

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"fly"

FIRST CHORUS (11 Bars)

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"touch" "make"

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"make" "Catch"

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SECOND VERSE (14 Bars)

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"temptin'" "I thought"

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"love..."

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"read" "dance"

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"I have" "but"

SECOND CHORUS: Repeat 1st 9 bars of First Chorus, then 2 more bars

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"And when"

THIRD VERSE (9 Bars)

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"fallin'" "never"

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"Way up" "Let up"

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CODA (7 Bars)

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"touch" "touch"

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"touch" "fly"

FIRST VERSE

Go easy on those eyes, I'm about to lose my grip

Go easy on that smile, I'm afraid that I might slip

Lay off on that calling and temptin' me to try

'Cause I'm so scared of fallin', I'll never learn to fly

Then you say 'Touch me. You can reach me.'

Now you can make me want to fly

You make it seem so easy

Catch me if I try

SECOND VERSE

You tempted me to step off the edge of reason

I thought that I knew better than to start believing in ...

Love, love, love ...

But if I read you right, you just might want to dance all night

Well I have risked a fall before, but not from this height

THIRD VERSE

And when I try it's only falling, just what could be the fear?

You'll never learn to fly unless you take that first step

Way up where your heart will be your only guide

Let up on your worryin', head up on your heart

CODA

Then you say 'Touch me. You can reach me.'

Then you say 'Touch me. You can reach me.'

Then you say 'Touch me. You can teach me ...

Teach me how to fly...'