I Hope That I Dont

I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits

from the album 'Closing Time' (1973).

This was recently requested, so here it goes. It's not 100% accurate, but this should get you going. The lyrics were already downloaded by Johan Kristian Sveen <johans@ifi.uio.no in the 'nevada archives', but I am sure he doesn't mind me using it here ;-). However, I adapted some of the chords.

Tabbed by Koen van der Drift <v.d.drift@ams.chem.ruu.nl.

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----1-----1-----|----1-------1---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|

|----0-----2-----|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------2---|

|--2---2-----3---|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|--2---2---3---3-|

|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|

|--------------1-|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|

I hope..fall..with you.. (see lyrics)

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----1-------1---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|

|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------2---|----2-------2---|

|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|

|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|

|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|

This fingerpicking pattern is continued through the whole song with some small

variations, like one or two extra notes, or 'connecting bass notes'.

In the chorus, the chords change, but the pattern stays roughly the same, except for the 'turnaround'.

chords during chorus:

(or F/G ?)

music...you......heart...see, I had...now... (see lyrics)

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----1-------1---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|

|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----2-------2---|

|--3---3---2---2-|--0---0---2---2-|--3---3---2---2-|--3---3---3---3-|

|3-------3-------|--------3-------|3-------3-------|3---------------|

|----------------|3---------------|----------------|--------3-------|

I hope..fall.love..you

|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|

|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|----1---1---3---|---(1)------------|

|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0---2---4---|----0--(0)--------|

|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3-----|--2---2-3---5---|--2-2h3-3-2-0---2-|

|----------------|--------------2-|3-------3---5---|3-------------3---|

|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|------------------|

Now the room is crowded...

|----------------|

|----0---1---3---|

|----0---0---0---| <-- these last two measures (the 'turnaround') are difficult

|--0---0---0---0-| to hear, and the TAB is probably not exact.

|--------3-------|

|3---3-----------|

lyrics:

I hope that I don't fall in love with you

Cause falling in love just makes me blue

Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see

I had a beer and now I hear you calling out to me

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Now the room is crowded, people everywhere

And I wonder should I offer you a chair

Well if you sit down with this old clown,

he'll take that frown and break it

Before the evening's gone away, I think that we could make it

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you

Now the night does funny things inside a man

These old tomcat feelings you don't understand

I turn around and look at you, you light a cigarette

Wish I had the guts to bum one, but we've never met

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you

And I can see that you are lonesome just like me

And I'm feeling like you'd like some company

Well I turn around to look at you, and you look back at me

The guy you're with is up and split, the chair next to you's free

And I hope that you don't fall in love with me

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out

Last call for drinks I'll have another stout

I turn around and look at you, you're nowhere to be found

I search the place for your lost face, I guess I'll have another round

and I think that I just fell in love with you

--

From: taillet@lapphp8.in2p3.fr ()

This is the Tom Waits's song called 'I hope that I don't fall in

love with you', which I tabbed from the recording 'The Early Years'.

I think it is a faithfull transcription, at least for the beginning

of the song ( I didn't tabbed all the variations that occur after),

and for possible misprints.

I didn't write all the lyrics, because they have already been sent to

this group. ( I tabbed some others Tom Waits songs. Does it interest

anyone . I prefer answers by e-mail).

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E ||--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|

B ||--------1-----|-----1-~-1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|

G ||--------0-----|-----2-~-2-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|

D ||-----2-----0--|---------------|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|

A ||--3-----------|---------------|--------------|--------------|

E ||--------------|--1---------0--|--3--------3--|--3--------3--|

|--------------|--------------| |---------------|

|--------0-----|--------0-----| The same pattern |---------1-----|

|--------0-----|--------0-----| is played again |---------2-----|

|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--| with the second |-----3------0--|

|--------------|--------------| bar replaced by |---------------|

|--3--------3--|--3--------3--| |--1------------|

1st verse :

-----------

|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|

|--------1--------|---------1---------|--------1-----|--------1-----|

|--------0--------|---------2---------|--------0-----|--------0-----|

|-----2-----0-----|-----3-------0-----|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|

|--3--------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|

|-----------------|--1----------------|--3--------3--|--3--------3--|

I don't want to fall in love with you

Falling... <--------------------

|--------------|--------------| |

|--------0-----|--------0-----| |

|--------0-----|--------0-----| |

|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--| |

|--------------|--------------| |

|--3--------3--|--3--------3--| |

|

'cause (back to the beginning) ---

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|

|--------1--------|---------1---------|--------3--------|--------1-----|

|--------2--------|---------0---------|--------0--------|--------3-----|

|-----3-----0-----|-----2-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2--|

|-----------------|--3----------------|-----------------|--3-----------|

|--1--------------|-------------------|--3--------------|--------------|

The music plays you display your heart for me to see I

|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|

|--------1--------|---------0---------|--------1-----|

|--------2--------|---------0---------|--------2-----|

|-----3-----3-----|-----2-------2-----|-----3-----3--|

|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|

|--1--------------|--0----------------|--1-----------|

had a beer and now I hear your calling out to

|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|

|--------0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|

|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|-----3-----3--|

|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

|--3--------3--|--3--------3--|--3--------3--|--3--------3--|

me

|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------|

|--------1--------|-------------------|--1---------------|--1--0--------|

|--------0--------|-------------------|-----0---------0--|--0--0-----0--|

|-----2-----2-----|-------------------|--------2-h-3-----|--------3-----|

|--3--------------|-------------------|--3---------------|--------------|

|-----------------|--1-~-1---3-~-3----|------------------|--3-----------|

I hope I don't fall in love with you (musical part)

|--------------|--------------|

|--1-----0-----|--1-----3-----|

|-----0-----0--|-----0-----0--|

|--------------|--------------|

|--3-----------|--0-----2-----|

|--------3-----|--------------|

etc...

Tabbed by Richard TAILLET (taillet@lapphp.in2p3.fr)

LAPP, chemin de Bellevue, BP 110

74941 Annecy-le-Vieux

FRANCE