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Crumblin' Down Chords

Music by: John Mellencamp · 1983
Genre R&B Tone A major BPM 127 Views 121
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[Intro 1]
[G][F][G][F]
[G][F][G][F]

[Verse 1]
Some peo[G]ple [F]ain't no damn good
You can't trust [G]'em, you can't love em
No [F]good deed goes unpunished
And I [G]don't mind being [F]their whipping boy
I've [G]had that pleasure [F]for years and years

[Verse 2]
No, no I [G]never was a sinner
tell me what [F]else can I do
Second [G]best is what you get
till you [F]learn to bend this rules
[G]Time respects no person
what [F]you lift up must fall
They're [G]waiting outside
to claim [F]my crumblin' walls

[Pre-chorus 1]
Saw my [D]picture in the paper
Read the news around my face
And now some people
Don't want to treat me the same

[Chorus 1]
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' [C]down
When the [G]walls come [F]crumblin' crum[C]blin'
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' tum[C]blin' [G]down

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][G][F]
[G][F][G][F]

[Verse 3]
Some peo[G]ple say I'm [F]obnoxious and lazy
That [G]I'm uneducated
and my [F]opinion means nothin'
But [G]I know I'm a[F] real good dancer
Don't [G]need to look over my shoulder
[F]to see what I'm after

[Verse 4]
Every[G]body's got their problems
[F]ain't no new news here
I'm the [G]same old trouble
you've been [F]having for years
Don't con[G]fuse the problem with the issue, girl,
[F]'Cause it's perfectly clear
Just a [G]human desire to [F]have you come near

[Pre-chorus 2]
Want to [D]put my arms around you
Feel your your breath in my ear
You can bend me, you can break me
But you better stand clear

[Chorus 2]
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' [C]down
When the [G]walls come [F]crumblin' crum[C]blin'
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' tum[C]blin'
[F]tumblin' tum[C]blin' [G]down

[Interlude 2]
[G][G][G][G]

[Bridge 1]
[G]When the walls come tumblin' down
When the walls come crumblin' crumblin'
When the walls (When the walls)

[Pre-chorus 3]
come tumblin' tumblin' down
[D]my arms around you
Feel your your breath in my ear
You can bend me, you can break me
But you better stand clear

[Chorus 3]
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' [C]down
When the [G]walls come [F]crumblin' crum[C]blin'
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' tum[C]blin'
[F]tumblin' tum[C]blin'

[Outro 1]
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' [C]down
When the [G]walls come [F]crumblin' crum[C]blin'
When the [G]walls come [F]tumblin' tum[C]blin'
[F]tumblin' tum[C]blin'
[Repeat and fade]
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