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CRUMBLIN' DOWN
John Cougar Mellencamp
(From the album "Uh-huh")
Yes, even more JCM. This is one of my favourite JCM songs.
The next will probably be "The Authority Song". Once again,
this is from a book of Mellencamp chords, not my own dodgy
interpretation.
Medium Rock Tempo
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> INTRO:
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---0---2-2-0-2---2-0-4----------------0-2-2-0-2---2-0-4---4-4---------2---|
---0---2-2-0-2---2-0-5----------------0-2-2-0-2---2-0-5---5-5-----4-------|
-------0-0-0-0---0-0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-------------|
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> VERSE I:
Well, some peo[A]ple ain'[G/A]t no damn good.
You can trust[A] `em, you can't love `em. No [G/A]good deed goes unpunished.
And I [A]don't mind bein[G/A]g their whippin' boy.
I've [A]had that pleasure [G/A]for years and years
No, no, I [A]never was a sinner. Tell [G/A]me, what else can I do?
Second [A]best is what you get `till [G/A]you learn to bend the rules
And [A]time respects no person and [G/A]what you lift up must fall
There [A]waitin' outside to claim [G/A]my crumblin' walls.
Saw my [E]picture in the paper, read the news around my face.
And now some people don't want to treat me the same.
> CHORUS:
When the walls [A] come [G]tumblin' down;
[D] When the walls come [G]crumblin', crumbl[D]in';
When the [A]walls come [G]tumblin', tumbl[D]in' down.[A]
> Repeat Intro
> VERSE II: (same chord pattern as Verse I)
Well some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy,
I'm uneducated, my opinion means nothin'.
But I know I'm a real good dancer.
Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what I'm after.
Everybody's got their problems. Ain't no new news here.
I'm the same old trouble you've been havin' for years.
Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl. It's perfectly clear.
Just a human desire to have you come near.
Want to put my arms around you, feel your breath in my ear.
You can bend me, you can break me but you better stand clear.
> Repeat Chorus.
> Repeat Intro and fade
CHORDS:
A x 0 2 2 2 0
G/A x 0 5 4 3 3
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
D x x 0 2 3 2
G 3 X 0 0 0 3
Stuart Hamilton
University of Queensland
St Lucia AUSTRALIA
"If you really want to taste some cool success, better learn to play guitar.
Play guitar - play guitar. Play guitar - play guitar. . . ."
JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
