Crumblin’ down    (video)

 

    A - G - A - G (2x)

 

                          A               G

1. Well, some people ain’t no damn good,

                      A

    you can't trust 'em, you can't love ’em,

                     G

    no good deed goes unpunished.

                A                                  G

    And I don’t mind being their whippin’ boy,

             A                                G

    I’ve had that pleasure for years and years.

 

                     A                                           G

2. No, no, I never was a sinner, tell me what else can I do ?

                   A                                          G

    Second best is what you get till you learn to bend the rules.

             A                                                           G

    And time respects no person, and what you lift up must fall,

                   A                                         G

    they’re waiting outside to claim my crumbling walls.

                    E  

    Saw my picture in the paper, read the news around my face,

              E

    now some people don’t want to treat me the same.

 

                   A              G              D

When the walls come tumbling down,

                  A                 G                       D

when the walls come crumbling, crumbling,

                  A               G                    D       A

when the walls come tumbling, tumbling down.      +  A - G - A - G (2x)

 

                          A                        G

3. Well, some people say I’m obnoxious and lazy,

           A                          G

    I’m uneducated, my opinion means nothing.

          A                     G

    But I know, I’m a real good dancer,

                A                                                  G

    don’t need to look over my shoulder to see what I’m after.

 

               A                                              G

4. Everybody’s got their problems, ain’t no new news here,

                  A                                             G

    I’m the same old trouble you’ve been having for years.

                     A                                                             G

    Don’t confuse the problem with the issue, girl, it’s perfectly clear,

               A                         G

    just a human desire to have you come near.

                    E 

    Want to put my arms around you, feel your breath in my ear,

                   E

    you can bend me, you can break me, but you better stand clear !

 

                   A              G              D

When the walls come tumbling down,

                   A                G                      D

when the walls come crumbling, crumbling,

                  A               G                    D      G                    D      E     +  E~

when the walls come tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling down.

 

                   A              G              D

When the walls come tumbling down,

                   A              G                     D

when the walls come rumbling, rumbling,

                   A              G                    D      E

when the walls come tumbling, tumbling down.

 

                   E

+  Want to put my arms around you, feel  your breath in my ear,

                   E

    you can bend me, you can break me, but you better stand clear.

 

                   A              G              D

When the walls come tumbling down,

                   A                G                      D

when the walls come crumbling, crumbling,

                  A               G                    D      G                    D

when the walls come tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling !

 

+  repeat last CHORUS (3x) ...

 

    (John Cougar Mellencamp)