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Version 1From: (Lefty) 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 ----------------- [Intro] e|---------------------3--x-x-x-------------------------3---3-3-------------| B|---------------------3--------------------------------3---3-3-----------2-| G|---0---2-2-0-2---2-0-4----------------0-2-2-0-2---2-0-4---4-4---------2---| D|---0---2-2-0-2---2-0-5----------------0-2-2-0-2---2-0-5---5-5-----4-------| A|-------0-0-0-0---0-0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse I] A G/A Well, some people ain't no damn good. A G/A You can't trust `em, you can't love `em. No good deed goes unpunished. A G/A And I don't mind being their whippin' boy. A G/A I've had that pleasure for years and years A G/A No, no, I never was a sinner. Tell me, what else can I do? A G/A Second best is what you get till you learn to bend the rules A G/A And time respects no person and what you lift up must fall A G/A They're waitin' outside to claim my crumblin' walls. E Saw my picture in the paper, read the news around my face. And now some people don't want to treat me the same. [Chorus] A G D When the walls come tumblin' down; A G D When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'; A G D A When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' down. (Repeat Intro) [Verse II] A G/A Well some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy, A G/A I'm uneducated, my opinion means nothin'. A G/A But I know I'm a real good dancer. A G/A Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what I'm after. A G/A Everybody's got their problems. Ain't no new news here. A G/A I'm the same old trouble you've been havin' for years. A G/A Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl. It's perfectly clear. A G/A Just a human desire to have you come near. E 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. [Chorus] A G D When the walls come tumblin' down; A G D When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'; A G D When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' G D A Crumblin', crumblin' down. [Chorus] A When the walls come tumblin' down; A When the walls come rumblin', rumblin'; A When the walls (when the walls) come tumblin', crumblin' down. E 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. [Chorus] A G D When the walls come tumblin' down; A G D When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'; A G D When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' G D Crumblin', tumblin' A G D When the walls (when the walls) come tumblin' down; A G D When the walls (when the walls) come crumblin', crumblin'; A G D When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' G D Crumblin', tumblin' A G D When the walls (when the walls) come tumblin' down; A G D When the walls come crumblin', crumblin'; A G D When the walls come tumblin', tumblin' G D A Crumblin', tumblin' down ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================