Chords for John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down (Live at Farm Aid 2018)
Tempo:
128 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [A]
[G] [A]
[E] [A]
[A]
[G] [A]
[G]
[E]
[A] When I originally [A] wrote this song, I wrote it about the administration that was running
this country, and I think Reagan was president.
[D] And this was about [A] him, but it's more about today than even when he was president.
For some people, ain't no damn good, you [Am] can't love, you can't trust them.
No good deed goes unpunished, don't mind being there, whipping boys.
I've had that pleasure for years and years.
Don't [A] move, I never would've said it, tell me what else can I do, so you can rest and
watch me go.
[E] You learned to fan the [A] blues, I'm a respectable person, what's in a government file?
They're waiting outside to [Am] collect, probably a little more [E] than a string feather.
Let this ram on face, what do you want, don't want to breathe, you can say, [A] whipping walls.
Come [D] crumbling down, [A] whipping walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling [A] down.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Power!
[Am]
[G]
[Am] [E]
[A] For some people, they are obnoxious and lazy.
I'm uneducated.
[Am] My opinion means nothing, but I know, yeah, I'm a real good dancer.
Don't need to look [A] over my shoulder to see what I'm at.
Everybody's got troubles, ain't no new new chair.
I'm the same old trouble, you can have me for a chair.
If you've got a problem with your girl, you better make her a pair.
This is a woman's desire, the [E] hair you don't give her, I want.
Come on, friend, you're threatening my ear.
You're threatening, threatening me.
Whipping [A] walls.
[E] Come crumbling down, whipping [A] walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
[E] Come crumbling, tumbling, [D]
crumbling, crumbling.
[A] Yeah!
[Eb]
[Am]
[Am] Man,
[A] I'm digging them [A] drums.
[F] [Am]
[A] Whipping walls.
Come crumbling down, whipping walls.
Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping walls.
Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
Yeah!
[E]
See a man's desire [Em] here.
Let me, let me, let me stand clear.
Whipping [A] walls.
[E] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls.
[G] Come crumbling, [D] tumbling, whipping [A] walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
Whipping [A] walls. Whipping walls.
[G] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls.
[E] Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping [A] walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
[A] Yeah!
[G] [D] [G]
[G]
[A]
[Ab] [N]
[G] [A]
[E] [A]
[A]
[G] [A]
[G]
[E]
[A] When I originally [A] wrote this song, I wrote it about the administration that was running
this country, and I think Reagan was president.
[D] And this was about [A] him, but it's more about today than even when he was president.
For some people, ain't no damn good, you [Am] can't love, you can't trust them.
No good deed goes unpunished, don't mind being there, whipping boys.
I've had that pleasure for years and years.
Don't [A] move, I never would've said it, tell me what else can I do, so you can rest and
watch me go.
[E] You learned to fan the [A] blues, I'm a respectable person, what's in a government file?
They're waiting outside to [Am] collect, probably a little more [E] than a string feather.
Let this ram on face, what do you want, don't want to breathe, you can say, [A] whipping walls.
Come [D] crumbling down, [A] whipping walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling [A] down.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Power!
[Am]
[G]
[Am] [E]
[A] For some people, they are obnoxious and lazy.
I'm uneducated.
[Am] My opinion means nothing, but I know, yeah, I'm a real good dancer.
Don't need to look [A] over my shoulder to see what I'm at.
Everybody's got troubles, ain't no new new chair.
I'm the same old trouble, you can have me for a chair.
If you've got a problem with your girl, you better make her a pair.
This is a woman's desire, the [E] hair you don't give her, I want.
Come on, friend, you're threatening my ear.
You're threatening, threatening me.
Whipping [A] walls.
[E] Come crumbling down, whipping [A] walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
[E] Come crumbling, tumbling, [D]
crumbling, crumbling.
[A] Yeah!
[Eb]
[Am]
[Am] Man,
[A] I'm digging them [A] drums.
[F] [Am]
[A] Whipping walls.
Come crumbling down, whipping walls.
Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping walls.
Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
Yeah!
[E]
See a man's desire [Em] here.
Let me, let me, let me stand clear.
Whipping [A] walls.
[E] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls.
[G] Come crumbling, [D] tumbling, whipping [A] walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
Whipping [A] walls. Whipping walls.
[G] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls.
[E] Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping [A] walls.
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
[A] Yeah!
[G] [D] [G]
[G]
[A]
[Ab] [N]
Key:
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A
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[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] When I originally [A] wrote this song, _ _ _ I wrote it about the administration that was running
this country, _ _ and I think Reagan was president.
_ _ [D] And this was about [A] him, but it's more about today _ _ than even when he was president.
_ For some people, _ ain't no damn good, you [Am] can't love, you can't trust them.
No good deed goes unpunished, don't mind being there, whipping boys.
I've had that pleasure for years and years.
Don't [A] move, I never would've said it, tell me what else can I do, so you can rest and
watch me go.
[E] You learned to fan the [A] blues, I'm a respectable person, what's in a government file?
They're waiting outside to [Am] collect, probably a little more [E] than a string feather.
Let this ram on face, what do you want, don't want to breathe, you can say, [A] whipping walls.
_ Come [D] crumbling down, [A] whipping walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling [A] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _
_ _ Power! _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ For some people, they are obnoxious and lazy.
I'm _ uneducated.
[Am] My opinion means nothing, but I know, yeah, I'm a real good dancer.
Don't need to look [A] over my shoulder to see what I'm at.
Everybody's got troubles, ain't no new new chair.
I'm the same old trouble, you can have me for a chair.
If you've got a problem with your girl, you better make her a pair.
This is a woman's desire, the [E] hair you don't give her, I want.
Come on, friend, you're threatening my ear.
You're threatening, threatening me.
Whipping [A] walls.
_ [E] Come crumbling down, whipping [A] walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
_ [E] Come crumbling, tumbling, [D] _
crumbling, crumbling.
[A] _ Yeah! _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ Man, _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm digging them [A] drums. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Whipping walls.
_ Come crumbling down, whipping walls.
_ Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping walls.
_ _ Come crumbling, tumbling, _ crumbling, crumbling.
Yeah! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
See a man's desire [Em] here.
Let me, let me, let me stand clear.
Whipping [A] walls. _ _
[E] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls. _ _
[G] Come crumbling, [D] tumbling, whipping [A] walls. _
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
Whipping [A] walls. Whipping walls.
[G] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls.
_ _ [E] Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping [A] walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling, _ crumbling, crumbling.
[A] Yeah! _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] When I originally [A] wrote this song, _ _ _ I wrote it about the administration that was running
this country, _ _ and I think Reagan was president.
_ _ [D] And this was about [A] him, but it's more about today _ _ than even when he was president.
_ For some people, _ ain't no damn good, you [Am] can't love, you can't trust them.
No good deed goes unpunished, don't mind being there, whipping boys.
I've had that pleasure for years and years.
Don't [A] move, I never would've said it, tell me what else can I do, so you can rest and
watch me go.
[E] You learned to fan the [A] blues, I'm a respectable person, what's in a government file?
They're waiting outside to [Am] collect, probably a little more [E] than a string feather.
Let this ram on face, what do you want, don't want to breathe, you can say, [A] whipping walls.
_ Come [D] crumbling down, [A] whipping walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling [A] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _
_ _ Power! _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ For some people, they are obnoxious and lazy.
I'm _ uneducated.
[Am] My opinion means nothing, but I know, yeah, I'm a real good dancer.
Don't need to look [A] over my shoulder to see what I'm at.
Everybody's got troubles, ain't no new new chair.
I'm the same old trouble, you can have me for a chair.
If you've got a problem with your girl, you better make her a pair.
This is a woman's desire, the [E] hair you don't give her, I want.
Come on, friend, you're threatening my ear.
You're threatening, threatening me.
Whipping [A] walls.
_ [E] Come crumbling down, whipping [A] walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling, [A] whipping walls.
_ [E] Come crumbling, tumbling, [D] _
crumbling, crumbling.
[A] _ Yeah! _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ Man, _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm digging them [A] drums. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Whipping walls.
_ Come crumbling down, whipping walls.
_ Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping walls.
_ _ Come crumbling, tumbling, _ crumbling, crumbling.
Yeah! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
See a man's desire [Em] here.
Let me, let me, let me stand clear.
Whipping [A] walls. _ _
[E] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls. _ _
[G] Come crumbling, [D] tumbling, whipping [A] walls. _
[D] Come crumbling, tumbling, crumbling, crumbling.
Whipping [A] walls. Whipping walls.
[G] Come crumbling [D] down, whipping [A] walls.
_ _ [E] Come crumbling, tumbling, whipping [A] walls.
_ [D] Come crumbling, tumbling, _ crumbling, crumbling.
[A] Yeah! _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _