Crumblin' Down by John Mellencamp Chords

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Crumblin' Down

by John Mellencamp

on Uh-Huh (1983)

Tempo: 128 (bpm)

Chords & Roman Numerals

I	E
IV	A
V	B
b VII	D

Change Key

currently: E Mixolydian

No Capo A (Mixolydian) (Original Key)
A A5 D E G5 G Capo 1 Ab (Mixolydian)
Ab Ab5 Db Eb Gb5 Gb Capo 2 G (Mixolydian)
G G5 C D F5 F Capo 3 F# (Mixolydian)
F# F#5 B C# E5 E Capo 4 F (Mixolydian)
F F5 Bb C Eb5 Eb Capo 5 E (Mixolydian)
E E5 A B D5 D Capo 6 Eb (Mixolydian)
Eb Eb5 Ab Bb Db5 Db Capo 7 D (Mixolydian)
D D5 G A C5 C Capo 8 Db (Mixolydian)
Db Db5 Gb Ab Cb5 Cb Capo 9 C (Mixolydian)
C C5 F G Bb5 Bb Capo 10 B (Mixolydian)
B B5 E F# A5 A Capo 11 Bb (Mixolydian)
Bb Bb5 Eb F Ab5 Ab

E

Mixolydian

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- $4
  - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
  - - Well
    - some
    - peo-
E

Mixolydian

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- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - ple__
    - ain't
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - no
    - damn
    - good.__
    - You
    - can't
    - trust
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - 'em,
    - you
    - can't
    - love
    - 'em.
    - No
    - good
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - deed
    - goes
    - un-
    - pun-
    - ished.
    - And I
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - don't
    - mind__
    - be-
    - ing
    - their__
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - whip-
    - ping
    - boy.__
    - I've
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - had__
    - that
    - pleas-
    - sure
    - for
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - years
    - and
    - years.__
    - No,
    - no,
    - I
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - never
    - was
    - a
    - sinner.
    - A tell
    - me
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - What else
    - can I
    - do?
    - Second
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - best
    - is what__
    - you
    - get,
    - 'til you
    - learn__
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - to
    - bend
    - the
    - rules.__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - Time
    - re-
    - spects
    - no
    - per-
    - son,
    - and
    - what you
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - lift
    - up
    - must
    - fall.__
    - they're
    - wait-
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - ing
    - out-
    - side__
    - to
    - claim
    - my
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in'__
    - walls.
    - Saw
    - my
B

Ionian

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- - - B
    - B7
    - B
  - - pic-
    - ture in
    - the
    - pa-
    - per,
    - read the
    - news__
- - - B
    - B7
  - - around
    - my
    - face.__
    - And
    - now
- - - B
    - B7
  - - some
    - peo-
    - ple
    - don't
    - want
    - to
    - treat__
- - - B
  - - me
    - the
    - same.
    - When
    - the
    - walls__
E

Mixolydian

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- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down,__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - crum-bl-
    - in'.__
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
    - down.__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - Yeah,
    - yeah,__
    - yeah,
    - yeah,
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - yeah,
    - yeah,
    - yeah.
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Well
    - some
    - peo-
E

Mixolydian

qqqq
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - ple__
    - say
    - I'm
    - ob-
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - nox-
    - ious
    - and
    - la-
    - zy.
    - I'm
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - un-
    - ed-
    - u-
    - cat-
    - ed,
    - my
    - o-
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - pin-
    - ion
    - means
    - noth-
    - in'.
    - But
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - I
    - know__
    - I'm
    - a
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - real
    - good
    - danc-
    - er.
    - Don't
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - need to
    - look
    - over
    - my
    - shoul-
    - der
    - to
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - see
    - what
    - I'm
    - af-
    - ter.
    - Ev-
    - 'ry-
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - bodys
    - got
    - their
    - problems,
    - ain't
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - no
    - new
    - news
    - here.__
    - I'm
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - same
    - old__
    - trou-
    - ble
    - you've
    - been
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - hav-
    - ing
    - for
    - years.__
    - Don't con-
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - fuse
    - the
    - problem
    - with the
    - issue
    - girl,
    - it's
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - per-
    - fect-
    - ly
    - clear.__
    - Just
    - a
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - hu-
    - man
    - de-
    - sire__
    - to
- - - D5
    - D/E FOUR_MAJOR
  - - have
    - you
    - come
    - near..
    - Want to
    - put__
B

Ionian

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- - - B
    - B7
    - B
  - - my arms__
    - a-
    - round__
    - you,
    - feel
    - your
- - - B
    - B7
  - - breath
    - in
    - my
    - ear.
    - You can
    - bend__
- - - B
    - B7
  - - me,
    - you can
    - break__
    - me
    - but
    - you
- - - B
  - - bet-
    - ter
    - stand
    - clear.
    - When
    - the
    - walls__
E

Mixolydian

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- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down,__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - crum-bl-
    - in'.__
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - Asus4 ONE_MAJOR
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - Asus4 ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
    - down.__
- - - E5
    - D5/E
    - E5
    - E FIVE_MAJOR
    - D FOUR_MAJOR
- - - N.C.
    - D5
- - - E5
- - - E5
    - D5
- - - E5
  - - When
    - the
- - - E5
    - D5
- - - E5
  - - When
    - the
D

Ionian

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- - - N.C.
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - N.C.
    - D5
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E5
  - - come
- - - E5
    - D5
  - - rum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - rum-
    - blin'.
    - When
    - the
- - - E5
  - - walls,__
    - come
- - - E5
    - D5
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - crum-
    - blin'
    - down,__
- - - E5
- - - E5
  - - yeah!
    - I
    - wanna
    - put
B

Ionian

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- - - B
    - B7
    - B
  - - my
    - arms
    - a-
    - round__
    - you,
    - feel your
    - breath__
- - - B
    - B7
  - - in
    - my
    - ear.__
    - You can
    - bend__
- - - B
    - B7
  - - me,
    - you can
    - break__
    - me
    - but
    - you
- - - B
  - - bet-
    - ter
    - stand
    - clear!
    - When
    - the
    - walls__
E

Mixolydian

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- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down,__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - crum-bl-
    - in'.__
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in', walls
    - tum-bl-
    - in'.
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down,__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'.__
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in', walls
    - tum-bl-
    - in'.
E

Mixolydian

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- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - When
    - the
    - walls
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down,__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - crum-bl-
    - in'.__
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in', walls
    - tum-bl-
    - in'.
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in'
    - down,__
    - when
    - the
    - walls__
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - A ONE_MAJOR
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'.__
    - When
    - the
- - - E FIVE_MAJOR
  - - walls__
    - come
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - tum-
    - bl-
    - in',
    - tum-bl-
    - in'
- - - D FOUR_MAJOR
    - D5
    - A ONE_MAJOR
    - D5
  - - crum-
    - bl-
    - in', walls
    - tum-bl-
    - in'.
    - When
    - the

Crumblin' Down

John Mellencamp

Crumblin' Down

Chords & Roman Numerals

Change Key currently: E Mixolydian

Change Key

currently: E Mixolydian