Til I Couldn't Stand No More Chords
by Carl Perkins
Til I Couldn't Stand No More by Carl Perkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, A7, B, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A D (x4)
#1.
A A7 B
I just woke up and eighteen years are gone.
E
And I could find us in the words to every
A
song.
A A7
As I packed our lives together in the boxes
D
on the floor.
E A A7
Girl, I stood there till I couldn’t stand no more.
D E A
You won’t find me standing at your door.
B E7
And you won’t be breaking my old heart no more.
A A7
Cause, darling, I’m all through just-a wearing out
D
my floor.
E A
Girl, I stood there till I couldn’t stand no more.
INTERLUDE: E A
#2.
A A7 B
Lord this old house you see is just an empty shell.
E
And the me memories where our love, baby, just rose
A E
and fell.
A A7
So, when you come to where you don’t want to live
D
here anymore.
E A
Girl, I stood there till I couldn’t stand no more.
D E A
Well, you won’t find me standing at your door.
B E7
And you won’t be breaking my old heart no more.
A A7
Cause, darling, I’m all through just-a wearing out
D
my floor.
E A
You know I stood there till I couldn’t stand no more.
OUTRO:
E A D A E A
Baby, I stood there till I couldn’t stand no more.