I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Chords
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down by Elvis Costello is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G, E7, Fm, C7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
C Am
I'm the living result
F G
I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much
C E7 Am F
And I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears
C E7 Am F
Sadness is all my lonely heart can feel
C F C F
I can't stand up for falling down
C F C F
I can't stand up for falling down
C
Simple though love is
Am
Still it confused me
F G
Why I'm not loved the way I should be
C E7
Now I've lived with heartaches
Am F
And I've roomed with fear
C E7
I've dealt with despair
Am F
And I've wrestled with tears
C F C F
I can't stand up for falling down
C F C F
I can't stand up for falling down
F Fm
The vow that we made
C C7
You broke it in two
F Fm G7
But that don't stop me from loving you
C F C F
I can't stand up for falling down
C F C F
I can't stand up for falling down