Can’t Help Falling In Love | Chords + Lyrics (capo 2)
Intro
| 6/8 C | G | C | C |
Verse 1
| C | Em | Am | Am/G |
Wise men say,
| F | C/E | G/D | G |
only fools rush in.
| F | G7 | Am | F Dm/E |
But I can’t help,
| C/G | G | C | C |
falling in love with you.
Verse 2
| C | Em | Am | Am Am/G |
Shall I stay,
| F | C/E | G/D | G |
would it be a sin?
| F | G7 | Am | F Dm/E |
If I can’t help,
| C/G | G | C | C |
falling in love with you?
Chorus 1
| Em | B7 | Em | B7 |
Like a river flows, surely to the sea.
| Em | B7 | Em | A7 | Dm | G7 |
Darling, so it goes. Some things are meant to be.
Verse 3
| C | Em | Am | Am Am/G |
Take my hand,
| F | C/E | G/D | G |
take my whole life, too.
| F | G7 | Am | F Dm/E |
For I can’t help,
| C/G | G | C | C |
falling in love with you.
Chorus 2
| Em | B7 | Em | B7 |
Like a river flows, surely to the sea.
| Em | B7 | Em | A7 | Dm | G7 |
Darling, so it goes. Some things are meant to be.
Verse 4
| C | Em | Am | Am Am/G |
Take my hand,
| F | C/E | G/D | G |
take my whole life, too.
| F | G7 | Am | F Dm/E |
For I can’t help,
| C/G | G | C | C |
falling in love with you.
| F | G7 | Am | F Dm/E |
For I can’t help,
| C/G | G | C |
falling in love with you.
Can’t Help Falling In Love’s chords and TAB
Originally played on the piano, Elvis‘s Can’t Help Falling In Love’s chords do require some adjustment in order to work on the guitar.
The first thing we need to do is put a capo on fret 2 and think as if in the key of C. Secondly, some of the movements in the verse have had to be moved down an octave in order to flow better.
Let’s look at each section using TAB for the chords since this will be the only way to make sense of it all. Here’s the intro.
You can probably tell how that was slightly awkward, not how a guitarist would naturally pick chords. This is because we are copying the piano note for note. Personally, I love it.
Here’s the verse, this is what you play for verse 1 and perhaps also verse 3.
Again, the chords are picked slightly strangely, especially the first C, and the G chords.
The movement that goes F – G7 – Am – F – Dm/E has been modified. The piano actually moves further up but on the guitar, this didn’t sound right. The notes are the same, it’s just an octave lower.
For verses 2 and 4 (and maybe even verse 3), the first line is slightly different, here’s TAB.
Finally, the chorus, or maybe it should have been called a bridge, is a modal interchange. I feel we’ve gone from the key of C to the key of Em, making these chords VI – IIIx. Here’s TAB.
The final three chords take us back to the key of C using an A7 (IIx in G, VIx in C) Dm – G7 is a II – V in C.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis didn’t just change music by popularising Rock N Roll and becoming the world’s first superstar, he changed the world.
Hits include Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, Don’t Be Cruel, Blue Suede Shoes In The Ghetto, Suspicious Minds, and (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear.
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