[Intro]
 
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[Verse I]
 
              A       G/A
Well, some people ain't no damn good.
               A                             G/A
You can't trust `em, you can't love `em.  No good deed goes unpunished.
      A              G/A
And I don't mind being their whippin' boy.
     A                 G/A
I've had that pleasure for years and years
 
          A                         G/A
No, no, I never was a sinner.  Tell me, what else can I do?
       A                         G/A
Second best is what you get till you learn to bend the rules
    A                           G/A
And time respects no person and what you lift up must fall
        A                        G/A
They're waitin' outside to claim my crumblin' walls.
 
       E
Saw my picture in the paper, read the news around my face.
 
And now some people don't want to treat me the same.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               A        G        D
When the walls     come tumblin' down;
         A            G                D
When the walls   come crumblin', crumblin';
         A            G              D         A
When the walls   come tumblin', tumblin'  down.
 
 
(Repeat Intro)
 
 
[Verse II]
 
          A              G/A
Well some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy,
    A              G/A
I'm uneducated, my opinion means nothin'.
    A            G/A
But I know I'm a real good dancer.
      A                                G/A
Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what I'm after.
 
    A                            G/A
Everybody's got their problems.  Ain't no new news here.
        A                            G/A
I'm the same old trouble you've been havin' for years.
      A                                               G/A
Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl.  It's perfectly clear.
       A               G/A
Just a human desire to have you come near.
 
        E
Want to put my arms around you, feel your breath in my ear.
 
You can bend me, you can break me but you better stand clear.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         A              G        D
When the walls     come tumblin' down;
         A            G                D
When the walls   come crumblin', crumblin';
         A            G              D
When the walls   come tumblin', tumblin'
G          D         A
Crumblin', crumblin' down.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               A
When the walls     come tumblin' down;
         A
When the walls   come rumblin', rumblin';
         A
When the walls   (when the walls) come tumblin', crumblin'  down.
 
        E
Want to put my arms around you, feel your breath in my ear.
 
You can bend me, you can break me but you better stand clear.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               A        G         D
When the walls     come tumblin' down;
         A            G                D
When the walls   come crumblin', crumblin';
         A            G              D
When the walls   come tumblin', tumblin'
G          D
Crumblin', tumblin'
 
               A                        G         D
When the walls  (when the walls)   come tumblin' down;
         A                            G                D
When the walls (when the walls)  come crumblin', crumblin';
         A            G              D
When the walls   come tumblin', tumblin'
G          D
Crumblin', tumblin'
 
 
               A                        G         D
When the walls  (when the walls)   come tumblin' down;
         A            G                D
When the walls   come crumblin', crumblin';
         A            G              D
When the walls   come tumblin', tumblin'
G          D        A
Crumblin', tumblin' down