#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:15:18 -0400 From: "D. W. Bennett" Subject: c/costello_elvis/i_cant_stand_up.crd I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Elvis Costello form the Album "Get Happy!" - Words and Music by H. Banks & A. Jones) Transcribed by D. W. Bennett 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 simple though love is still it confused me why I'm not loved the way I should be now I've lived with heartaches and I've roomed with fear I've dealt with despair and I've wrestled with tears I can't stand up for falling down I can't stand up for falling down F Fm the vow that we made C Bb C you broke it in two F Fm G but that don't stop me from loving you I can't stand up for falling down I can't stand up for falling down