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Song: Can't Help Falling in Love
Artist: Elvis Presley
Album: Blue Hawaii (1961)
Time signature: 12/8 (= 4/4 with triplets on each beat)
BPM: 67 (count in terms of a dotted quarter, = three eighth notes)
There are two beats per chord except where an "*" is noted.
It means that the following beat has a different chord than the previous beat.
C#7 = x4342x (no fifth)
[Intro]
D A D D
[Verse 1]
D F#m/C# Bm Bm/A
Wise men say
G D A A
Only fools rush in
G A Bm G * Em D/A A D D
But I can't help falling in love with you
D F#m/C# Bm Bm/A
Shall I stay?
G D A A
Would it be a sin
G A Bm G * Em D/A A D D
If I can't help falling in love with you?
[Chorus]
F#m C#7
Like a river flows
F#m C#7
Surely to the sea
F#m C#7
Darling, so it goes
F#m B Em A
Some things are meant to be
[Verse 2]
D F#m/C# Bm Bm/A
Take my hand
G D A A
Take my whole life too
G A Bm G * Em D/A A D D
For I can't help falling in love with you
[Chorus]
F#m C#7
Like a river flows
F#m C#7
Surely to the sea
F#m C#7
Darling, so it goes
F#m B Em A
Some things are meant to be
[Verse 3]
D F#m/C# Bm Bm/A
Take my hand
G D A A
Take my whole life too
G A Bm G * Em D/A A D D
For I can't help falling in love with you
G A Bm G * Em
For I can't help falling in
(Slow it down from here to the end)
D/A A D D
love with you
D
(Play one stroke. Let it ring for four beats; mute it after that.)