One of Elvis Presley’s biggest hits, ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love,’ is a great song to play on the guitar. It has that classic old-timey feel and an interesting chords progression which makes it a must learn for all guitarists.
it’s also a good beginner guitar song because of its slower tempo.
So, if you are looking for this song’s tutorial then below you will find its chords, strumming pattern, and everything you need to know to learn this song from start to end.
Here it goes.
Can’t Help Falling in Love Chords
The chords for “Can’t Help Falling in Love” are C major, E Minor, A minor, F major, G major, G7, B7, A7, and D minor. As you can notice most of these chords are open chords and quite easy to play.
Can’t Help Falling in Love Strumming Pattern
The strumming pattern of this song goes all down strums and is in 3/4 time signature. This pattern is super easy to play. Do refer to the video mentioned above for a visual representation.
Can’t Help Falling in Love Lyrics with Chords
[Verse – 1]
[C]Wise [Em]men [Am]say only [F]fools [C] rush [G]in
But [F] I [G]can’t [Am]help [F]falling in [C]love [G7]with [C]you
[C]Shall [Em] I [Am]stay? Would it [F]be [C]a [G]sin
If [F] I [G]can’t [Am]help [F]falling in [C]love [G7]with [C]you
[Chorus]
[Em] Like a river [B7] flows,
[Em] surely to the [B7] sea
[Em] Darling, so it [B7] goes,
[Em] some things [A7] are meant to [Dm] be [G7]
[Verse – 2]
[C] Take [Em] my [Am] hand, take my [F] whole [C] life, [G] too
Cause [F] I [G] can’t [Am] help [F] falling in [C] love [G7] with [C] you
[Chorus]
[Em] Like a river [B7] flows,
[Em] surely to the [B7] sea
[Em] Darling, so it [B7] goes,
[Em] some things [A7] are meant to [Dm] be [G7]
[Outro]
[C]Take [Em]my [Am]hand, take my [F]whole [C]life, [G]too
Cause [F] I [G] can’t [Am] help [F] falling in [C] love [G7] with [C] you
Cause [F] I [G] can’t [Am] help [F] falling in [C] love [G7] with [C] you