Cracking Up Chords by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

[Intro]

C
 
 
[Verse]

C
Cracking up getting ready to go
C
Had enough I can't take any more
C
No pills that I can take
C
This is too real and 

there ain't no escape
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

Bb
It scares the daylight making nightmares
C
I'm chancing I'm nervous
Bb
And everybody's all around me
C
Shaking hands and saying howdy
 
 
[Chorus]

Eb      Bb         F     
I don't think it's funny 
                    C
no more cracking up
 
 
[Verse]

C
Cracking up like a worn out shoe
C
I ain't wet but the 

world leaking through
C
I'd run but I'd find no place
C
I'd laugh but it's wrecking me
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

Bb
Make you shiver make you shake
C
Make a monster just like an earthquake
Bb
Everybody's having fun
C
I don't know how they can carry on
 
 
[Chorus]

Eb      Bb         F     
I don't think it's funny  
                    C
no more cracking up  
Eb      Bb         F    
I don't think it's funny 
                     C
no more cracking up
 
 
[Interlude]

C
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

Bb
The dead of nighttime the

 crack of dawn
C
It comes upon me without warning
Bb
If I were a gun then 

I would shoot
C
I tear the head out by the root
Bb
I'd make a knife out of an ocean
C
All that sea in an ocean of emotion
 
 
[Chorus]

Eb      Bb         F      
I don't think it's funny 
                   C
no more cracking up
Eb      Bb         F     
I don't think it's funny 
                     C
 no more cracking up 
Eb      Bb         F       
I don't think it's funny 
                     C
no more cracking up
 
 
[Outro]

C
I don't think 

it's funny no more
C
I don't think 

it's funny no more
C
I don't think 

it's funny no more
 
C

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ℹ️ About This Song

The track was produced by Mike Campbell & Tom Petty.

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Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: C
• Chords: C, Eb, Bb, F
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
C – x32010 Eb – xx1343 Bb – x13331 F – 133211	C – 0003 Eb – 0331 Bb – 3211 F – 2010

Track Info

• Song: Cracking Up
• Artist: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
• Written by Tom Petty
• Produced by Mike Campbell & Tom Petty
• Album: Playback
• Released Date: 1985