Elvis Presley · from Blue Hawaii, 1961
The wedding-and-first-dance classic in the key of D — a gentle 6/8 ballad built from D, F#m, Bm, G and A, with an A7 turning the verse back home. Played with no capo, so guitar, piano and bass all use the exact same chords. Every diagram below is sourced live from the chord library.
Open Can't Help Falling In Love on the interactive guitar, hear every chord, and loop the progression.
Play Can't Help Falling In Love in the Studio →D major. It is built from D (I), F#m (iii), Bm (vi), G (IV) and A (V), with an A7 that leans the verse back to D. There is no capo, so guitar, piano and bass all play these same chords at the same pitch.
It's a step up from a pure open-chord song because two of its chords — F#m and Bm — are barre shapes. The progression itself moves slowly in a 6/8 lilt, usually fingerpicked or arpeggiated rather than strummed, which gives you time to shape the barres. Once those two chords are comfortable, the rest (D, G, A, A7) are easy open shapes.