The Man Who Can't Be Moved

The Script
CHORDS Easy Key: CStandard
★★★★☆
4.18
269 votes
0 saved
Transpose 0
Size
Updated: Mar 2026 Version: #1

Intro

[C] [G/B] [F] [F]

go[C]ing back to the corner

where [G/B]i first saw you

gon[F]na camp in my sleeping bag

i’m [F]not gonna move..

got [C]some words on cardboard

got [G/B]your picture in my hand

sa[F]ying, “if you see this girl

can [F]you tell her where i am?”

some [C]try to hand me money

they [G/B]don’t understand

i’m not[F] broke..

i’m just a [F]broken-hearted man..

i know [C]it makes no sense

what else[G/B] can i do?

and [F]how can i move on

when i’m [F]still in love with you..?

Chorus

‘cause if [C]one day you wake up

and find that [G]you’re missing me..

and your [Dm]heart starts to wonder

where on this [F]earth i could be..

thinking [C]maybe you’ll come back

here to the [G]place that we’d meet..

and you’ll [Dm]see me waiting for you

on the [F]corner of the street..

so i’m [C]not moving.[G]. i’m not [Dm]moving.[F].

Intro

[C] [G/B] [F] [F]

[C] policeman says, “son, you

[G/B] can’t stay here”

i say[F], “there’s someone i’m waiting for

if [F]it’s a day, a month, a year”

got[C]ta stand my ground

even [G/B]if it rains or snows

if she [F]changes her mind

this is the [F]first place she will [G]go

Chorus

‘cause if [C]one day you wake up

and find that [G]you’re missing me..

and your [Dm]heart starts to wonder

where on this [F]earth i could be..

thinking [C]maybe you’ll come back

here to the [G]place that we’d meet..

and you’ll [Dm]see me waiting for you

on the [F]corner of the street..

so i’m [C]not moving.[G]. i’m not [Dm]moving.[F].

so i’m [C]not moving.[G]. i’m not [Dm]moving.[F].

[Am] people talk about the [F]guy

who’s waiting [G]on a girl, oh-oh-[Dm]oh mmm

[Am] there are no holes in his [F]shoes

but a big hole in [G]his world, [Dm]mmm

[F]maybe i’ll get famous

as the [G]man who can’t be moved..

and [F]maybe you won’t mean to

but you’ll [G]see me on the news..

and you’ll come [F]running to the corner..

[G] ‘cause you know it’s just [Dm]for you

i’m the man who can’t be moved

[Dm] i’m the man who can’t be moved

Chorus

‘cause if [C]one day you wake up

and find that [G]you’re missing me..

(find you’re missing me..)

and your [Dm]heart starts to wonder

where on this [F]earth i could be..

(oh, where on earth i could be..)

thinking [C]maybe you’ll come back

here to the [G]place that we’d meet..

(to the place that we’d meet ouwo..)

and you’ll [Dm]see me waiting for you

on the [F]corner of the street..

(on the corner of the street)

‘cause if [C]one day you wake up

(so I’m not moving..)

and find that [G]you’re missing me..

and your [Dm]heart starts to wonder

(i’m not moving..)

where on this [F]earth i could be..

thinking [C]maybe you’ll come back

(i’m not moving..)

here to the [G]place that we’d meet..

and you’ll [Dm]see me waiting for you

(i’m not moving..)

on the [F]corner of the street..

[C]going back to the corner

where [G/B]i first saw you..

gonna[F] camp in my sleeping bag

i’m [F]not gonna move..