...CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN... by Randy Newman
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from 'Randy Newman's Faust' (1995)
Intro:
[A7]
[Dm] Everybody [A7]gather '[Dm]round me;
I got [Bbm]somethin' I wanna [Dm]tell you...
Interlude:
Bbm Dm, Bbm G, C#
Listen...
Verse 1:
[F] When you're on the bottom [A7]like I am today,
[D7] And those around you are losing faith,
In what you're tryin' to do;
[G9] There is only one thing a man can [C7]say;
Dm Bb C7 F C7, F
You can't keep a good man down.
Verse 2:
[F] There've been mistakes [A7]and I've made a few,
[D7] But, oh, what a price I had to pay.
[G9] Yet still they try to push me a-[C7]round,
Dm Bb C7 F C, C7
But they can't keep a good man down.
Bridge 1:
[F7] There may be times, when I'm feelin' low,
I lose [Eb]sight [Bb]of [A]the [Bb]dream.
(Don't lose [Eb]sight [Bb]of [A]the [Bb]dream).
[G7] But that's alright, 'cos soon, I know;
I'll be [C7]back on top again, runnin' things. Hey, hey.
Verse 3:
[F] Treat a man like dirt; [A7]give him no respect for who he is,
[D7] Expect something dirty in return.
Oh,they're [G9]flyin' high up there but they've got a [C7]lot to learn.
Dm Bb C7 F C7, F
Because you can't keep a good man down.
Interlude:
[F]
Coda:
[Bb] They shame me, [Bdim]blame me; [F]they're tryin' to [Dm]frame me.
But they [Dm]can't [Bb]keep a [F]good man, they [Dm]can't [Bb]keep a [F]good man,
They [Dm]can't [Bb]keep a [A7]good man [Dm]down, [F]woah, [Em]woah, [Bbm]woah...
They [F]can't keep a [C7]good man..[(G#)].down.
Outro:
G# G, G# G, F E, F (x2)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[A7] [Dm] [Bbm] [G] [G#] [F][A7]
[EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]xx0231 [EADGBE]x13321 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]x02223
[D7] [G9] [C7] [Bb] [F7] [Eb][A]
[EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]323200 [EADGBE]x32310 [EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]131211 [EADGBE]x68886 [EADGBE]577655
[G7] [Bdim] [Em] [G#] [E]
[EADGBE]323000 [EADGBE]xx0101 [EADGBE]022000 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]022100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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from 'Randy Newman's Faust' (1995)
Intro:
[A7]
[Dm] Everybody [A7]gather '[Dm]round me;
I got [Bbm]somethin' I wanna [Dm]tell you...
Interlude:
Bbm Dm, Bbm G, C#
Listen...
Verse 1:
[F] When you're on the bottom [A7]like I am today,
[D7] And those around you are losing faith,
In what you're tryin' to do;
[G9] There is only one thing a man can [C7]say;
Dm Bb C7 F C7, F
You can't keep a good man down.
Verse 2:
[F] There've been mistakes [A7]and I've made a few,
[D7] But, oh, what a price I had to pay.
[G9] Yet still they try to push me a-[C7]round,
Dm Bb C7 F C, C7
But they can't keep a good man down.
Bridge 1:
[F7] There may be times, when I'm feelin' low,
I lose [Eb]sight [Bb]of [A]the [Bb]dream.
(Don't lose [Eb]sight [Bb]of [A]the [Bb]dream).
[G7] But that's alright, 'cos soon, I know;
I'll be [C7]back on top again, runnin' things. Hey, hey.
Verse 3:
[F] Treat a man like dirt; [A7]give him no respect for who he is,
[D7] Expect something dirty in return.
Oh,they're [G9]flyin' high up there but they've got a [C7]lot to learn.
Dm Bb C7 F C7, F
Because you can't keep a good man down.
Interlude:
[F]
Coda:
[Bb] They shame me, [Bdim]blame me; [F]they're tryin' to [Dm]frame me.
But they [Dm]can't [Bb]keep a [F]good man, they [Dm]can't [Bb]keep a [F]good man,
They [Dm]can't [Bb]keep a [A7]good man [Dm]down, [F]woah, [Em]woah, [Bbm]woah...
They [F]can't keep a [C7]good man..[(G#)].down.
Outro:
G# G, G# G, F E, F (x2)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[A7] [Dm] [Bbm] [G] [G#] [F][A7]
[EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]xx0231 [EADGBE]x13321 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]x02223
[D7] [G9] [C7] [Bb] [F7] [Eb][A]
[EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]323200 [EADGBE]x32310 [EADGBE]x13331 [EADGBE]131211 [EADGBE]x68886 [EADGBE]577655
[G7] [Bdim] [Em] [G#] [E]
[EADGBE]323000 [EADGBE]xx0101 [EADGBE]022000 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]022100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
