• Song:

    Cant Keep Johnny Down

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

I have to give credit to Antgeth who tabbed this. Got it from the tmbg wiki.

Intro/Verse lick (outro lick played one octave down)
e--------15--17----------14--15-------------12--15------------------|
B-----15--------------15--------------13-15-------------------------|
G--16--------------14--------------12--------------------12--14-----|
D----------------------------------------------------14-------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

G D C
G D C

G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Outnumbered a million to one
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  CAll (x32010@1)of the dicks in this dick town
           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)CCan't (x32010@1)keep Johnny down
G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
M-e-n piled up in a towering mound
C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
None of them once has found a way
        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) CTo (x32010@1)keep Johnny down

A (x02220@1)                EmSpending (022000@1)days by myself

Remembering slights
          A (x02220@1)         BI'm (x2444x@1)not a monument to justice
                   CPlus (x32010@1)which I don't forget a face

G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)they can't (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)DCan't (xx0232@1)keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
That will keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)

Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D

G (320003@1)DSome (xx0232@1)dude
        C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)DHitting (xx0232@1)golf balls on the moon
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1) DBathroom (xx0232@1)in his pants
       C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D CAnd (x32010@1)he thinks he's better than m-e
    G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D        C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)DI'm (xx0232@1)pointing a finger at my own face
     C (x32010@1)                  GThey (320003@1)can't know what's in here
D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)CAnd (x32010@1)they can't keep Johnny down

A (x02220@1) Beneath my dignity
   EmTo (022000@1)flip off the guy
        A (x02220@1)           BWhen (x2444x@1)he pulls up alongside
          CTo (x32010@1)say my gas cap is unscrewed

G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)they can't (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)DCan't (xx0232@1)keep Johnny down (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
They haven't yet built the man (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
That will keep old Johnny down (down, down, down)

G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)they don't (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)DDon't (xx0232@1)know what I've seen (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)DCan't (xx0232@1)know what's in here (down, down, down)
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
And they can't keep Johnny down (down, down, down)

Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D

G D C Am G
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