...CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Randy Newman's Faust' (1995)*


Intro:

A7 (x02020@1)Dm (xx0231@1)       A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)Everybody gather 'round me;
      Bbm (x13321@1)             DmI (xx0231@1)got somethin' I wanna tell you...

Interlude:

Bbm  Dm, Bbm  G, C#
                  Listen...

Verse 1:

F (133211@1)                        A7 (x02020@1)When you're on the bottom like I am today,
D7 (xx0212@1)And those around you are losing faith,
In what you're tryin' to do;
G9 (x2323x@1)                               C7 (x32310@1)There is only one thing a man can say;
    Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   C7 (x32310@1)     F (133211@1)  C7, FYou (133211@1)can't keep a good man down.

Verse 2:

F (133211@1)                     A7 (x02020@1)There've been mistakes and I've made a few,
D7 (xx0212@1)But, oh, what a price I had to pay.
G9 (x2323x@1)                             C7 (x32310@1)Yet still they try to push me a-round,
         Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   C7 (x32310@1)     F (133211@1)  C, C7But (x32310@1)they can't keep a good man down.

Bridge 1:

F7 (131241@1)There may be times, when I'm feelin' low,
       Eb (x43121@3)  BbA   BbI (x1333x@1)lose sight of the dream.
            Eb (x43121@3)  BbA   Bb(Don't (x1333x@1)lose sight of the dream).

G7 (320001@1)But that's alright, 'cos soon, I know;
        C7I'll (x32310@1)be back on top again, runnin' things. Hey, hey.

Verse 3:

F (133211@1)                     A7 (x02020@1)Treat a man like dirt; give him no respect for who he is,
D7 (xx0212@1)Expect something dirty in return.
           G9 (x2323x@1)                                   C7Oh,they're (x32310@1)flyin' high up there but they've got a lot to learn.
            Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   C7 (x32310@1)     F (133211@1)  C7, FBecause (133211@1)you can't keep a good man down.

Interlude:

F (133211@1)Coda:

Bb (x1333x@1)            Bdim (1201xx@1)    F (133211@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)They shame me, blame me; they're tryin' to frame me.
         Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   FBut (133211@1)they can't keep a good man, they can't keep a good man,
     Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)   A7 (x02020@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)  BbmThey (x13321@1)can't keep a good man down, woah, woah, woah...

     F (133211@1)          C7 (x32310@1)      (G#)
They can't keep a good man...down.

Outro:

G# G, G# G, F E, F (x2)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    Bbm (x13321@1)   G (320003@1)     G# (xx1114@1)    F (133211@1)     A7 (x02020@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  xx0231  x13321  320003  466544  133211  x02223

   D7 (xx0212@1)    G9 (x2323x@1)    C7 (x32310@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    F7 (131241@1)    Eb (x43121@3)    A (x02220@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0212  323200  x32310  x13331  131211  x68886  577655

   G7 (320001@1)   Bdim (1201xx@1)   Em (022000@1)    G# (xx1114@1)    E (022100@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 323000  xx0101  022000  466544  022100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)