SONG: You Can't Stop The Beat ARTIST: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman From the musical, Hairspray Intro: G7 Ab7 (4 bars) Ab7 You cant stop an avalanche As it races down the hill You can try to stop the seasons, girl But ya know you never will F#/C# C# F#/C# C# And you can try to stop my dancin' feet Ab/Eb Eb But i just cannot stand still Fm 'Cause the world keeps spinning C# 'Round and 'round Fm And my heart's keeping time C# To the speed of sound Fm C# I was lost til i heard the drums Eb Then i found my way Eb7 Ab/Eb Eb D#sus Ab 'Cause you can't stop the beat C# Ab C# Ever since this old world began Ab C# A woman found out if she shook it Ab C# She could shake up a man Ab C# And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it Ab C# Eb The best that i can today C#/Eb 'Cause you Ab/Eb Eb7 cant stop Ab C# The motion of the ocean Ab C# Or the sun in the sky Ab C# You can wonder if you wanna Ab C# But i never ask why Ab C# And if you try to hold me down Ab C# Eb I'm gonna spit in your eye and say C#/Eb That you G#/D# D#7 G#/D# (4 bars) G7 cant stop the beat! G#7 (4 bars) Ab7 You can't stop a river As it rushes to the sea You can try and stop the hands of time But ya know it just can't be F#/C# C# F#/C# C# And if they try to stop us, seaweed, Ab/Eb Eb I'll call the N double A C P! Fm 'Cause the world keeps spinning C# 'Round and 'round Fm And my heart's keeping time C# To the speed of sound Fm C# I was lost til i heard the drums Eb Then i found my way Eb7 Ab/Eb Eb D#sus Ab 'Cause you can't stop the beat C# Ab C# Ever since we first saw the light Ab C# A man and woman liked to shake it Ab C# On a saturday night Ab C# And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it Ab C# Eb With all my might today C#/Eb 'Cause you Ab/Eb Eb7 cant stop Ab C# The motion of the ocean Ab C# Or the rain from above Ab C# They can try to stop the paradise Ab C# We're dreaming of Ab C# But they cannot stop the rhythm Ab C# Eb Of two hearts in love to stay C#/Eb 'Cause you G#/D# D#7 G#/D# (4 bars) F#7 cant stop the beat! G7 (4 bars) G7 You cant stop my happiness 'Cause i like the way i am And you just can't stop my knife and fork When i see a christmas ham F C F C So if you don't like the way i look D Well, i |ust don't give a damn! Em 'Cause the world keeps spinning C 'Round and 'round Em And my heart's keeping time C To the speed of sound Em C I was lost til i heard the drums D Then i found my way D7 G/D D Dsus4 G 'Cause you cant stop the beat C G C Ever since this old world began G C A woman found out if she shook it G C She could shake up a man G C And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it G C D The best that i can today C/D G/D D7 'Cause you cant stop C G The motion of the ocean G C Or the sun in the sky G C You can wonder if you wanna G C But i never ask why G C And if you try to hold me down G D I'm gonna spit in your eye and say C/D G/D D7 G/D (4 bars) That you cant stop the beat! G7 Ab7 (4 bars) Oh, oh, oh, Ab7 You can't stop today As it comes speeding down the track Child, yesterday is hist'ry And it's never coming back F#/C# C# F#/C# C# 'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day Ab/C# Eb And it don't know white from black Fm 'Cause the world keeps spinning C# 'Round and 'round Fm And my heart's keeping time C# To the speed of sound Fm C# I was lost til i heard the drums Eb Then i found my way Eb7 'Cause you Ab/Eb Eb cant stop D#sus Ab the beat C# Ab C# Ever since we first saw the light Ab C# A man and woman liked to shake it Ab C# On a saturday night Ab C# And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it Ab C# Eb With all my might today C#/Eb 'Cause you Ab/Eb Eb7 can't stop Ab C# The motion of the ocean Ab C# Or the rain from above Ab C# They can try to stop ths paradise Ab C# We're dreaming of Ab C# But you cannot stop the rhythm Ab C# Eb Of two hearts in love to stay C#/Eb Cause you G#/D# D#7 G#/D# E7 (11 bars) can't stop the beat! Aah, aah, aah Aah, aah, aah Aah, aah, aah, aah Come on, you von tussles Go on, shake your fanny muscles We can't! Yes, you can! No, we can't! Yes, you can! Yes, we can...!!! Bm/E A/E E A/E A You can't stop the beat D A D Ever since we first saw the sun A D It seems von tussle girls are always A D Tryin' to please someone A D But now we're gonna shake and shimmy it A D And have some fun E Today! Bm/E A/E E Esus4 'Cause you can't stop the A D motion of the ocean A Or the rain from above D A D They can try to stop the paradise A We're dreaming of D A D But you cannot stop the rhythm A Bm/D E Of two hearts in love to stay Bm/E A/E E7 A/E 'Cause you can't stop the beat! F#m You can't stop the beat!! You can't stop the beat!!! D You can't stop the beat!! You can't stop the beat!!! the beat!! A (4 bars) A7
