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