Randy Newman - Can't Keep a Good Man Down

      
 
 ...CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN... by Randy Newman

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 *from 'Randy Newman's Faust' (1995)*
 
 Intro:
 
 A7 
  
 Dm         A7      Dm       
  Everybody gather 'round me;
       Bbm               Dm         
 I got somethin' I wanna tell you...
 
 Interlude:
 
 Bbm Dm, Bbm G, C#
 Listen...
 
 Verse 1:
 
 F                          A7              
  When you're on the bottom like I am today,
 D7                                     
  And those around you are losing faith,
 In what you're tryin' to do;
 G9                                 C7  
  There is only one thing a man can say;
 Dm Bb C7 F C7, F
 You can't keep a good man down.
 
 Verse 2:
 
 F                       A7                  
  There've been mistakes and I've made a few,
 D7                                  
  But, oh, what a price I had to pay.
 G9                               C7    
  Yet still they try to push me a-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,
        Eb    Bb A   Bb    
 I lose sight of the dream.
             Eb    Bb A   Bb     
 (Don't lose sight of the dream).
 
 G7                                     
  But that's alright, 'cos soon, I know;
         C7                                          
 I'll be back on top again, runnin' things. Hey, hey.
 
 Verse 3:
 
 F                       A7                                
  Treat a man like dirt; give him no respect for who he is,
 D7                                
  Expect something dirty in return.
            G9                                     C7           
 Oh,they're flyin' high up there but they've got a lot to learn.
 Dm Bb C7 F C7, F
 Because you can't keep a good man down.
 
 Interlude:
 
 F 
  
 Coda:
 
 Bb              Bdim      F                 Dm       
  They shame me, blame me; they're tryin' to frame me.
          Dm    Bb     F              Dm    Bb     F        
 But they can't keep a good man, they can't keep a good man,
      Dm    Bb     A7       Dm    F     Em    Bbm    
 They can't keep a good man down, woah, woah, woah...
 
      F            C7        (Ab)  
 They can't keep a good man...down.
 
 Outro:
 
 Ab G, Ab G, F E, F (x2)
 
 CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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 D7 G9 C7 Bb F7 Eb A 
      
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 xx0212 323200 x32310 x13331 131211 x68886 577655
 
 G7 Bdim Em Ab E 
      
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 323000 xx0101 022000 466544 022100