CHORDS: Hardin & York – Cant Keep A Good Man Down Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E


[Verse 1]
Am      F#m7
  He\'s eleven, 
he\'s gonna 
Fmaj7/A      E
ride in your head,
Am      F#m7 
 Try to make it so
 they 
Fmaj7/A     E
label you dead,
Am       
  Goodbye, forty 
F#m7   
dimes make a 
dollar, 
Fmaj7/A 
make a dollar 
   E
or two,
Am         F#m7
 Feel a success
 to fight,
     Fmaj7/A   E
 but heaven is you.

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[Verse 2]
Am         F#m7 
 Saved our best of,
 cannot 
Fmaj7/A       E
sentence just you,
Am    
 And I\'m much 
F#m7  
easier just 
   Fmaj7/A E
to imitate you,
Am          F#m7 
 Findin’ it safer 
just a 
Fmaj7/A         E
playing a young game,
Am               F#m7
 But surely it\'s safe 
but it just 
Fmaj7/A        
don\'t feel the 
E    F#m  G#m
same.


[Chorus]
Am           F#m7
Can\'t keep a good 
man down,
Fmaj7/A  
 and too 
   E E F#m G#m
long,
Am           F#m7
Can\'t keep a good
 man down,
Fmaj7/A  
 and too 
   E  E F#m G#m
long,
Am           
Can\'t keep a 
F#m7 
good man 
     Fmaj7/A  E
down, too long.


[Verse 3]
Am 
 Mama said when 
F#m7   
I was a 
child, and the 
Fmaj7/A  E
story  began,
Am       F#m7 
Overcome every 
step that you 
Fmaj7/A      E
know, you\'re a man,
Am        
 With my pride in my 
F#m7
pocket, laying 
Fmaj7/A      E
there on the ground,
Am       
 Got my ticket to 
F#m7         
heaven, but 
Fmaj7/A    
Lord knows where 
    E    E F#m  G#m
I\'m down.


[Chorus]
Am           F#m7 
Can\'t keep a good 
man down,
Fmaj7/A  
 and too 
   E E F#m G#m
long,
Am           F#m7 
Can\'t keep a good 
man down,
Fmaj7/A     E   E F#m G#m
 and too long,
Am           F#m7 
Can\'t keep a good 
man down,
Fmaj7/A  E  E F#m G#m
 too long.


[Instrument]
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  Fmaj7/A
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E
Am   F#m7  Fmaj7/A  E


[Verse 4]
Am                 
 Well I fought 
    F#m7  
and danced, a 
Fmaj7/A          
shot seen better 
E
price,
Am         
 In the pocket of a 
F#m7   
rich man, of the 
Fmaj7/A     E
Lord of the Lam,
Am   
 Now I’m standing so 
F#m7        
helpless, and you 
Fmaj7/A        E
take me by the hand,
Am           F#m7  
 I’ve got no money,
 but I just 
Fmaj7/A         
know you’ll all 
     E    E F#m  G#m
understand.


[Chorus]
Am                
Can\'t keep a 
F#m7     
good man down,
Fmaj7/A     E  E F#m G#m
 and too long,
Am           F#m7          
Can\'t keep a good
 man down,
Fmaj7/A     E E F#m G#m
 and too long,
Am                  
Can\'t keep a 
F#m7   
good man down,
Fmaj7/A  E  E F#m G#m
 too long.

[Outro]
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A E
Am F#m7 Fmaj7/A
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