[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
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ride in your head,
Am F#m7
Try to make it so
they
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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
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sentence just you,
Am
And I\'m much
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easier just
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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
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good man
Fmaj7/A E
down, too long.
[Verse 3]
Am
Mama said when
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I was a
child, and the
Fmaj7/A E
story began,
Am F#m7
Overcome every
step that you
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know, you\'re a man,
Am
With my pride in my
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pocket, laying
Fmaj7/A E
there on the ground,
Am
Got my ticket to
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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]
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[Verse 4]
Am
Well I fought
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and danced, a
Fmaj7/A
shot seen better
E
price,
Am
In the pocket of a
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rich man, of the
Fmaj7/A E
Lord of the Lam,
Am
Now I’m standing so
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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.
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