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Can't Keep Johnny Down

They Might Be Giants
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro/Verse lick (outro lick played one octave down)
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G--16--------------14--------------12--------------------12--14-----|
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Outnumbered  a million to one
All  of the dicks in this dick town
 Can't keep Johnny down
M-e-n  piled up in a towering mound
None  of them once has found a way
 To keep Johnny down
Spending  days by myself
 Remembering slights
 I'm not a monument  to justice
 Plus which I don't forget  a face
 And they can't  (down, down, down)
Can't  keep Johnny down  (down, down, down)
They  haven't yet built the man  (down, down, down)
That  will keep old Johnny down (down,  down, down)
 Some dude
 Hitting golf  balls on the moon
Bathroom  in his pants
 And he thinks  he's better than m-e
 I'm pointing  a finger  at my own face
 They can't  know what's in here
And they  can't keep Johnny down
 Beneath my dignity
 To flip  off the guy
 When he pulls  up alongside
 To say my gas  cap is unscrewed
 And they can't  (down, down, down)
Can't  keep Johnny down  (down, down, down)
They  haven't yet built the man  (down, down, down)
That  will keep old Johnny down (down,  down, down)
 And  they  don't (down, down, down)
Don't  know what I've seen  (down, down, down)
Can't  know what's in here  (down, down, down)
And  they can't keep Johnny down (down,  down, down)

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Readable chord sheet for Can't Keep Johnny Down by They Might Be Giants

Intro/Verse lick (outro lick played one octave down)
e--------15--17----------14--15-------------12--15------------------|
B-----15--------------15--------------13-15-------------------------|
G--16--------------14--------------12--------------------12--14-----|
D----------------------------------------------------14-------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]

[G]Ou[D]tn[C]umbered a million to [G]on[D]e
[C]All of the dicks in [G]this [D]dick [C]town
Can't keep [G]John[D]ny [C]down
[G]M-[D]e-[C]n piled up in a towering [G]mo[D]und
[C]None of them once has [G]found [D]a [C]way
To keep [G]Joh[D]nny [C]down

[A]Spending days by my[Em]self

Remembering slights
I'm not a [A]monument to [B]justice
Plus which I don't [C]forget a face

And they [G]can'[D]t (down, down, down)
[C]Can't keep Johnny [G]dow[D]n (down, down, down)
[C]They haven't yet built the [G]ma[D]n (down, down, down)
[C]That will keep old Johnny [G]dow[D]n [C](down, down, down)

[Em] [A] [C] [D] [G] [C] [A] [D]

Some [G]dud[D]e
Hitting [C]golf balls on the [G]moo[D]n
[C]Bathroom in his [G]pant[D]s
And he [C]thinks he's better than [G]m-[D]e [C]
I'm [G]po[D]inting a [C]finger at my own [G]fac[D]e
They [C]can't know what's in [G]here
[D]And [C]they can't keep [G]John[D]ny [C]down

[A]  Beneath my dignity
To [Em]flip off the guy
When he [A]pulls up along[B]side
To say my [C]gas cap is unscrewed

And they [G]can'[D]t (down, down, down)
[C]Can't keep Johnny [G]dow[D]n (down, down, down)
[C]They haven't yet built the [G]ma[D]n (down, down, down)
[C]That will keep old Johnny [G]dow[D]n [C](down, down, down)

And[G] the[D]y don't (down, down, down)
[C]Don't know what I've [G]see[D]n (down, down, down)
[C]Can't know what's in [G]her[D]e (down, down, down)
[C]And they can't keep Johnny [G]dow[D]n [C](down, down, down)

[Em] [A] [C] [D] [G] [C] [A] [D]

[G] [D] [C] [Am] [G]

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