Can't Keep Johnny Down
They Might Be GiantsVersion1
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Chords in this song
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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]