Don't Beat Me Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C][Em][Am][C][Em]
[C][Em]

[Verse 1]
[C]Oh,
[Em]when he was a man, my father would stand
I never saw him run
There wasn't anyone
could make the man [C]bend
[Em]The strength of his [D]will was
[C]the tool of his [Am]trade
[Em]And he did his work well

[Verse 2]
Till the powers [Em]that be
took a lik[Am]ing [C]to him
[Em]And they traded his body[D] for
a [C]cold empty [Am]shell[Em]
[Am]

[Verse 3]
Don't [Em]beat me down
[Am]Don't [C]bea[Em]t[C]
[Em]me down[C][Em]
[C]I've got[Em] something to say
Don't you stand in [Am]my wa[C]y
And don't beat [Em]me down
[C][Em]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
[C]Oh, when I was[Em] a youth,
I found the truth
In the [C]eye[Em]s of a friend
There wasn't anyone
could make the light [C]dim
[Em]And we talked and [D]we rambled
and we [C]gambled [Am]to win
[Em]And the learning was good

[Verse 5]
Till [Em]the powers that be to
a liking [Am]to him[C]
[Em]They traded their for[D]tunes for the
[C]sight of [Am]his blood[Em][Am][Em]

[Verse 6]
When I was [Em]a child and
my mother smiled
At the [C]cradle [Em]she bought
For the little tot she held to [C]her breast
[Em]And the song that [D]she sang was
an an[C]them to [Am]love[Em]
It was all that I heard

[Verse 7]
Till the [Em]powers that be took
a liking [C]to me
[Em]And they told me [D]that love
was a four-[C]letter word
[Am]word
Don't [Em]beat me down

[Verse 8]
[Am]Don't [C]bea[Em]t[C][Em]
[Am]me down[C][Em][Am][Em]
[C]I've got[Em] one life to live
And that's all [Am]I can giv[C]e
So don't beat [Em]me down
[C][Em][Am]

[Verse 9]
[C]And [Em]now I've got a place,
I got a worried face
[Am]And a [Em]question in mind
Please let me find a reason
some[C]how
[Em]Why some reap the har[D]vest
while [C]other men [Am]die
[Em]And the joker runs wild

[Verse 10]
And if powers [Em]that be take
a lik[Am]ing to [C]us
[Em]Then we all must re[D]turn
to [C]the ways of [Am]a child
[Em]We all must retu[D]rn to th[C]e ways of a ch[B]ild

[Verse 11]
[B]So don't beat [Em]me down
[C]Don't [Em]beat[C] me down[Em]
[C][Em]
[C]I've got[Em] something to say
Don't you stand in my [C]way
And don't beat [Em]me down

[Verse 12]
[C]
[Em]I've got one life to life
And that's all I [Am]can g[C]ive
So don't beat [Em]me down
[Am]Don'[C]t beat me do[Em]wn[Am]
[C]Don't [Em]beat me down

[Outro 1]
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