Don't Beat Me Down chords by
Gordon Lightfoot

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Key: G minor•

Intro 1

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

Verse 2
Gm Gm 3
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Till the powers that be
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Eb Eb 6
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took a liking to him
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F F 
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And they traded his body for
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Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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a cold empty shell
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Verse 3
Gm Gm 3
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Don't beat me down
Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Don't beat
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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me down
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Gm Gm 3
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I've got something to say
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Eb Eb 6
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Don't you stand in my  way
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And don't beat me down
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Verse 4
Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Oh, when I was a youth,
I found the truth
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Gm Gm 3
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In the eye s of a friend
There wasn't anyone
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could make the light dim
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F F 
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And we talked and we rambled
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Cm Cm 3
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and we gambled to win
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And the learning was good

Verse 5

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Till the powers that be to

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a liking to him

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They traded their fortunes for the

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sight of his blood

Verse 6
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When I was a child and
my mother smiled
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Gm Gm 3
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At the cradle she bought
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For the little tot she held to her breast
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F F 
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And the song that she sang was
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Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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an anthem to love
It was all that I heard

Verse 7
Gm Gm 3
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Till the powers that be took
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a liking to me
Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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And they told me that love
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was a four-letter word
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word
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Don't beat me down

Verse 8
Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Don't beat
Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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me down
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Gm Gm 3
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I've got one life to live
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Eb Eb 6
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And that's all I   can give
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So don't beat me down
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Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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Verse 9
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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And now I've got a place,
I got a worried face
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Gm Gm 3
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And a question in mind
Please let me find a reason
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somehow
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F F 
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Why some reap the harvest
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Cm Cm 3
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while other men die
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And the joker runs wild

Verse 10
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And if powers that be take
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Eb Eb 6
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a liking to us
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F F 
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Then we all must return
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Cm Cm 3
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to the ways of a child
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F F 
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D D 
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We  all must return to the ways of a child

Verse 11
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Gm Gm 3
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So don't beat me  down
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Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Don't beat me down
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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I've got something to say
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Don't you stand in my way
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And don't beat me down

Verse 12
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Gm Gm 3
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I've got one life to life
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Eb Eb 6
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And that's all I can give
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So don't beat me down
Cm Cm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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Don't beat me down
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Don't beat me down

Outro 1

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