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Don't Beat Me Down easy guitar chords by 
Gordon Lightfoot
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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
C
could make the man bend
Em
D
The strength of his will was
C
Am
the tool of his trade
Em
And he did his work well
Verse 2
Em
Till the powers that be
Am
C
took a liking to him
Em
D
And they traded his body for
C
Am
Em
a cold empty shell
Am
Verse 3
Em
Don't beat me down
Am
C
Em
C
Don't beat
Em
C
Em
me down
C
Em
I've got something to say
Am
C
Don't you stand in my way
Em
And don't beat me down
C
Em
Verse 4
Am
C
Em
Oh, when I was a youth,
I found the truth
C
Em
In the eyes of a friend
There wasn't anyone
C
could make the light dim
Em
D
And we talked and we rambled
C
Am
and we gambled to win
Em
And the learning was good
Verse 5
Em
Till the powers that be to
Am
C
a liking to him
Em
D
They traded their fortunes for the
C
Am
Em
Am
Em
sight of his blood
Verse 6
Em
When I was a child and
my mother smiled
C
Em
At the cradle she bought
C
For the little tot she held to her breast
Em
D
And the song that she sang was
C
Am
Em
an anthem to love
It was all that I heard
Verse 7
Em
Till the powers that be took
C
a liking to me
Em
D
And they told me that love
C
was a four-letter word
Am
word
Em
Don't beat me down
Verse 8
Am
C
Em
C
Em
Don't beat
Am
C
Em
Am
Em
me down
C
Em
I've got one life to live
Am
C
And that's all I can give
Em
So don't beat me down
C
Em
Am
Verse 9
C
Em
And now I've got a place,
I got a worried face
Am
Em
And a question in mind
Please let me find a reason
C
somehow
Em
D
Why some reap the harvest
C
Am
while other men die
Em
And the joker runs wild
Verse 10
Em
And if powers that be take
Am
C
a liking to us
Em
D
Then we all must return
C
Am
to the ways of a child
Em
D
C
B
We all must return to the ways of a child
Verse 11
B
Em
So don't beat me down
C
Em
C
Em
Don't beat me down
C
Em
C
Em
I've got something to say
C
Don't you stand in my way
Em
And don't beat me down
Verse 12
C
Em
I've got one life to life
Am
C
And that's all I can give
Em
So don't beat me down
Am
C
Em
Am
Don't beat me down
C
Em
Don't beat me down
Outro 1
Am
C
Em
Am
C
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