Don't Beat Me Down

Don't Beat Me Down easy guitar chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Oh, 

    when 
    he was 
    a man, 
    my 
    father 
    would 
    stand 

    never 
    saw 
    him run 

    There 
    wasn't 
    anyone 

    could make 
    the man 
    bend 

    The 
    strength 
    of his 
    will 
    was 

    the tool 
    of his 
    trade 

    And 
    he did his 
    work 
    well 

    Verse 2
    Till 
    the powers 
    that be 

    took 
    a lik
    ing 
    to him 

    And they 
    traded 
    his 
    body 
    for 

    cold 
    empty 
    shell 

    Verse 3
    Don't 
    beat 
    me down 

    Don't 
    beat 

    me down 

    I've 
    got 
    something 
    to say 

    Don't 
    you stand 
    in 
    my 
    way 

    And don't 
    beat 
    me down 

    Verse 4

    Oh, when 
    was a 
    youth, 

    found 
    the 
    truth 

    In the 
    eye
    s of 
    a friend 

    There 
    wasn't 
    anyone 

    could make 
    the light 
    dim 

    And 
    we talked 
    and 
    we rambled 

    and we 
    gambled 
    to win 

    And the 
    learning 
    was 
    good 

    Verse 5
    Till 
    the powers 
    that be 
    to 

    a liking 
    to him 

    They 
    traded 
    their 
    for
    tunes 
    for 
    the 

    sight 
    of 
    his blood 

    Verse 6
    When 
    I was 
    a child 
    and 

    my 
    mother 
    smiled 

    At the 
    cradle 
    she bought 

    For 
    the 
    little 
    tot 
    she held 
    to 
    her breast 

    And 
    the song 
    that 
    she sang 
    was 

    an an
    them 
    to 
    love 

    It was 
    all 
    that 
    I heard 

    Verse 7
    Till the 
    powers 
    that be 
    took 

    a liking 
    to me 

    And they 
    told 
    me 
    that love 

    was 
    a four-
    letter 
    word 

    word 

    Don't 
    beat 
    me down 
    Verse 8

    Don't 
    beat 

    me down 

    I've 
    got 
    one 
    life 
    to live 

    And that's 
    all 
    can 
    give 

    So don't 
    beat 
    me down 


    Verse 9
    And 
    now 
    I've got 
    a place, 

    I got 
    a worried 
    face 

    And 
    question 
    in 
    mind 

    Please 
    let 
    me 
    find 
    a reason 

    some
    how 

    Why some 
    reap 
    the har
    vest 

    while 
    other 
    men 
    die 

    And the 
    joker 
    runs 
    wild 

    Verse 10
    And if 
    powers 
    that be 
    take 

    a lik
    ing 
    to 
    us 

    Then we 
    all 
    must 
    re
    turn 

    to 
    the ways 
    of 
    a child 

    We 
    all 
    must 
    re
    turn 
    to 
    the ways 
    of 
    child 

    Verse 11
    So 
    don't 
    beat 
    me 
    down 

    Don't 
    beat 
    me down 


    I've 
    got 
    something 
    to say 

    Don't 
    you stand 
    in 
    my 
    way 

    And don't 
    beat 
    me down 

    Verse 12

    I've 
    got 
    one 
    life 
    to life 

    And 
    that's 
    all 
    can 
    give 

    So 
    don't 
    beat 
    me down 

    Don't 
    beat 
    me down 

    Don't 
    beat 
    me down 

    Outro 1

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