Can't Keep a Good Man Down Alabama
This is a great sing-along-song and because I could not find it anywhere
at all on the internet, I decided to learn the song and make this tab
myself. This is my first tab.
The song is in standard tuning.
CHORDS USED:
[G] [C] [Em] [A7] [D7] [Cadd9]
e--3---0---0---0---2----3----| B--3---1---0---2---1----3----| G--0---0---0---0---2----0----| D--0---2---2---2---0----2----| A--2---3---2---0---X----3----| E--3---X---0---X---X----X----|
TAB:
This lick is played in the song on occasion:
e----------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------| D------------3--2-0---3--2--0------------| A----0--2--3--------3---------3--2--0----| E--3-----------------------------------3-|
[G]I thought it was forever
[G]I thought it would last
[G]Gotta try to make it
[G]A page of my past
[C]You didn't even say goodbye
[C]When you slammed that doo[G]r
[G]Now I'm lyin' here alone
[G]In what once was our bed
[G]Trying to forget
[G]All the cruel words you said
[C]All the radio was playing
[C]What once was our favorite son[G]g
[Em]Oh enough is enough I won't t[A7]ake anymore
I'm p[C]icking myself up o[D7]ff the floor
Cause you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9] You [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Oh no you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Sugar, you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man [G]down
The strumming rhythm for the chorus might be tricky at first
*Lick*
[G]Gonna dress up in my finest
[G]Clothes that I own
[G]And take it to the streets
[G]I won't be lonely for long
[C]Gonna put on my best moves
[C]On every single woman I se[G]e
[G]Now you thought you could break me
[G]Add me to your list
[G]Notch me on your gun
[G]Let me tell you this
[C]I've got news for you baby
[C]I don't break that easil[G]y
[G]Cause you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9] You [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Oh no you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Sugar, you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man [G]down
*Lick*
[G]I'll be out there on the scene
[G]Hangin' with my friends
[G]This world's gonna see
[G]Me smilin' again
[C]I'm taking some time
[C]To erase you from my memor[G]y
[G]Don't write any letters
[G]Don't call me on the phone
[G]Don't knock on my door
[G]Cause to you I'm not at home
[C]I know there's a woman out there
[C]For a man like me[G]
Cause you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9] You [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Oh no you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Sugar, you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man [G]down[Cadd9]
[Em]Oh enough is enough I won't t[A7]ake anymore
I'm p[C]icking myself up o[D7]ff the floor
Cause you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Baby, You [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Honey, you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
[Cadd9]Sugar, you [G]can't keep[Cadd9] a good man d[G]own
*Chorus again*
That should be it.
*tabbed my drummurdood89*
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