SONG: You Can't Stop The Beat
ARTIST: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
From the musical, Hairspray
Intro:
G7 G#7 (4 bars)
G#7
You cant stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But ya know you never will
F#/C# C# F#/C# C#
And you can try to stop my dancin' feet
G#/D# D#
But i just cannot stand still
Fm
'Cause the world keeps spinning
C#
'Round and 'round
Fm
And my heart's keeping time
C#
To the speed of sound
Fm C#
I was lost til i heard the drums
D#
Then i found my way
D#7 G#/D# D# D#sus G#
'Cause you can't stop the beat
C# G# C#
Ever since this old world began
G# C#
A woman found out if she shook it
G# C#
She could shake up a man
G# C#
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
G# C# D#
The best that i can today
C#/D#
'Cause you
G#/D# D#7
cant stop
G# C#
The motion of the ocean
G# C#
Or the sun in the sky
G# C#
You can wonder if you wanna
G# C#
But i never ask why
G# C#
And if you try to hold me down
G# C# D#
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
C#/D#
That you
G#/D# D#7 G#/D# (4 bars) G7
cant stop the beat!
G#7 (4 bars)
G#7
You can't stop a river
As it rushes to the sea
You can try and stop the hands of time
But ya know it just can't be
F#/C# C# F#/C# C#
And if they try to stop us, seaweed,
G#/D# D#
I'll call the N double A C P!
Fm
'Cause the world keeps spinning
C#
'Round and 'round
Fm
And my heart's keeping time
C#
To the speed of sound
Fm C#
I was lost til i heard the drums
D#
Then i found my way
D#7 G#/D# D# D#sus G#
'Cause you can't stop the beat
C# G# C#
Ever since we first saw the light
G# C#
A man and woman liked to shake it
G# C#
On a saturday night
G# C#
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
G# C# D#
With all my might today
C#/D#
'Cause you
G#/D# D#7
cant stop
G# C#
The motion of the ocean
G# C#
Or the rain from above
G# C#
They can try to stop the paradise
G# C#
We're dreaming of
G# C#
But they cannot stop the rhythm
G# C# D#
Of two hearts in love to stay
C#/D#
'Cause you
G#/D# D#7 G#/D# (4 bars) F#7
cant stop the beat!
G7 (4 bars)
G7
You cant stop my happiness
'Cause i like the way i am
And you just can't stop my knife and fork
When i see a christmas ham
F/C C F/C C
So if you don't like the way i look
D
Well, i |ust don't give a damn!
Em
'Cause the world keeps spinning
C
'Round and 'round
Em
And my heart's keeping time
C
To the speed of sound
Em C
I was lost til i heard the drums
D
Then i found my way
D7 G/D D Dsus G
'Cause you cant stop the beat
C G C
Ever since this old world began
G C
A woman found out if she shook it
G C
She could shake up a man
G C
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
G C D
The best that i can today
C/D G/D D7
'Cause you cant stop
C G
The motion of the ocean
G C
Or the sun in the sky
G C
You can wonder if you wanna
G C
But i never ask why
G C
And if you try to hold me down
G D
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
C/D G/D D7 G/D (4 bars)
That you cant stop the beat!
G7 G#7 (4 bars)
Oh, oh, oh,
G#7
You can't stop today
As it comes speeding down the track
Child, yesterday is hist'ry
And it's never coming back
F#/C# C# F#/C# C#
'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day
G#/C# D#
And it don't know white from black
Fm
'Cause the world keeps spinning
C#
'Round and 'round
Fm
And my heart's keeping time
C#
To the speed of sound
Fm C#
I was lost til i heard the drums
D#
Then i found my way
D#7
'Cause you
G#/D# D#
cant stop
D#sus G#
the beat
C# G# C#
Ever since we first saw the light
G# C#
A man and woman liked to shake it
G# C#
On a saturday night
G# C#
And so i'm gonna shake and shimmy it
G# C# D#
With all my might today
C#/D#
'Cause you
G#/D# D#7
can't stop
G# C#
The motion of the ocean
G# C#
Or the rain from above
G# C#
They can try to stop ths paradise
G# C#
We're dreaming of
G# C#
But you cannot stop the rhythm
G# C# D#
Of two hearts in love to stay
C#/D#
Cause you
G#/D# D#7 G#/D# E7 (11 bars)
can't stop the beat!
Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah, aah
Come on, you von tussles
Go on, shake your fanny muscles
We can't!
Yes, you can!
No, we can't!
Yes, you can!
Yes, we can...!!!
Bm/E A/E E A/E A
You can't stop the beat
D A D
Ever since we first saw the sun
A D
It seems von tussle girls are always
A D
Tryin' to please someone
A D
But now we're gonna shake and shimmy it
A D
And have some fun
E
Today!
Bm/E A/E E Esus
'Cause you can't stop the
A D
motion of the ocean
A
Or the rain from above
D A D
They can try to stop the paradise
A
We're dreaming of
D A D
But you cannot stop the rhythm
A Bm/D E
Of two hearts in love to stay
Bm/E A/E E7 A/E
'Cause you can't stop the beat!
F#m
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!!
D
You can't stop the beat!!
You can't stop the beat!!!
the beat!!
A (4 bars) A7
