Chords for Hairspray Original Broadway Cast: You Can't Stop the Beat

_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You can't stop the avalanche as it races down the hill.
You can try to stop the seasons, girl, but you know you never will.
[Gb] And you can try to stop my dancing feet, [Ab] but I just cannot [Eb] stand still.
[Fm] The world keeps [Db] spinning round and round, [Fm] and I've got time [Db] to speed up down [Fm] _ [Db] the drum
that I [Eb]
play.
You can't [Ab] stop the beat ever since this whole world began.
The woman found out and she shook it, she can shake a full man.
And so I'm gonna shake it, cheer me in the best that I can [Eb] today.
_ You can't [Ab] stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky.
If you're [Db] wondering, you wanna, but I'll never ask why.
[Ab] If you [Db] try to hold me down, I'm gonna spit in your [Eb] eye and say_
You can't [Ab] stop the beat.
[Abm] _ _ [Eb] _
[F] What do you have to say, [A] Penny? _ _ _ _
_ _ You can't stop a river as it rushes to the sea.
You can try to stop the hands of time, but you know I'll be.
[G] And in the travesty we, [A] I thought we'd all be [E] defeated.
_ [Gbm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gbm] _
[D] The speed of sound, [Gbm] I was lost in a [D] herd of roaches.
And I'm [E] mad.
_ [A] You can't stop the beat ever since we first saw the light.
A man and woman, I'm just [D] shaking on a Saturday night.
And so I'm gonna shake and cheer me in with all of my [E] might today.
_ You can't [A] stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above.
I can try to stop the pathway, but really, no, I won't.
I cannot stop the rhythm of the heart that I [E] love to stay.
You can't [A] stop the beat.
_ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Crazy avalos, I'd like to add you to my mind.
See, you can't stop my happiness, cause I like the way I am.
And you just can't stop my fanfare when I see a Christmas hand.
[F] So you don't like the way I [G] look, well, I just don't [D] give a damn.
[Em] The world keeps [C] spinning round and [Em] round.
My heart's beating [C] time to speed, I'll [Em] stop.
Long till I [C] heard the drums and I [D] found my way.
You can't [G] stop the beat ever since this whole world began.
I wanna find a way to [C] shake up my mind.
And so I'm gonna shake and cheer me in with the best that I [D] can today.
_ You [G] can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky.
If you wanna do it, you [G] wanna, but I don't.
If you try to hold me down, I'm gonna scream it out [D] high and say.
_ You can't stop the beat.
[Gm] Love of the [C] ATF, let's stop [F] our singing [Ab] now.
Step beside me, buttercup.
_ Oh, oh, oh, you can't stop today.
Cause it comes speeding down the track.
Ooh, child, yeah.
The day is history.
And it never [Abm] ends.
[Gb] Cause [Db] tomorrow is a brand new [Ab] day.
And the [Eb] _ _ [Fm] world keeps [Db] spinning round and [Fm]
round.
My heart's beating [Db] time to speed, I'll [Fm] stop.
Long till I [Db] heard the drums and I [Eb] found my way.
[Ab] You can't stop the beat ever since we first saw the light.
I like to [Db] shake it on a Saturday night.
I'm gonna shake and cheer me in with all of my [Eb] might today.
_ You [Ab] can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above.
If you try to stop it, I don't.
Dreaming of a big cat, I'm hovering above.
We're walking in [Eb] love today.
_ You [E] can't stop the beat. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Come on, you buttercup, let's go and drink a pint of love.
Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.
Yes, we can.
We're [E] _ _ [A] _ _ going to _ _ stop the water.
Cause now we're gonna shake it and knock off [E] water today.
_ You [A] can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above.
If you try to stop it, I don't.
Dreaming of a big cat, I'm hovering above.
We're walking in [E] love today.
_ You [Gbm] can't stop the beat.
You _ [D] can't stop the beat.
You can't stop the beat.
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