The Beat Goes On Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The[C] be[Am]at g[C]oes [D]on[C],[Am][C][D][C][D]
[C]the[D] be[C]at [D]goes on[C][D][C]
[D]Drums keep [Am]pound[C]ing a [D]rhyth
[C]m t[Am]o the bra[D]in[F][C][D]
[C]La de da de [D]de,
[C]la [D]de da de [C]da[D][C]

[Verse 2]
[D]Charleston was once the rage, uh huh
History has turned the page, uh huh
The mini skirts, the current thing,
uh huh

[Verse 3]
Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh
[D]
And the beat goes on,
[C]the[D] beat goes on[C][D][C]
[D]Drums [C]keep [Am]pound[C]ing a rhythm
[Am]to the b[D]rain[Dm][F][C][D]
La de [C]da de [D]de,
la de da de [C]da[D][C]

[Verse 4]
[D]The grocery store's the super mart,
uh huh
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh
And men still keep on marching
off to war

[Verse 5]
Electrically they keep a baseball score
[D]
And the beat goes on,
the beat [C]goes [D]on[C][D][C]
[D]Drums [C]keep [Am]pound[C]ing a [D]rhyth
[C]m to [Am]the brain[D][C][D]
La de [C]da de [D]de,
[C]la [D]de da de da[C][Am][C]

[Verse 6]
[D]Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss
The cars keep going faster all the time
Bums still cry, "Hey buddy,

[Verse 7]
have you got a dime?"
[D]
And the beat goes on,
[C]the[D] be[C]at goes on[D][C][D][C][Am][C]
[D]Drums [C]keep [Am]pounding a [D]rhyth
[C]m to the bra[D]in[C][Am][C]
La de da de [D]de,
[C]la [D]de [C]da de da[D][C][D]
And the [C]beat goes on,

[Verse 8]
[D]yes,
the beat goes on
And the beat goes on,
and the beat goes on
The beat goes on, and the beat goes on