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From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
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Subject: c/costello.elvis/the.beat.crd
THE BEAT
>From Elvis Costello: A Singing Dictionary
Chords by brenckle@scws0.ctstateu.edu (Nicholas Brenckle);
Lyrics and Modifications by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu (Phil Saunders)
Intro:
Bm G A Bm (2 times)
D Bm G A/C
We`re all going on a summer holiday
D Bm G A/C
Vigilante`s coming out to follow me.
D Bm G A/C
Heard somebody say they`re out to collar me.
D Bm G A/C
Anybody wanna swallow me?
Bm G A Bm (2 times)
Bm G A Bm
It takes two to tumble. It takes two to tango.
Bm G A Bm
Speak up; don`t mumble if you`re in the combo.
Bm G A Bm Bm G
On the beat, on the beat.
A Bm
Till a man comes along and he says,
G D/F Em7 G/D A/C G/B A
`Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?
G D/F Em7 D G A/C G/B D E
Though you never en---joy, such a pleasure to employ.`
D A/C E
See your friends in the state their in.
D A/C E
See your friends getting under their skin.
D A/C E
See your friends getting taken in.
Well, if you only knew the things you do to me.
I`d do anything to confuse the enemy.
There`s only one thing wrong with you befriending me.
Take it easy. I think you`re bending me.
I`ve been a bad boy with the standard leader.
My neighbor`s revving up his Vauxhall Viva.
On the beat, on the upbeat.
Till a man comes along and he says,
`Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?
Though you never enjoy, such pleasure to employ.`
See your friends walking down the street.
See your friends never quite complete.
See your friends getting under their feet.
Oh, I don`t want to disease you,
but I`m no good with machinery.
Oh, I don`t wanna freeze you.
Stop looking at the scen`ry.
I keep thinking about your mother.
Oh, I don`t wanna lick them.
I don`t wanna be a lover.
I just wanna be your victim.
I don`t go out much at night.
I don`t go out much at all.
Did you think you were the only one
who was waiting for a call
On the beat, on the upbeat.
Till a man comes along and he says,
`Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?
Though you never enjoy, such pleasure to employ.`
See your friends treat me like a stranger.
See your friends despite all the arrangements.
See your friends Nothing here has changed.
Just the beat.
