The Beat Goes On Chords & Tabs
The Beat Goes On:Sonny And Cher.
#6 in 1967.
CHORUS: (Capo 3rd fret for original.)
D
The beat goes on, the beat goes on.
D7 D
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain.
D7 G D
La de da de de...la de da de da.
#1.
D
Charleston was once the rage, uh huh.
D7 D
History has turned the page, uh huh.
The mini skirts the current thing, uh huh.
D7 D
Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh.
CHORUS:
D
The beat goes on, the beat goes on.
D7 D
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain.
D7 G D
La de da de de...la de da de da.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonny_and_cher/the_beat_goes_on_crd_ver_2.html ]
#2.
D
The grocery store's the super mart, uh huh.
D7 D
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh.
D
And men still keep on marching off to war.
D7 D
Electrically they keep a baseball score.
CHORUS:
D
The beat goes on, the beat goes on.
D7 D
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain.
D7 G D
La de da de de...la de da de da.
#3.
D
Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce.
D7 D
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss.
D
The cars keep going faster all the time.
D7
Bums still cry,' Hey buddy, have you got a dime?'
CHORUS:
D
The beat goes on, the beat goes on.
D7 D
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain.
D7 G D
La de da de de...la de da de da.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.