Be Prepared By: Tom Lehrer G5 C5 Be prepared, that's the Boy Scouts marching song G5 Be prepared, as through life you march along C5 E5 A5 Be prepared to hold your liquor fairly well D5 G5 Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell C5 Be prepared to hide that pack of cigarettes G5 Don't make book -- if you cannot cover bets C5 C5 F5 C5 F5 Keep those reefers hidden where you're sure they will not be found C5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 And be careful not to smoke them when the scoutmaster's around G5 C5 F5 D5 F5 For he only will insist that they be shared G5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 G5 Be prepared G5 Be prepared, G5 That's the Boy-Scouts' solemn creed Be prepared... G5 And be clean in word and deed! C5 E5 A5 Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice... D5 G5 Unless you get a good percentage of her price! C5 Be prepared, C5 And be careful not to do your good deed; G5 When there's no-one watching you C5 C5 F5 C5 F5 And you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind... C5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 G5 And you come across a Girl-Scout who is similarly inclined G5 C5 F5 D5 F5 Don't be nervous; don't be flustered; don't be scared G5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 G5 Be prepared! Hmmmm... try converting to Times New Roman (10) for the first verse and Arial (10) for the rest of them to put the chords in the right place (I think!) Since someone was kind enough to respond to my request for Tom Lehrer songs even though my request was on an inappropriate site, I thought the least I could do in return is to post them here. I should perhaps say that as this song was originally written for piano it may not really transpose very well onto guitar... as is in fact suggested by my own primitive preliminary attempts at a guitar-accompanied rendition, which were not entirely encouraging... But you may be a better guitarist than me, so here it is anyway! Good luck!
