The Beat Goes On:Sonny And Cher.
#6 in 1967.

CHORUS: (Capo 3rd fret for original.)
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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.
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Charleston was once the rage, uh huh.
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History has turned the page, uh huh.

The mini skirts the current thing, uh huh.
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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.

#2.
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The grocery store's the super mart, uh huh.
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Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh.
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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.
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Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce.
                  D7             D
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss.
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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.