Beasley Street

From The Album "Snap, Crackle & Bop" (1980)

Intro
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Verse 1
DmFar From Crazy Pavements,Am The Taste Of Silver Spoons
Dm A Clinical Arrangement On A AmDirty Afternoon
Where The DmFecal Germs Of Mr FreudAm Are Rendered Obsolete
The CLegal Term Is Em/BNull And Void In The DCase Of Beasley Street

Verse 2
In The DmCheap Seats Where Murder Breeds, SomeAmbody Is Out Of Breath
SDmleep Is A Luxury They Don't Need, A SAmneak Preview Of Death
Dm Belladonna Is Your Flower,Am Manslaughter Your Meat
C Spend A Year In A Em/BCouple Of Hours On The DEdge Of Beasley Street

Verse 3
Dm Where The Action Isn't,Am That's Where It Is
Dm State Your Position,Am Vacancies Exist
In An DmX-Certificate Exercise, Ex-AmServicemen Excrete
Keith CJoseph Smiles And A Em/BBaby Dies In A DBox On Beasley Street

Verse 4
From The DmBoarding Houses And The Bedsits, Full OfAm Accidents And Fleas
Dm Somebody Gets It Where The AmMissing Persons Freeze
Dm Wearing Dead Men's Overcoats,Am You Can't See Their Feet
A CRiff Joint Shuts, Em/BOpens Up, Right DDown On Beasley Street

Verse 5
Dm Cars Collide, Colours Clash,Am Disaster Movie Stuff
For A DmMan With A Fu Manchu Moustache,Am Revenge Is Not Enough
There's A DmDead Canary On A Swivel Seat, There's A RAmainbow In The Road
C Meanwhile On Em/BBeasley Street, DSilence Is The Code

Instrumental
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Verse 6
Dm Hot Beneath The Collar,Am An Inspector Calls
Where The DmPerishing Stink Of SqualorAm Impregnates The Walls
The DmRats Have All Got Rickets, They SAmpit Through Broken Teeth
The CName Of The Game Is Em/BNot Cricket, Caught DOut On Beasley Street

Verse 7
Dm The Hipster And His Hired HatAm Drive A Borrowed Car
Dm Yellow Socks And A Pink Cravat,Am Nothing La-Di-Dah
Dm Oap, Mother To Be,Am Watch The Three-Piece Suite
When CShit-Stoppered Drains And Em/BCrocodile Skis Are DSeen On Beasley Street

Verse 8
Dm The Kingdom Of The Blind,Am A One-Eyed Man Is King
Dm Beauty Problems Are Redefined, The AmDoorbells Do Not Ring
A DmLightbulb Bursts Like A Blister,Am The Only Form Of Heat
Where A CFellow Sells His Em/BSister, Down The DRiver On Beasley Street

Verse 9
Dm The Boys Are On The Wagon,Am The Girls Are On The Shelf
Dm Their Common Problem Is That AmThey're Not Someone Else
The DmDirt Blows Out, The Dust Blows In,Am You Can't Keep It Neat
It's A CFully Furnished DustEm/Bbin,  DSixteen Beasley Street

Verse 10
Dm Vince The Ageing Savage,Am Betrays No Kind Of Life
But The DmSmell Of Yesterday's Cabbage And The AmGhost Of Last Year's Wife
Through A DmConstant Haze Of Deodorant Sprays,Am He Says Retreat
AlCsations Dog The Em/BDirty Days, Down The DMiddle Of Beasley Street

Verse 11
Dm People Turn To Poison, Quick As AmLager Turns To Piss
Dm Sweethearts Are Physically Sick,Am Every Time They Kiss
It's A DmSociologist's Paradise,Am Each Day Repeats
On CEasy, Cheesy, Em/BGreasy, Queasy, DBeastly Beasley Street

Verse 12
Dm Eyes Dead As Vicious Fish,Am Look Around For Laughs
Dm If I Could Have Just One Wish, I Would AmBe A Photograph
On A DmPermanent Monday Morning, Get AmLost Or Fall Asleep
When The CYellow Cats Are Em/BYawning Around The DBack Of Beasley Street

Outro
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