Beasley Street

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

Intro
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Verse 1
CmFar From Crazy Pavements,Gm The Taste Of Silver Spoons
Cm A Clinical Arrangement On A GmDirty Afternoon
Where The CmFecal Germs Of Mr FreudGm Are Rendered Obsolete
The A#Legal Term Is NDm/Aull And Void In The CCase Of Beasley Street

Verse 2
In The CmCheap Seats Where Murder Breeds, SomeGmbody Is Out Of Breath
SCmleep Is A Luxury They Don't Need, A SGmneak Preview Of Death
Cm Belladonna Is Your Flower,Gm Manslaughter Your Meat
A# Spend A Year In A CDm/Aouple Of Hours On The ECdge Of Beasley Street

Verse 3
Cm Where The Action Isn't,Gm That's Where It Is
Cm State Your Position,Gm Vacancies Exist
In An CmX-Certificate Exercise, Ex-GmServicemen Excrete
Keith A#Joseph Smiles And A BDm/Aaby Dies In A BCox On Beasley Street

Verse 4
From The CmBoarding Houses And The Bedsits, Full OfGm Accidents And Fleas
Cm Somebody Gets It Where The GmMissing Persons Freeze
Cm Wearing Dead Men's Overcoats,Gm You Can't See Their Feet
A A#Riff Joint Shuts, ODm/Apens Up, Right DCown On Beasley Street

Verse 5
Cm Cars Collide, Colours Clash,Gm Disaster Movie Stuff
For A CmMan With A Fu Manchu Moustache,Gm Revenge Is Not Enough
There's A CmDead Canary On A Swivel Seat, There's A RGmainbow In The Road
A# Meanwhile On BDm/Aeasley Street, SCilence Is The Code

Instrumental
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Verse 6
Cm Hot Beneath The Collar,Gm An Inspector Calls
Where The CmPerishing Stink Of SqualorGm Impregnates The Walls
The CmRats Have All Got Rickets, They SGmpit Through Broken Teeth
The A#Name Of The Game Is NDm/Aot Cricket, Caught OCut On Beasley Street

Verse 7
Cm The Hipster And His Hired HatGm Drive A Borrowed Car
Cm Yellow Socks And A Pink Cravat,Gm Nothing La-Di-Dah
Cm Oap, Mother To Be,Gm Watch The Three-Piece Suite
When A#Shit-Stoppered Drains And CDm/Arocodile Skis Are SCeen On Beasley Street

Verse 8
Cm The Kingdom Of The Blind,Gm A One-Eyed Man Is King
Cm Beauty Problems Are Redefined, The GmDoorbells Do Not Ring
A CmLightbulb Bursts Like A Blister,Gm The Only Form Of Heat
Where A A#Fellow Sells His SDm/Aister, Down The RCiver On Beasley Street

Verse 9
Cm The Boys Are On The Wagon,Gm The Girls Are On The Shelf
Cm Their Common Problem Is That GmThey're Not Someone Else
The CmDirt Blows Out, The Dust Blows In,Gm You Can't Keep It Neat
It's A A#Fully Furnished DustbDm/Ain,  SCixteen Beasley Street

Verse 10
Cm Vince The Ageing Savage,Gm Betrays No Kind Of Life
But The CmSmell Of Yesterday's Cabbage And The GmGhost Of Last Year's Wife
Through A CmConstant Haze Of Deodorant Sprays,Gm He Says Retreat
AlA#sations Dog The DDm/Airty Days, Down The MCiddle Of Beasley Street

Verse 11
Cm People Turn To Poison, Quick As GmLager Turns To Piss
Cm Sweethearts Are Physically Sick,Gm Every Time They Kiss
It's A CmSociologist's Paradise,Gm Each Day Repeats
On A#Easy, Cheesy, GDm/Areasy, Queasy, BCeastly Beasley Street

Verse 12
Cm Eyes Dead As Vicious Fish,Gm Look Around For Laughs
Cm If I Could Have Just One Wish, I Would GmBe A Photograph
On A CmPermanent Monday Morning, Get GmLost Or Fall Asleep
When The A#Yellow Cats Are YDm/Aawning Around The BCack Of Beasley Street

Outro
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