Beasley Street

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

Intro
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Verse 1
GmFar From Crazy Pavements,Dm The Taste Of Silver Spoons
Gm A Clinical Arrangement On A DmDirty Afternoon
Where The GmFecal Germs Of Mr FreudDm Are Rendered Obsolete
The FLegal Term Is Am/ENull And Void In The GCase Of Beasley Street

Verse 2
In The GmCheap Seats Where Murder Breeds, SomeDmbody Is Out Of Breath
SGmleep Is A Luxury They Don't Need, A SDmneak Preview Of Death
Gm Belladonna Is Your Flower,Dm Manslaughter Your Meat
F Spend A Year In A Am/ECouple Of Hours On The GEdge Of Beasley Street

Verse 3
Gm Where The Action Isn't,Dm That's Where It Is
Gm State Your Position,Dm Vacancies Exist
In An GmX-Certificate Exercise, Ex-DmServicemen Excrete
Keith FJoseph Smiles And A Am/EBaby Dies In A GBox On Beasley Street

Verse 4
From The GmBoarding Houses And The Bedsits, Full OfDm Accidents And Fleas
Gm Somebody Gets It Where The DmMissing Persons Freeze
Gm Wearing Dead Men's Overcoats,Dm You Can't See Their Feet
A FRiff Joint Shuts, Am/EOpens Up, Right GDown On Beasley Street

Verse 5
Gm Cars Collide, Colours Clash,Dm Disaster Movie Stuff
For A GmMan With A Fu Manchu Moustache,Dm Revenge Is Not Enough
There's A GmDead Canary On A Swivel Seat, There's A RDmainbow In The Road
F Meanwhile On Am/EBeasley Street, GSilence Is The Code

Instrumental
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Verse 6
Gm Hot Beneath The Collar,Dm An Inspector Calls
Where The GmPerishing Stink Of SqualorDm Impregnates The Walls
The GmRats Have All Got Rickets, They SDmpit Through Broken Teeth
The FName Of The Game Is Am/ENot Cricket, Caught GOut On Beasley Street

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

Verse 8
Gm The Kingdom Of The Blind,Dm A One-Eyed Man Is King
Gm Beauty Problems Are Redefined, The DmDoorbells Do Not Ring
A GmLightbulb Bursts Like A Blister,Dm The Only Form Of Heat
Where A FFellow Sells His Am/ESister, Down The GRiver On Beasley Street

Verse 9
Gm The Boys Are On The Wagon,Dm The Girls Are On The Shelf
Gm Their Common Problem Is That DmThey're Not Someone Else
The GmDirt Blows Out, The Dust Blows In,Dm You Can't Keep It Neat
It's A FFully Furnished DustAm/Ebin,  GSixteen Beasley Street

Verse 10
Gm Vince The Ageing Savage,Dm Betrays No Kind Of Life
But The GmSmell Of Yesterday's Cabbage And The DmGhost Of Last Year's Wife
Through A GmConstant Haze Of Deodorant Sprays,Dm He Says Retreat
AlFsations Dog The Am/EDirty Days, Down The GMiddle Of Beasley Street

Verse 11
Gm People Turn To Poison, Quick As DmLager Turns To Piss
Gm Sweethearts Are Physically Sick,Dm Every Time They Kiss
It's A GmSociologist's Paradise,Dm Each Day Repeats
On FEasy, Cheesy, Am/EGreasy, Queasy, GBeastly Beasley Street

Verse 12
Gm Eyes Dead As Vicious Fish,Dm Look Around For Laughs
Gm If I Could Have Just One Wish, I Would DmBe A Photograph
On A GmPermanent Monday Morning, Get DmLost Or Fall Asleep
When The FYellow Cats Are Am/EYawning Around The GBack Of Beasley Street

Outro
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