Beasley Street

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

Intro
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Verse 1
EmFar From Crazy Pavements,Bm The Taste Of Silver Spoons
Em A Clinical Arrangement On A BmDirty Afternoon
Where The EmFecal Germs Of Mr FreudBm Are Rendered Obsolete
The DLegal Term Is F#m/C#Null And Void In The CaEse Of Beasley Street

Verse 2
In The EmCheap Seats Where Murder Breeds, SomeBmbody Is Out Of Breath
SEmleep Is A Luxury They Don't Need, A SBmneak Preview Of Death
Em Belladonna Is Your Flower,Bm Manslaughter Your Meat
D Spend A Year In A F#m/C#Couple Of Hours On The EdEge Of Beasley Street

Verse 3
Em Where The Action Isn't,Bm That's Where It Is
Em State Your Position,Bm Vacancies Exist
In An EmX-Certificate Exercise, Ex-BmServicemen Excrete
Keith DJoseph Smiles And A F#m/C#Baby Dies In A BoEx On Beasley Street

Verse 4
From The EmBoarding Houses And The Bedsits, Full OfBm Accidents And Fleas
Em Somebody Gets It Where The BmMissing Persons Freeze
Em Wearing Dead Men's Overcoats,Bm You Can't See Their Feet
A DRiff Joint Shuts, F#m/C#Opens Up, Right DoEwn On Beasley Street

Verse 5
Em Cars Collide, Colours Clash,Bm Disaster Movie Stuff
For A EmMan With A Fu Manchu Moustache,Bm Revenge Is Not Enough
There's A EmDead Canary On A Swivel Seat, There's A RBmainbow In The Road
D Meanwhile On F#m/C#Beasley Street, SiElence Is The Code

Instrumental
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Verse 6
Em Hot Beneath The Collar,Bm An Inspector Calls
Where The EmPerishing Stink Of SqualorBm Impregnates The Walls
The EmRats Have All Got Rickets, They SBmpit Through Broken Teeth
The DName Of The Game Is F#m/C#Not Cricket, Caught OuEt On Beasley Street

Verse 7
Em The Hipster And His Hired HatBm Drive A Borrowed Car
Em Yellow Socks And A Pink Cravat,Bm Nothing La-Di-Dah
Em Oap, Mother To Be,Bm Watch The Three-Piece Suite
When DShit-Stoppered Drains And F#m/C#Crocodile Skis Are SeEen On Beasley Street

Verse 8
Em The Kingdom Of The Blind,Bm A One-Eyed Man Is King
Em Beauty Problems Are Redefined, The BmDoorbells Do Not Ring
A EmLightbulb Bursts Like A Blister,Bm The Only Form Of Heat
Where A DFellow Sells His F#m/C#Sister, Down The RiEver On Beasley Street

Verse 9
Em The Boys Are On The Wagon,Bm The Girls Are On The Shelf
Em Their Common Problem Is That BmThey're Not Someone Else
The EmDirt Blows Out, The Dust Blows In,Bm You Can't Keep It Neat
It's A DFully Furnished DustF#m/C#bin,  SiExteen Beasley Street

Verse 10
Em Vince The Ageing Savage,Bm Betrays No Kind Of Life
But The EmSmell Of Yesterday's Cabbage And The BmGhost Of Last Year's Wife
Through A EmConstant Haze Of Deodorant Sprays,Bm He Says Retreat
AlDsations Dog The F#m/C#Dirty Days, Down The MiEddle Of Beasley Street

Verse 11
Em People Turn To Poison, Quick As BmLager Turns To Piss
Em Sweethearts Are Physically Sick,Bm Every Time They Kiss
It's A EmSociologist's Paradise,Bm Each Day Repeats
On DEasy, Cheesy, F#m/C#Greasy, Queasy, BeEastly Beasley Street

Verse 12
Em Eyes Dead As Vicious Fish,Bm Look Around For Laughs
Em If I Could Have Just One Wish, I Would BmBe A Photograph
On A EmPermanent Monday Morning, Get BmLost Or Fall Asleep
When The DYellow Cats Are F#m/C#Yawning Around The BaEck Of Beasley Street

Outro
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