Beasley Street

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

Intro
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Verse 1
AmFar From Crazy Pavements,Em The Taste Of Silver Spoons
Am A Clinical Arrangement On A EmDirty Afternoon
Where The AmFecal Germs Of Mr FreudEm Are Rendered Obsolete
The GLegal Term Is Bm/F#Null And Void In The CAase Of Beasley Street

Verse 2
In The AmCheap Seats Where Murder Breeds, SomeEmbody Is Out Of Breath
SAmleep Is A Luxury They Don't Need, A SEmneak Preview Of Death
Am Belladonna Is Your Flower,Em Manslaughter Your Meat
G Spend A Year In A Bm/F#Couple Of Hours On The EAdge Of Beasley Street

Verse 3
Am Where The Action Isn't,Em That's Where It Is
Am State Your Position,Em Vacancies Exist
In An AmX-Certificate Exercise, Ex-EmServicemen Excrete
Keith GJoseph Smiles And A Bm/F#Baby Dies In A BAox On Beasley Street

Verse 4
From The AmBoarding Houses And The Bedsits, Full OfEm Accidents And Fleas
Am Somebody Gets It Where The EmMissing Persons Freeze
Am Wearing Dead Men's Overcoats,Em You Can't See Their Feet
A GRiff Joint Shuts, Bm/F#Opens Up, Right DAown On Beasley Street

Verse 5
Am Cars Collide, Colours Clash,Em Disaster Movie Stuff
For A AmMan With A Fu Manchu Moustache,Em Revenge Is Not Enough
There's A AmDead Canary On A Swivel Seat, There's A REmainbow In The Road
G Meanwhile On Bm/F#Beasley Street, SAilence Is The Code

Instrumental
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Verse 6
Am Hot Beneath The Collar,Em An Inspector Calls
Where The AmPerishing Stink Of SqualorEm Impregnates The Walls
The AmRats Have All Got Rickets, They SEmpit Through Broken Teeth
The GName Of The Game Is Bm/F#Not Cricket, Caught OAut On Beasley Street

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

Verse 8
Am The Kingdom Of The Blind,Em A One-Eyed Man Is King
Am Beauty Problems Are Redefined, The EmDoorbells Do Not Ring
A AmLightbulb Bursts Like A Blister,Em The Only Form Of Heat
Where A GFellow Sells His Bm/F#Sister, Down The RAiver On Beasley Street

Verse 9
Am The Boys Are On The Wagon,Em The Girls Are On The Shelf
Am Their Common Problem Is That EmThey're Not Someone Else
The AmDirt Blows Out, The Dust Blows In,Em You Can't Keep It Neat
It's A GFully Furnished DustBm/F#bin,  SAixteen Beasley Street

Verse 10
Am Vince The Ageing Savage,Em Betrays No Kind Of Life
But The AmSmell Of Yesterday's Cabbage And The EmGhost Of Last Year's Wife
Through A AmConstant Haze Of Deodorant Sprays,Em He Says Retreat
AlGsations Dog The Bm/F#Dirty Days, Down The MAiddle Of Beasley Street

Verse 11
Am People Turn To Poison, Quick As EmLager Turns To Piss
Am Sweethearts Are Physically Sick,Em Every Time They Kiss
It's A AmSociologist's Paradise,Em Each Day Repeats
On GEasy, Cheesy, Bm/F#Greasy, Queasy, BAeastly Beasley Street

Verse 12
Am Eyes Dead As Vicious Fish,Em Look Around For Laughs
Am If I Could Have Just One Wish, I Would EmBe A Photograph
On A AmPermanent Monday Morning, Get EmLost Or Fall Asleep
When The GYellow Cats Are Bm/F#Yawning Around The BAack Of Beasley Street

Outro
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