Deadbeat Club Chords

by B-52
KeyC# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays717

Deadbeat Club by B-52 is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Bb and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			st fret 
  
(Spoken) 
Female: "Huh? Get a job?!?" 
Male #1: "What for?" 
Male #2: "I'm trying to think." 
  
Intro: C F Bb G (2X) 
  
  
C     F             Bb     G  
I was good, I could talk a mile a minute 
C                F          Bb          G 
On this caffeine buzz I was on, we were really hummin' 
C        F              Bb     G  
We would talk everyday. . .for hours 
C       F         Bb     G    F     G  
We belong to the. . .deadbeat club 
          C          F              Bb 
Anyway we can, we're gonna find something 
     G                       C                  F 
We'll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain 
     Bb                      G                  C     F 
We'll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain 
      Bb     G 
In the rain 
  

                   C                     F 
We're the deadbeat club (deadbeat club) 
                   Bb                    G 
We're the deadbeat club (deadbeat club) 
                   C                     F 
We're the deadbeat club (deadbeat club) 
                   Bb                    G 
We're the deadbeat club (deadbeat club) 
  
  
C             F             Bb               G 
Going down to Allen's for a twenty-five cent beer 
C               F                  Bb          G 
And the jukebox playing real loud, "Ninety-Six Tears." 
      C    F           Bb         G 
We're wild girls walkin' down the street 
     C         F    Bb              G   F     G 
Wild girls 'n' boys going out for a big time 
  
  
(Chorus) 
Interlude: C F Bb G (2X) 
  
  
C                   F             Bb           G 
Let's go crash that party down in Normaltown tonight 
C                    F       Bb         G 
Then we'll go skinny-dippin' in the moonlight 
     C     F            Bb        G 
We're wild girls walkin' down the street 
     C         F    Bb              G   F     G 
Wild girls 'n' boys going out for a big time 
          C         F               Bb 
Anyway we can, we're gonna find something 
     G                       C                  F 
We'll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain 
     Bb                      G                  C     F 
We'll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain 
      Bb     G 
In the rain 

C            F                   Bb             G         
O-o-o-oh no! Here they come, the members of the deadbeat club 
C   F   Bb   G  
C        F                   Bb             G 
O-oh no! Here they come, the members of the deadbeat club 
C   F   Bb   G  
  
(Repeat and fade) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante