The Beat Goes On Chords

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The Beat Goes On by Sonny And Cher is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			The Beat Goes On:Sonny And Cher. 
#6 in 1967. 

Chorus: 
              D 
The beat goes on, the beat goes on. 
                    D7            D 
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain. 
            D7   G           D 
La de da de de...la de da de da. 

#1. 
D 
Charleston was once the rage, uh huh. 
            D7               D 
History has turned the page, uh huh. 

The mini skirts the current thing, uh huh. 
                   D7            D 
Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh. 

Chorus: 
              D 
The beat goes on, the beat goes on. 
                    D7            D 
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain. 
            D7   G           D 
La de da de de...la de da de da. 

#2. 
D 
The grocery store's the super mart, uh huh. 
                   D7                     D 
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh. 
    D 
And men still keep on marching off to war. 
                  D7              D 
Electrically they keep a baseball score. 

Chorus: 
              D 
The beat goes on, the beat goes on. 
                    D7            D 
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain. 
            D7   G           D 
La de da de de...la de da de da. 

#3. 
D 
Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce. 
                  D7             D 
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss. 
D 
The cars keep going faster all the time. 
                     D7 
Bums still cry,' Hey buddy, have you got a dime?' 

Chorus: 
              D 
The beat goes on, the beat goes on. 
                    D7            D 
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain. 
            D7   G           D 
La de da de de...la de da de da. 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante