On The Beat Pete

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[Verse 1]
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Up I rush, off to work,
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Hello Fred, you look half dead.
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Are you coming, are you going?
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I could never do a double shift.
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Hello Fred, get some bed Fred!


[Verse 2]
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Hello Steve, long time no see
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I like the Stones, still on the 
thieve?
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Bet you ain't half seen some time,
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In your short lived life of crime.
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Have you got the time?


[Chorus]
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I'm on the beat Pete with my size 
ten feet
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I wander up and down town for me 
that's a treat
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Look at the beauties of the city 
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See that everything’s sweet
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for me that's a treat ‘Cos I'm on 
the beat Pete
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Swing my truncheon merrily try to 
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teach the blind to see
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Move a lady for a seat a tourist 
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find a sight to see
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Try to mingle with crowd I wonder if
 they're proud
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Yes that would be treat ‘cos I'm on
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 the beat Pete
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Beat Pete

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Hello Snowball, you still drunk?
Continúa después del anuncio
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Here have a smoke and one for lunch,
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A printed person of last week's 
Times,

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Seen a lot of stars and moon shine,
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Spare you a dime?
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Hahahahahaha..
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herherherher!
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[Chorus]
    Fm                       Fm7
I'm on the beat Pete with my size 
ten feet
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I wander up and down town for me 
that's a treat
            Fm                     
Look at the beauties of the city 
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See that everything’s sweet
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for me that's a treat ‘Cos I'm on 
the beat Pete
         Fm                       
Swing my truncheon merrily try to 
Fm7
teach the blind to see
       Bb                       
Move a lady for a seat a tourist 
        C
find a sight to see
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Try to mingle with crowd I wonder if
 they're proud
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Yes that would be treat ‘cos I'm on
          C
 the beat Pete
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Beat Pete


[Verse 4]
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Hello Bun been down the oven
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What's the rate for a single person
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Is it good? is it sad?
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You look unhappy it must be bad
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[Verse 5]
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Hello May been a busy day?
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All work and no time for play
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Still it's the life you chose I 
suppose
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Good luck to you come what may
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              Skipity do da days


[Chorus]
    Fm                       Fm7
I'm on the beat Pete with my size 
ten feet
  Bb                          C
I wander up and down town for me 
that's a treat
            Fm                     
Look at the beauties of the city 
       Fm7
See that everything’s sweet
    Bb                         C
for me that's a treat ‘Cos I'm on 
the beat Pete
         Fm                       
Swing my truncheon merrily try to 
Fm7
teach the blind to see
       Bb                       
Move a lady for a seat a tourist 
        C
find a sight to see
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Try to mingle with crowd I wonder if
 they're proud
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Yes that would be treat ‘cos I'm on
          C
 the beat Pete
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Beat Pete


[Outro - with saxophone getting more
 and more excitable throughout]
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Beat Pete (1 with guitar chimes)

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Beat Pete (2, with guitar twang, 
then organ chord)

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Beat Pete (3, short, with drum roll)

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Beat Pete (4, drums and piano 
chords)

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Beat Pete (5, long saxophone note)

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Beat Pete (6, guitar descending 
tune)

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Beat Pete (7, short again, with echo
 of sax)

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Beat Pete! (8th and last time ending
 on the major chord)