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7th March 2001, 8.23pm
BEAT SURRENDER by THE JAM
Written by Paul Weller
Relased as the last Jam single (November 1982)
Chords used:
E7: 022130 D: xx0232 C#m: x46654 D: x5777x
A: 577655 Asus4: 5×7755 D/F#: x9777x E: x7999x
G: 355433 F#7: 242352 A/E: x77655
F#m: 244222 D7/C: x3x212 E: 022100
G#: 466544 G6: xx5430 Bm: 799777
N.C. (E7)
Beat surrender_____
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m G#
Succumb to the beat surrender
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m G#
Succumb to the beat surrender
D F#m G
All the things that I care about
Asus4 A
Are packed into one punch
D F#m G
All the things that I’m not sure about
F#7
Are sorted out at once
D D7/C
And as it was in the beginning
G F#m
So shall it be in the end
G6 F#m
That bullshit is bullshit
D
It just goes by different names
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m G#
Succumb to the beat surrender
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m G#
Succumb to the beat surrender
D F#m G
All the things that I shout about
Asus4 A
But never act upon
D F#m G
All the courage of the dreams I have
F#m
They seem to wait so long.
D D7/C
My doubt is cast aside
G F#m
Watch phonies run to hide
G6 F#m D
The dignified don’t even enter in the game
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m G#
Succumb to the beat surrender
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m G#
Succumb to the beat surrender
C#m
If you feel there’s no passion
A
No quality sensation
C#m
Seize that young determination
A
Show the fakers you ain’t fooling.
C#m
You’ll see me come running
A
To the sound of your strumming
C#m
Fill my heart with joy and gladness
A D/F# A/E
I’ve lived too long in the shadows of sad — ness.
D F#m G Asus4 A
D F#m G F#7
D D7/C
My doubt is cast aside
G F#m
Watch phonies run to hide
G6 F#m D
The dignified don’t even enter in the game
A G
Come on boy, come on girl,
F#m E
Succumb to the beat surrender.
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m E
Succumb to the beat surrender
A G
Come on boy, come on girl,
F#m E
Succumb to the beat surrender.
A G
Come on boy, come on girl
F#m E
Succumb to the beat surrender
A Bm
Come on boy, come on girl
D E
Succumb to the beat surrender
A Bm
Come on boy, come on girl
D E
Succumb to the beat surrender
(Thanks to Rob Smith for some of the harder chords in this song)