Beat The Drum Chords by Great Big Sea

Tempo:
134.7 bpm
Chords used:

Dm

F

C

Bb

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Beat The Drum-Great Big Sea chords
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[F]
I still hear the snares in the square, colors [Dm] ablaze in the [Fm] evening.
The air was still down the [Dm] stormy hill, [Bb] it's good to be [F] young and daring.
She was the pride [C] of the summer that [F] year, she was my sweetheart, [Dm] my [C] lady.
[Fm] We walked to Black Rock, we stopped [Dm] by the lock, [Bb] it's good to be [F] young and daring.
It's good to be young.
Beat the drum, beat the [C] drum, [Dm] like a heartbeat, [F] long and strong.
Beat the drum, beat the [C] drum, [Dm]
like a heartbeat, [Bb] [F] long and soft.
Beat the drum.
Across the bay, I still hear the strains, the two steps loud [Dm] and [Fm] blaring.
We walked hand in hand, to the beat [Dm] of the band, [Bb] it's good to be young [Dm] and [C] daring.
[F] It's good to be young.
Beat the drum, beat the drum, like a [Dm] heartbeat, [Bb] long [F] and strong.
Beat the drum, [C] beat the drum, [F] like a heartbeat, long and strong.
Beat the drum.
[Fm]
I still hear [Eb] the [Bb] snares in the [F]
square, colors ablaze in [Dm] the evening.
[C]
[Fm] She was the pride of the summer [G] that [Dm] year, [Bb] it's good to be young and [Dm] [C] daring.
[Bb] It's good to be young and [C]
daring.
[Bb] It's good to be [F] young.
Beat the drum, beat the drum, like a heartbeat, [Bb] long and [F] strong.
Beat the [B] drum, beat [G] the drum, like [Dm] a heartbeat, [Am] [F]
[Dm]
[F]
[C] [Dm]
long [F] and
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
strong.
[F] [C]
[N]
Key:  
Dm
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Fm
123111111
Dm
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
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To learn Great Big Sea - Beat The Drum chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, Dm, F, C, Dm, Bb, F and Dm of chords. Set your pace at 67 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 135. With an eye on the song's key F Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I still hear the snares in the square, _ colors [Dm] ablaze in the [Fm] evening.
_ The air was still down the [Dm] stormy hill, [Bb] it's good to be [F] young and daring.
_ _ She was the pride [C] of the summer that [F] year, she was my sweetheart, [Dm] my [C] lady.
[Fm] We walked to Black Rock, we stopped [Dm] by the lock, [Bb] it's good to be [F] young and daring.
_ It's good to be young.
Beat the drum, _ beat the [C] drum, [Dm] like a heartbeat, _ _ [F] long and strong.
Beat the drum, beat the [C] drum, _ [Dm]
like a heartbeat, _ _ [Bb] [F] long and soft.
Beat the drum. _ _ _ _ _
_ Across the bay, I still hear the strains, the two steps loud [Dm] and [Fm] blaring.
We walked hand in hand, to the beat [Dm] of the band, [Bb] it's good to be young [Dm] and [C] daring.
_ [F] It's good to be young.
Beat the drum, _ beat the drum, _ like a [Dm] heartbeat, _ _ [Bb] long [F] and strong.
Beat the drum, _ [C] beat the drum, _ [F] like a heartbeat, _ _ long and strong.
Beat the drum. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I still hear [Eb] the [Bb] snares in the [F]
square, colors ablaze in [Dm] the evening.
[C] _
[Fm] She was the pride of the summer [G] that [Dm] year, [Bb] it's good to be young and [Dm] [C] daring.
_ [Bb] It's good to be young and [C]
daring.
[Bb] It's good to be [F] young.
Beat the drum, _ beat the drum, _ like a heartbeat, _ [Bb] long and [F] strong.
Beat the [B] drum, beat [G] the drum, like [Dm] a heartbeat, _ _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ long [F] and _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
strong.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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