Be Prepared
Tom LehrerVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Be prepared, that's the Boy Scouts marching song
Be prepared, as through life you march along
Be prepared to hold your liquor fairly well
Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell
Be prepared to hide that pack of cigarettes
Don't make book -- if you cannot cover bets
Keep those reefers hidden where you're sure they will not be found
And be careful not to smoke them when the scoutmaster's around
For he only will insist that they be shared
Be prepared
Be prepared,
That's the Boy-Scouts' solemn creed
Be prepared...
And be clean in word and deed!
Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice...
Unless you get a good percentage of her price!
Be prepared,
And be careful not to do your good deed;
When there's no-one watching you
And you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind...
And you come across a Girl-Scout who is similarly inclined
Don't be nervous; don't be flustered; don't be scared
Be prepared!
Hmmmm... try converting to Times New Roman (10) for the first verse and Arial
(10) for the rest of them to put the chords in the right place (I think!)
Since someone was kind enough to respond to my request for Tom Lehrer songs even
though my request was on an inappropriate site, I thought the least I could do in
return is to post them here.
I should perhaps say that as this song was originally written for piano it may not
really transpose very well onto guitar... as is in fact suggested by my own
primitive preliminary attempts at a guitar-accompanied rendition, which were
not entirely encouraging... But you may be a better guitarist than me, so
here it is anyway! Good luck!
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Readable chord sheet for Be Prepared by Tom Lehrer
[G]Be prepared, that's the Boy Scouts m[C]arching song Be prepared, as through life you march a[G7]long Be prepared[C] to hold your liquor fairly[E7] well [A7] Don't write naughty [D7]words on walls if you can't spell [G7] [C]Be prepared to hide that pack of cigarettes Don't make book -- if you cannot cover be[G7]ts Keep those reefers [C]hidden where you're su[C7]re they will not be found [F] [C7] [F] [Cm]And be car[D]eful not to smoke th[A7]em [D]when the sco[D7]utmaster's around [G] [D7] [G] [G7]For he on[C]ly will insist tha[F]t they be sh[D7]ared [Fm6] [G7]Be prepar[C]ed [F] [C] [F] [C] [G7] [G]Be prepared, That's the Boy-Sc[G7]outs' solemn creed Be prepared... And be clean in word and d[G7]eed! [C]Don't solicit for your sister[E7], that's not nice... [A7] [D7]Unless you get a good percentage of her price! [G7] [C]Be prepared, And be careful not to do your good [C]deed; When there's no-one watc[G7]hing you [C]And you're looking for adventur[C7]e of a new and diffe[F]rent kind..[C7]. [F] [Cm]And you co[D]me across a Girl-Sco[A7]ut [D]who is si[D7]milarly in[G]clin[D7]ed [G] [G7]Don't be ne[C]rvous; don't [F]be fluster[D7]ed; don't be scared [Fm6] [G7]Be prepar[C]ed! [F] [C] [F] [C] [G7] Hmmmm... try converting to Times New Roman (10) for the first verse and Arial (10) for the rest of them to put the chords in the right place (I think!) Since someone was kind enough to respond to my request for Tom Lehrer songs even though my request was on an inappropriate site, I thought the least I could do in return is to post them here. I should perhaps say that as this song was originally written for piano it may not really transpose very well onto guitar... as is in fact suggested by my own primitive preliminary attempts at a guitar-accompanied rendition, which were not entirely encouraging... But you may be a better guitarist than me, so here it is anyway! Good luck!