You Am I – Be Prepared (Guitar)

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Be prepared - You Am I
B-Side from Get Up

[Progression]
   G     C  Am7  G  Em A7 C  Am7 G
e|-3---3-0-0-0---3---0-0-0-------3-----|
B|-0---0-1-1-1---0---0-2-1-1-1---0-----|
G|-0---0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-----|
D|-0---0-2-x-2---0---2-2-2-x-2---0-----|
A|-2---2-3-2-0---2---2-0-3-2-0---2-----|
E|-3-2h3-------2h3-2-0---------2h3-----|
[Verse 1]
G                              C    Am7  G
I was in the sea scouts around twelve or thirteen

Em          A7          C    Am7  G
I didn't do much, except one jamboree

    G
The motto repeated again and again

   A7                        C    Am7          G
Be prepared, be prepared, be prepared till the end
[Verse 2]
G                               C    Am7      G
So, I practiced the knots and I learnt the creed

Em         A7          C          Am7       G
More morse codes and recipes than I'll ever need

      G
'Kept my woggle straight and my black shoes all shined

    A7                      C    Am7           G
All prepared, was prepared, each Monday 'round nine
[Bridge]
    D                    C           G
She tore through me like I was crepe paper

D                            C            G
And I guess I'll find all the pieces of me later

      Em                   A7
But I walk and wonder most days and most night

      Cadd9
why wasn't I prepared for the rest of my life?
[Interlude] | G | C G | Em A | A G | [Verse 3]
G                          C      Am7    G
I played some football for ten or twelve years

Em          A7                  C    Am7               G
Before them damn Rolling Stones wrecked my brilliant career

  G
I played like the guys I just can't stand them now

    A7                       C    Am7      G
They wait round the back for what they can steal
[Verse 4]
G                          C       Am7       G
I smoked and I joked and I fucked up through training

Em          A7              C  Am7              G
And I flicked the towel when I should have been changing

    G
But I don't play the backs of packs since that day

       A7                  C   Am7      G
Don't wait, don't wait or she'll get away

   A7                    C   Am7       G
Be prepared, be prepared or she'll get away
[Verse 5]
G                       C    Am7  G
A teenage production of West Side Story

Em          A7            C  Am7         G
My singing was crappy and my singing was poorly

    G
But my favourite song came about second act

        A7                     C   Am7        G
Play it cool, play it cool and you'll win her back
[Bridge]
    D                             C           G
And the chorus line stepped up to take the applause

     D                              C             G
With their hair gel melting through their teenage pores

        Em                          A7
And the parents never knew what was behind those smiles

Cadd9                          G            Em
Play it cool, play it cool and you'll be alright

   A7                    C    Am7          G
Be prepared, be prepared and she'll be alright
[Verse 7]
G                                     C    Am7  G
You don't like the mornings and I sure love the night

Em          A7            C  Am7         G
That's alright baby that's no reason to fight

     G
Lets meet up 'round seven when the cool air runs in again

       A7                          C    Am7        G
and be prepared, be prepared for a long long night in
[Outro] |D G | Em A | C G |