Great Big Sea - Beat The Drum Chords

 
D riff (actually played on mandola):
 
 D--------|
 B-3-2-0--|
 G------2-|
 D--------|
 A--------|
 D--------|
 
[mandola intro]
 
D (riff x 2)
 
[verse]
 
D                  A             D
I still hear the snares in the square,
D                     Bm  A
Colours ablaze in the evening.
     D                       A     Bm
The air was still down the stormy hills,
      G          D         Bm A
It's good to be young and daring.
 
[verse]
 
D                         A           D
She was the pride of the summer that year,
D                         Bm A
She was my sweetheart, my lady.
D                             A             Bm
We walked to Black Rock and stopped by the Loch,
      G          D         Bm A        G          A
It's good to be young and daring, its good to be young.
 
[Chorus]
           D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong.
           D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong,
           D
Beat the drum! RIFF
 
[verse]
 
D                  A             D
Across the bay I still hear the strains,
D                      Bm A
The two-step loud and blaring.
    D                            A           Bm
We walked hand and hand, to the beat of the band,
       G          D        Bm A         G          A
It's good to be young and daring, it's good to be young.
 
[Chorus]
          D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong.
           D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong,
           D
Beat the drum!
 
[instrumental break]
 
D riff x 4
 
[verse]
 
D                  A             D
I still hear the snares in the square,
 D                     Bm A
Colours ablaze in the evening.
D                                A    Bm
She was the pride of the summer that year,
      G          D        Bm A
It's good to be young and daring,
      G          D        Bm A
it's good to be young and daring,
      G          A
it's good to be young!
 
(all instruments tacet except bodhran)
 
[chorus]
          D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong.
           D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong
           D
Beat the drum!
 
(instruments re-enter,add "young and daring" countermelody)
 
[chorus]
     D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong.
           D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong
           D
Beat the drum!
 
[chorus]
          D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong.
           D              A
Beat the drum, beat the drum,
        Bm         G            A
Like a heartbeat, lonely and strong
           D
Beat the drum!