Be Prepared Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

GBe prepared, that's the Boy Scouts mCarching song

Be prepared, as through life you march aG7long

Be preparedC to hold your liquor fairlyE7 well A7

Don't write naughty D7words on walls if you can't spell G7

CBe prepared to hide that pack of cigarettes

Don't make book -- if you cannot cover beG7ts

Keep those reefers Chidden where you're suC7re they will not be found F C7 F

CmAnd be carDeful not to smoke thA7em Dwhen the scoD7utmaster's around G D7 G

G7For he onCly will insist thaFt they be shD7ared Fm6

G7Be preparCed F C F C G7

GBe prepared,

That's the Boy-ScG7outs' solemn creed

Be prepared...

And be clean in word and dG7eed!

CDon't solicit for your sisterE7, that's not nice... A7

D7Unless you get a good percentage of her price! G7

CBe prepared,

And be careful not to do your good Cdeed;

When there's no-one watcG7hing you

CAnd you're looking for adventurC7e of a new and diffeFrent kind..C7. F

CmAnd you coDme across a Girl-ScoA7ut Dwho is siD7milarly inGclinD7ed G

G7Don't be neCrvous; don't Fbe flusterD7ed; don't be scared Fm6

G7Be preparCed! 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!