Beatown

(Partridge)

Go 2	Recordings XTCfans interview with Andy Partridge Art Lyrics Chords and Tablature

Recordings

1. Album version, 4'35.
   Released on Go 2.

2. Live version.
   Recorded live 20 July 1979 at the Marconi Club, Sydney, for JJJ radio, Australia.
   Produced and engineered by Keith Walker.
   Released in January 1981 on the B-side of the Canadian Love At First Sight single.
   Andy Partridge - Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals
   Colin Moulding - Bass and Vocals
   Dave Gregory - Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
   Terry Chambers - Drums

3. Live version.
   Recorded live on 17 January 1979 at Paris Theatre, London, for In Concert.
   Produced by Chris Lycett for the BBC.
   Released on 16 November 1998 on Transistor Blast in the U.K.

Art

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Lyrics

B E A T O W N
I spoke to your boss this morning
He asked why you weren't home?
I said sir they left without warning
You won't even get them on the telephone

They're in Beatown, it's a capital city and all roads lead to
Beatown, beatown

I spoke to your owner this lunchtime
He asked why you weren't home?
I said sir they thought it was hunchtime
You won't even see them standing on their own

Beatown, it's a capital city and all roads lead to
Beatown, beatown

He says he wants his money back sir
He says you're all communists sir
I said they beat you fair and square sir
They use the head, and not the fist

Beatown, beatown
B E A T O W N

© 1979 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

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