We Got The Beat by The Go-Gos | Lyrics With Guitar Chords

Rolling Stone named “We Got The Beat” as one of the 500 songs that shaped rock n’ roll. The Go-Gos were a more punk act before lead guitarist Charlotte Caffey brought it to the band. They embraced it and it later became a new wave classic and changed the direction of the band. 

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Key of the Song:

The original key of We Got The Beat by The Go-Gos is in D major.

Guitar Chords for We Got The Beat by The Go-Gos

All of these chords are basic shapes and should be within the grasp of any player that has this down. Keep in mind the places where you can keep your fingers still. Then, keep an eye on your fret hand fingers so they don’t deaden some notes or strings.

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We Got The Beat by The Go-Gos – Lyrics with Chords

[Verse]
A
See the people walking down the street
 
Fall in line just watching all their feet
 
They don't know where they wanna go
 
But they're walking in time
 
[Chorus]
             D
They got the beat
             G
They got the beat
             F     C
They got the beat, yeah
             A
They got the beat
 
[Verse]
A
All the kids just getting out of school
 
They can't wait to hang out and be cool
 
Hang around 'til quarter after twelve
 
That's when they fall in line
 
[Chorus]
              D
They got the beat
              G
They got the beat
              F  C
Kids got the beat, yeah
              A
Kids got the beat
 
A B A
 
[Verse]
A
Go-go music really makes us dance
 
Do the pony puts us in a trance
 
Do the watusi just give us a chance
 
That's when we fall in line
 
[Chorus]
                   D
'Cause we got the beat
            G
We got the beat
            F
We got the beat, yeah
         A
We got it
 
 
A
We got the beat
 
We got the beat
 
We got the beat
 
Everybody get on your feet
 
We got the beat
 
We know you can dance to the beat
 
We got the beat
 
Jumpin',get down
 
We got the beat
                     D
Round and round and round
A
We got the beat