Beans Taste Fine chords by Shel Silverstein

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Eb

Verse 1:
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Now a friend of mine, way back in Chicago
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You know, he finally made his pile
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Well he got himself a mansion, a butler, and a chef
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An' he was livin' in the latest style
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But I run into him, he was eatin' in a greasy spoon
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While parked in front was his big limousine
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I said, "Buddy, you've got so much money
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How come you're sittin' in here, eatin' beans "  An' he said

Chorus:
D                        B
After you've been havin' steak for a long time
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Beans, beans taste fine
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An' after you've been drinkin' Champagne and brandy
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- You gonna settle for wine
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He said "The world is funny, and - people are strange
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And man is a creature of constant change, and
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After - you've been havin' steak for a long time
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- You know that beans taste fine."

Verse 2:
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Now, you know I ran into another friend of mine
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In a rowdy old Clark Street Bar
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I said, "Friend, is it true what I heard about you?
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I heard you married a beautiful 18-year-old shapely movie star
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Yet here you sit, tryin' to make out with some barfly
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Who's too old and ugly to be true."
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And he said, "Shelley, you're still a very young man
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So sit down. I'll explain it all to you.  He said

Chorus:
D                        B
After you've been havin' steak for a long time
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Beans, beans taste fine
    D                          B
An' after you've been drinkin' - champagne and Chivas Regal
E7  N.C.               A7  N.C.
- You gonna settle for Thunderbird wine
             D  N.C.             D7  N.C.
He said "The world is funny, and people are strange
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G#dim7
And man is a creature of constant change, and
      D                    B
After - you've been havin' steak for a long time
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Beans, beans taste fine.  You'll find
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Beans, beans, beans taste fine, oh, yeah
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And that steak tastes twice as fine."  He said,
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"Beans, beans taste fine."

Spoken Outro:
Oh, yeah, they do taste fine, as I'm findin' out