[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
             D 
They got the beat 
             G 
They got the beat 
             F     C 
They got the beat, yeah 
             A 
They got the beat
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
              D 
They got the beat 
              G 
They got the beat 
              F  C 
Kids got the beat, yeah 
              A 
Kids got the beat
[Instrumentale]
A B A
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
                   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