The Beat Goes On Sonny & Cher The Beat Goes On:Sonny And Cher. #6 in 1967. CHORUS: (Capo 3rd fret for original.) The beat goes [D]on, the beat goes on. Drums keep pounding [D7]rhythm to the [D]brain. La de da de [D7]de...[G]la de da de [D]da. #1. [D]Charleston was once the rage, uh huh. History has [D7]turned the page, [D]uh huh. The mini skirts the current thing, uh huh. Teenybopper is our [D7]newborn king, [D]uh huh. CHORUS: The beat goes [D]on, the beat goes on. Drums keep poundi (azchords.com)