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Be prepared, that's the Boy Scouts marching song

 Be prepared, as through life you march along

 Be prepared to hold your liquor fairly well

 Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell

Be prepared to hide that pack of cigarettes

 Don't make book -- if you cannot cover bets

 Keep those reefers hidden where you're sure they will not be found

And be careful not to smoke them when the scoutmaster's around

For he only will insist that they be shared

Be prepared

Be prepared,

 That's the Boy-Scouts' solemn creed

Be prepared...

 And be clean in word and deed!

Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice...

Unless you get a good percentage of her price!

Be prepared,

 And be careful not to do your good deed;

 When there's no-one watching you

And you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind...

And you come across a Girl-Scout who is similarly inclined

Don't be nervous; don't be flustered; don't be scared

Be prepared!

Hmmmm... try converting to Times New Roman (10) for the first verse and Arial

(10) for the rest of them to put the chords in the right place (I think!)

Since someone was kind enough to respond to my request for Tom Lehrer songs even

though my request was on an inappropriate site, I thought the least I could do in

return is to post them here.

I should perhaps say that as this song was originally written for piano it may not

really transpose very well onto guitar... as is in fact suggested by my own

primitive preliminary attempts at a guitar-accompanied rendition, which were

not entirely encouraging... But you may be a better guitarist than me, so

here it is anyway! Good luck!