Beetlebum Tab

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       BEETLEBUM - Blur
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From 'Blur' (1997)
Tabbed by Andrew
 
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Intro:
 
Muted guitar for a few measures, then:
 
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|   x9
D|--------------7-7-7-7-|
A|--------------7-7-7-7-|
E|-------/12----5-5-5-5-|
 
 
Verse One (guitar only):
 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7---------|
A|---------7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7---------|
E|--/12----5-5-5-5----/12----5-5-5-5----/12----5-5-5-5----/12--|
     Beetlebum
 
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10----------10-10-10-10----------10-10-10-10----------10-10-10-10-|
A|-10-10-10-10----------10-10-10-10----------10-10-10-10----------10-10-10-10-|
E|-8--8--8--8----/12----8--8--8--8----/15----8--8--8--8----/12----8--8--8--8--|
   What've you done?
 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------3-3-3-3----------3-3-3-3----------3-3-3-3--------|
A|----------3-3-3-3----------3-3-3-3----------3-3-3-3--------|
E|--12\1----1-1-1-1----/8----1-1-1-1----/8----1-1-1-1-----/8-|
                     She's a gun
 
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-3----------5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5----------5-5-5-5-------------|
A|--3-3-3-3----------5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5----------5-5-5-5-------------|
E|--1-1-1-1----/8----3-3-3-3-----/8----3-3-3-3----/8----3-3-3-3-------------|
                                 Now what you've done?
 
 
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|----/8-8-8-8------|
A|----/8-8-8-8------|
E|----/6-6-6-6------|
      Beetlebum
 
 
Verse Two (full band):
 
A
Get nothing done
 
C
You beetlebum
 
F
You just get numb
 
G
Now what you've done?
 
A#     A
Beetlebum
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
 
N.C.                       C
And when she lets me slip away
 
 
Em
She turns me on and
 
 
Am                  F
All my violence is gone
 
 
F             Am
Nothing is wrong
 
 
F                    Fm        C
I just slip away and now I am gone
 
 
Em                  Am
Nothing is wrong
 
 
F
She turns me on
 
 
Am      F            Fm        C
I just slip away and now I am gone
 
 
 
 
-Repeat half of intro, and opening solo guitar section for third verse, repeat full band
section for fourth verse.
 
 
Electronic noise in background of verse three and four (tabbed for guitar):
 
e|-------------|                    e|-------------|
B|-------------|                    B|-------------|
G|--------1h2--|     moving to      G|------13h14--|
D|-------------|                    D|-------------|
A|-------------|                    A|-------------|
E|-------------|                    E|-------------|
 
 
-Repeat chorus.
 
 
Outro One (chords):
 
 
A
He's on, he's on, he's on it
 
 
C
He's on, he's on, he's on it                  x2
 
 
F
He's on, he's on, he's on it
 
 
G                      A#
He's on, he's on, he's on it
 
 
**Repeat this chord structure until the end if you're playing rhythm, if not:
 
 
Outro One (tab):
 
 
e|-------------------------------|
B|--10---------------------------|
G|-----9--7/9--------------------|         x8
D|--------------10--9--7---------|
A|------------------------5------|
E|-------------------------------|
 
 
Outro Two (tab):
 
 
e|---------------------------------|
B|--8/10---------------------------|
G|-------7/9- 7/9------------------|      repeat this until the end
D|-------5/7--5/7----10--9--7------|     (add flourish if needed)
A|-------------------8---7--5---5--|
E|------------------------------3--|
 
 
 
The song ends on A major, do whatever you'd like with that.
 
 
**If you wish you can continue to play Outro One until the end, but in my opinion once
Damon finishes singing it sounds a bit weak, so I added the extra strings to back up the
sound. It's really interchangeable.
 
 
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Hope this works. If there are any mistakes (as this is my first tab), feel free to
comment to suggest any changes. Happy playing girls and boys.
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