Beastie Chords

From “The Broadsword and the Beast” (1982)
 
 
[Intro]
F5 E5 F5 G5 E5
 
[Verse 1]
Em                                  C
From early days of infancy, through trembling years of youth
     G                          A5                D
Long murky middle-age and final hours long in the tooth
          A5                           Em
He is the hundred names of terror, creature you love the least
   C                            D5  E5       F5    E5
Picture his name before you and exorcise the beast
Ddim     Em                               C
He roved up and down through history, spectre with tales to tell
       G                                     A5               D
In the darkness when the campfire's dead, to each his private hell
       A5                               Em
If you look behind your shoulder as you feel his eyes to feast
        C                            D5     E5     F
You can witness now the everchanging nature of the beast, beastie!
 
[Instrumental]
Em C A5 C  x3
Em C A5 G5 E5 D5
 
[Verse 2]
       Em                             C
If you wear a warmer sporran, you can keep the foe at bay
        G                                 A5               D
You can pop those pills and visit some psychiatrist who'll say
        A5                             Em
There's nothing I can do for you, everywhere's a danger zone
    C                                    D5      E5    F5
I'd love to help get rid of it, but I've got one of my own, beastie!
 
[Chorus]
Em        C             A5        C
There's a beast upon my shoulder
Em           C            A5 C
And a fiend upon my back
Am       F                D5       F
Feel his burning breath a heaving
Am    F                     D5 C5 A5 G5 D5
Smoke oozing from his stack
 
[Instrumental]
F#m D A Bm E
B C# D E
 
[Chorus]
Em     C                 A5      C
And he moves beneath the covers
Em           C            A5 C
Or he lies below the bed
Em       C               A5        C
He's the beast upon your shoulder
Em       C                    A5 G5 E5 D5 E5
He's the price upon your head
 
[Verse 3]
Ddim     Em                           C
He's the lonely fear of dying and for some of living too
          G                                     A5               D
He's your private nightmare pricking, he'd just love to turn the screw
   A5                            Em
So stand as one defiant, yes and let your voices swell
C                                  D5     E5       F5
Stare that beastie in the face and really give him hell, beastie!
 
[Chorus]
Em        C             A5        C
There's a beast upon my shoulder
Em           C            A5 C
And a fiend upon my back
Em       C                A5       C
Feel his burning breath a heaving
Em    C               A5     C
Smoke oozing from his stack
Am     F                 D5      F
And he moves beneath the covers
Am    F              D5   F
Or he lies below the bed
Am       F               D5        F
He's the beast upon your shoulder
Am       F               D5   C5 A5 G5
He's the price upon your head
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