Beast Of Burden Chords

by The Rolling Stones
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
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Chords

E
B
C#m
A
D
Bm
G

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Beast Of Burden chords
The Rolling Stones  1978 (Jagger/Richards) *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Burden_(song)
 
E B C#m A  3x
 
E          B       C#m      A
I'll never be your beast of burden; 
E          B         C#m    A
my back is broad but it's a hurting 
E     B           C#m         A       E
All I want is for you to make love to me 
E          B       C#m      A
I'll never be your beast of burden; 
E               B        C#m      A
I've walked for miles my feet are hurting 
E     B           C#m         A       E
All I want is for you to make love to me 
 
     A
Am I hard enough? 
     E
Am I rough enough? 
     A
Am I rich enough? 
            E        B
I'm not too blind to see 
 
E          B       C#m      A
I'll never be your beast of burden, 
E           B        C#m      A
so let's go home and draw the curtains 
E
Music on the radio, 
B            C#m        A       E
come on baby make sweet love to me 
 
     A
Am I hard enough? 
     E
Am I rough enough? 
     A
Am I rich enough? 
            E        B
I'm not too blind to see 
 
E
Oh, little sister 
B               C#m             A
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, girl 
 
         E               B              C#m             A
You're a pretty, pretty, such a pretty, pretty, pretty, girl 
E       B    C#m     A       E
Come on baby please, please, please 
 
 
I'll tell ya
        E           B
You can put me out, 
C#m    A
on the street 
E          B
Put me out, 
        C#m         A
with no shoes on my feet 
E                B
But, put me out, put me out, 
C#m           A   E
put me out of misery 
 
      E        B
Yeah, all your sickness, 
      C#m     A
I can suck it up 
E               B
Throw it all at me,
      C#m      A
I can shrug it off 
E                 B
There's one thing baby, 
C#m          A    E
that I don't understand
E           B
You keep on telling me, 
  C#m        A       E
I ain't your kind of man 
 
        A
Ain't I rough enough, ooh baby 
        E
Ain't I tough enough? 
        A
Ain't I rich enough, in love enough 
E         B
Ooh! Ooh! Please 
 
E          B       C#m      A
I'll never be your beast of burden 
E          B       C#m      A
I'll never be your beast of burden 
E             C#m           A                   E
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be 
 
E          B       C#m      A
I'll never be your beast of burden; 
E               B        C#m      A
I've walked for miles my feet are hurting . . .
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
E   = D
C#m = Bm
A   = G
B   = A
 
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