Beast Of Burden Chords

by The Rolling Stones
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: D G D G B D
Capo: no capo
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1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 11, 2016
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Chords

E
B
C#sus4
A

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Chords:
          XGDGAD
E         X99999
B         X44444
C#sus4    X66676
A         X22222
 
 
[INTRO]
 E B C#sus4 A (Piano)
              (Drums Risoluto)
 E B C#sus4 A (Fortissimo)
 E B C#sus4 A
 
 
[VERSE 1]
E             B    C#sus4   A
I'll never be your beast of burden,
E          B  C#sus4        A
My back is broad but it's a hurtin’.
E          B  C#sus4          A       E B  C#sus4  A
All I want is for you to make love to me,
E             B     C#sus4  A
I'll never be your beast of burden.
E               B     C#sus4      A
I've walked for miles my feet are hurtin’,
E          B      C#sus4      A       E
All I want is for you to make love to me. Come on!
 
 
[CHORUS 1]
A
Am I hard enough,
     E
Am I rough enough.
     A
Am I rich enough,
    E             A      B
I'm not too blind to see.
 
 
[VERSE 2]
E             B    C#sus4   A
I'll never be your beast of burden,
E           B  C#sus4         A
So let's go home and draw the curtains.
E        B  C#sus4        A
And put some Music on the radio.
E    B  C#sus4 A
Come on baby   please. I’ll tell ya, one more!
 
 
[CHORUS 2]
A
Am I hard enough,
     E
Am I rough enough.
     A
Am I rich enough,
    E             A      B
I'm not too blind to see.
 
 
[REFRAIN]
E
Hey, little sister,
 
 
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E  B    C#sus4   A|E  B    C#sus4   A
E  B    C#sus4   A|E  B    C#sus4   A
E  B    C#sus4   A|E  B    C#sus4   A
E  B    C#sus4   A|E  B    C#sus4   A
 
 
[VERSE 3]
E            B               C#sus4          A
Yeah! Such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, girl,
         E               B               C#sus4         A
You're a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl.
E     B
Ohoo, ohoo, yeah,
     C#sus4        A
Now, come on baby, please.
 
 
[VERSE 4]
 
I'll tell ya,
        E      B
You can put me out. 
C#sus4 A
On the street,
E           B
Now, put me out. 
        C#sus4      A
With no shoes on my feet, 
E                B
But, put me out, put me out. 
C#sus4        A       E
Put me out of misery. 
 
 
[VERSE 5]
                   B
Yeah! Now all your acceptor’, 
  C#sus4   A
I shove it up. 
E            B
Now, chew it all at me,
  C#sus4   A
I swirl it off. 
E                 B
There's one thing baby, 
C#sus4            A
That you don't understand.
E               B
Now you keep on telling me, 
       C#sus4             E
Why, I ain't your kind of man.
 
 
[CHORUS 3]
A
Ain't I rough enough, ooh baby,
        E
Ain't I tough enough.
        A
Ain't I rich enough, in love enough,
    E       A     B
Now come on baby, please.
 
 
[VERSE 6]
E             B    C#sus4   A
I'll never be your beast of burden, no!
E             B    C#sus4   A
I'll never be your beast of burden.
E             B             C#sus4        A
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be.
 
 
CODA:
E
 
[End]
 
 
NOTES:
1.  The ‘Live Licks’ version differs markedly in the lyrics but keeps the structure of the Studio version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Licks.
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