Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 01:50:31 -0500
From: Scott Buckner
Subject: r/rolling_stones/beast_of_burden.crd
BEAST OF BURDEN
Keither Richards/Mick Jagger
From the "Some Girls" LP
Transcribed by Scott Buckner
THIS ENTIRE WORK IS SOLEY MY OWN, AND IS PROBABLY SCREWED UP AND HARD TO
FOLLOW BECAUSE IT WAS LEARNED FROM A SCRATCHY OLD 45RPM RECORD 20 YEARS AGO.
The trick to playing the very first chord of this song is to start your
chord as a barred B on the seventh fret and, immediately when you strum it,
shift to a barre E chord on the seventh fret. Listen to the record for the
following chord changes:
B-E (barred seventh) B C#m A E
then thereafter just play
E B C#m A E
for the rest of the main body of the song ad infinitum.
But BUT BUT a there’s a little pull-off hammer-on with the little finger
(when form your C#m-A chords) which provides the (basically) optional
transition note between these two chords, regardless of whether you're
listening to the version by the Stone, Better Midler or Buckwheat Zydeco.
This takes some listening to the record to figure out where this comes in.
But basically, you go from E-A-C#m, but after you get to the C#m (formed as
a barre at the fourth fret) and you’ve strummed it a few times, you pull
off -- and then hammer on -– the little finger of your C#m chord when
forming the C#m chord on the fourth string. Then you go into the A chord
and strum it twice to finish off the rest of the measure.
So basically, for the main body of the song you're playiing:
E B C#m A
with all the rest of the little hooky extras on the B-E and C#m thrown in.
The chorus is chorded as follows:
C#m
Am I hard enough?
E
Am I rough enough?
C#m
Am I rich enough?
E
I'm not too blind
B
To see-eeeeeee
Then just continue with E-B-C#m-A for the main body of the song until you
get to the additional choruses or your lead guitarist keels over from a
lead guitar playing god hard-on. You lead guys on on your own. I’m a rhythm
guitarist.
Scott
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(Jagger/Richards) ll never be your beast of burden My back is broad but its a hurting All I want is for you to make love to me Ill never be your beast of burden Ive walked for miles my feet are hurting All I want is for you to make love to me Am I hard enough Am I rough enough Am I rich enough Im not too blind to see Ill never be your beast of burden So lets go home and draw the curtains Music on the radio Come on baby make sweet love to me Am I hard enough Am I rough enough Am I rich enough Im not too blind to see Oh little sister Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, girl Youre a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl Pretty, pretty Such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl Come on baby please, please, please Ill tell ya You can put me out On the street Put me out With no shoes on my feet But, put me out, put me out Put me out of misery Yeah, all your sickness I can suck it up Throw it all at me I can shrug it off Theres one thing baby That I dont understand You keep on telling me I aint your kind of man Aint I rough enough, ooh baby Aint I tough enough Aint I rich enough, in love enough Ooh! ooh! please Ill never be your beast of burden Ill never be your beast of burden Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be I dont need no beast of burden I need no fussing I need no nursing Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
The Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden
10/25 The Rolling Stones performing Beast Of Burden in Tempe, Arizona, on the 13th December 1981 during their USA Tour '81 from their "Let's Spend The Night Together" film