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Beastie by Jethro Tull
Beastie
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[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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