[Intro]
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------| x5
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-----------7---7---7-----------7---7---7-----|
E|---12----5---5---5----12----5---5---5--------|
[Verse 1]
A C
Beetlebum, what you done?
F G
She's a gun, now what you done?
Bb A
Beetlebum
A C
Get nothing done, you beetlebum
F G
Just get numb, now what you done
Bb A
Beetlebum
[Riff over verses]
A
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|----------7---7---7------------7---7---7--|
E|--12----5---5---5-----12----5---5---5-----|
C
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|---------10--10--10-----------10-10--10---|
E|--15----8----8----8-----15----8---8---8---|
F
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|--------3---3---3-----------3---3---3-----|
E|--8----1---1---1-----8----1---1---1-------|
G
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|--------- 5---5---5-----------5---5---5---|
E|--10----3---3---3----10----3---3---3------|
[Chorus]
C
And when she lets me slip away
Bm Am F
She turns me on and all my violence gone
Am F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
Fm C
And I am gone
Bm Am
Nothing is wrong
F
She turns me on
Am F Fm C
I just slip away and I am gone
[Verse 2]
A C
Beetlebum, because you're young
F G
She's a gun, now what you done?
Bb A
Beetlebum
A C
She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come
F G
Cause she's your gun, now what you done?
Bb A
Beetlebum
[Chorus]
C
And when she lets me slip away
Bm Am F
She turns me on and all my violence gone
Am F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
Fm C
And I am gone
Bm Am
There's nothing wrong
F
She turns me on
Am F Fm
I just slip away and I am...
[Bridge]
A
He's on, he's on, he's on it
C
He's on, he's on, he's on it
F
He's on, he's on, he's on it
G Bb A
He's on, he's on, he's on it...
[Outro]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|---10-----------------------------------|
G|--------9--/8/-9------------------------|
D|----------------------10---9---7--------|
A|--------------------------------------5-|
E|----------------------------------------|
(Repeat riff till the end
over chords from the verses)
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| / Slide up
************************************Beetlebum chords and lyrics
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[Intro] [Verse 1] [Riff over verses] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Outro] (Repeat riff till the end over chords from the verses) ************************************ | / Slide up ************************************
Beetlebum Chords by Blur
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