Little Beast chords by Lucy Wainwright Roche

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
| F     C    | G     Am   | F     C    | G          |
| F     C    | G     Am   | F     C    | G          |


Verse 1:
F        C           G                 Am
  Little Beast, tied up right where we left you.
         F               C           G          G
When the summers and the winters came
F            C               G                     Am
  that silly leash was never strong enough to hold you.
        F             C              G          G
We just all agreed to play this game.

Verse 2:
F                 C           G               Am
  And you'd never know by the eyes you give a stranger
            F            C           G         G
but you are dangerous as all-get-out.
F                C                G                  Am
  Your favourite treat is not the rarest but the the rawest
         F            C             G          G
you will feast upon a heart and die.

Chorus:
Am       F          C               G
  But we know we're not supposed to feed you
Am                    F                    C        G
  'cause we need that struggle like a hole   in the head.
Am            F                   C                G
  And we fall asleep as though we can not hear you howling
    Am                F                  C               G          G
but every night we've heard every single word you've said.

Verse 3:
F        C          G               Am
  Little beast, how long can you survive this,
       F                C           G          G
it's a question we have begged before?
F           C               G           Am
  Never too near, are you a burden or a beacon?
   F                  C             G          G
Do you need us? Do we need you more?

Verse 4:
F               C           G               Am
  And there are nights your coat is looking ragged
        F                C           G          G
and you have a look when our eyes meet.
          F            C         G               Am
You say, "I was born beside you, you have always known me,
F               C      G          G
get me off this goddam street.

End-Chorus:
Am       F          C               G
  But we know we're not supposed to love you.
Am          F                   C               G
  Heaven's above! You know what would come next.
Am            F             C                    G
  There is no match for the tug-of-war you're winning,
     Am                      F               C         G          G
your strength must have been penned inside a holy text.

Verse 5:
F        C           G                 Am
  Little Beast, tied up right where we left you
         F               C           G          G
when the winters and the summers came.
F            C               G                Am
  That silly leash was never strong enough to hold you,
        F             C             G
we just all agreed to play this game.