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.