Beast Of Burden tab by Bette Midler

Tabs with lyrics

Beast of Burden as performed by Bette Midler

Guitarist:Might be Buzzy Feiten ( )
CD:No Frills

Tabber:RO

Song is built like this


Intro: Guit 1 meas 1,2,3,4
       Guit 2 meas     3,4

Verse1: Guit 1 meas 1,5
       Guit 2 meas 3,?

Verse2:Guit 1 meas 1,6
Guit 2 meas 3,?

Bridge: As below

Verse3:Guit 1 meas 1,6
Guit 2 meas 3,?
Brigde:As below

Verse4:Guit 1 meas 1 repeat 7 times then meas 6
Guit 2 meas 3 repeat 7 times then meas ?

Bridge:As below
Then follows    Guit 1 meas 1,2

Solo:As below

Verse 1:        As above

Bridge sung over verse rhythm
Song fades

Git 1 meas 1, 2, 3 ,4
                             tremolo                              tremolo
E--------------------------0-------x-|---------------------------9-------|
B--------------------------5-------x-|---------------------------10------|
G--/4--4-4---4-4-4-4--4h6--6-------x-|----4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4h6---9-------|
D--/6--6-6---4-4-6-4--4h6--7-------x-|-/6----6-6--4-4-6-4--4h6-----------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Git 2 meas 3, 4
    slide down
E-12\---------------------9----------|-------------------------9---------|
B-12\---------------------9----------|-------------------------9---------|
G------1-----4-4---------------------|---1--------4-4--------------------|
D----2--2----4-4---------------------|-2--2-------4-4--------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e-----0------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
(Now write this down)
I’ll never be your beast of burden    My ....

Git 1 meas 5              tremolo
E------------------------0-----------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------5-----------|---------------5-------------------|
G--/4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4h6-6-----------|----9---9-------4------------------|
D--/6--6-6--4-4-6-4--4h6-7-----------|-----9-----------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-/7----6--6/4----4-6---------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
All I want is for you to ...

Git 1meas 6
                          tremolo
E------------------------0-----------|--12-----11----9--5--7-------------|
B------------------------5-----------|-----------------------------------|
G--/4--4-4--4-4-4-4--4h6-6-----------|/13--13/11-11/9---6--8-------------|
D--/6--6-6--4-4-6-4--4h6-7-----------|-----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Bridge 1
(What’s a matter baby)
        A augmentedA                    G# minorG#m
Ain’t I hard enough, ...
        A augmentedA                C# minorC#m     A augmentedA         B7B7
Ain’t I rich enough, I’m not ....


Verse 3:
I’ll never be your beast of burden, ....


Verse 4:
My little sister is a pretty pre....


Solo:

E-15b-15b-15br-12---12------------------------|--------------------------|
B----------------12----------9--------5-------|--------------------------|
G-----------------------13/9--9--9-----4------|--------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
A------------------------------6--6/4---4--6--|--------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|

¨Let freedom ring¨

¨Oh Rock of ages do not crumble ....

E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Beast Of Burden tab

'Beast of burden' is a song written by Richards/Jagger and first released by The Rolling Stones in 1978

Bette Midler's version of the classic rock & roll song was released in 1983. The guitar playing is very close to the original Stones version.

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