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Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo

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Intermediate 💪

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro - Electric guitar:

e|----------------|
B|-------------2--|
G|-4-----2--3--2--|
D|-4(x4)-2--3--2--|  x4
A|-2-----4--1-----|
E|----------------|
   Bm    Bm Bb A


🎸 Verse 1 - Acoustic guitar: x2

e|----------------|
B|-------------2--|
G|-4-----2--3--2--|
D|-4(x4)-2--3--2--|  x4
A|-2-----4--1-----|
E|----------------|
   Bm    Bm Bb A

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2------2-2-2-----2------2-2-2----------------------------------|
G|-2------2-2-2-----2------2-2-2----------------------------------|
D|-2(x4)--2-2-2-----2(x4)--2-2-2----6------6-6-6----5------4-4-4--|
A|-0------0-0-0-----0------0-0-0----6(x4)--6-6-6----5(x4)--4-4-4--|
E|----------------------------------4------4-4-4----3------2-2-2--|
   A                A               Ab              G      F#


🎸 Chorus - Electric guitar:

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-1----------------------2------1---------------|
D|-2-------4-------3------2------2------4-----2--|
A|-2(x16)--4(x14)--3(x2)--0(x8)--2(x8)--4(x8)-2--|
E|-0-------2-------1-------------0------2-----4--|
   E       Bm      Bb     A      E      Bm    Bb


🎸 Interlude- Electric guitar:

e|----------------|
B|-------------2--|
G|-4-----2--3--2--|
D|-4(x4)-2--3--2--|  x4
A|-2-----4--1-----|
E|----------------|
   Bm    Bm Bb A


🎸 Verse 2 - No guitar:


🎸 Chorus - Electric guitar:

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-1----------------------2------1---------------|
D|-2-------4-------3------2------2------4-----2--|
A|-2(x16)--4(x14)--3(x2)--0(x8)--2(x8)--4(x8)-2--|
E|-0-------2-------1-------------0------2-----4--|
   E       Bm      Bb     A      E      Bm    Bb



🎸 Outro - Electric guitar: It slows down

e|----------------|
B|-------------2--|
G|-4-----2--3--2--|
D|-4(x4)-2--3--2--|  x8
A|-2-----4--1-----|
E|----------------|
   Bm    Bm Bb A


Basically, just think one-two-three-four, one-two-three for the intro, interlude and outro (same part).
Last chord in the chorus does not go separate, just add one final strum. I tabbed it seperate to make it
clearer.

Brutal Tab Info

Published: May 24, 2021

Last Updated: January 16, 2026

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪