Beast of burden    (midi)

 

    C - G - Am - F       C - G - Am - F      C - G - Am - F

 

  C                G           Am         F

1.   I'll never be your beast of burden,

C                      G          -  Am                 F

    my back is broad, oh,         but it's a hurting,

C          G             Am                F         C - G - Am - F

    all I want is for you to make love to me.

 

  C                G          Am          F

2.   I'll never be your beast of burden,

C                           G     - Am                   F

    I've walked for miles,       my feet are hurting,

C           G            Am                F          C - G - Am - F

    all I want is for you to make love to me.

              F                              C                             F

    Am I hard enough? Am I rough enough? Am I rich enough?

                       C          G

    I'm not too blind to see.

 

  C                G          Am          F

3.   I'll never be your beast of burden,

C                    G            - Am                F

    so let's go home and        draw the curtains,

      C                  G      Am                     F                            C -G-Am-F

    music on the radio, come on baby, make sweet love to me.

               F                             C                              F

    Am I hard enough? Am I rough enough? Am I rich enough?

                       C          G

    I'm not too blind to see. Oh, little sister!

      C                   G                   Am               F

    Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl !

       C                  G                    Am               F

    Pretty, pretty, such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl !

      C              G      Am         F          C      - G - Am                   - F

    Come on, baby, please, please, please!              I'll tell you!

 

                    C               - G - Am               F

4.  You can put me out               on the street,

     C              - G              Am                F

    put me out      with no shoes on my feet,

           C                G                Am                     F   C - G - Am - F

    but put me out, put me out, put me out of misery!           Oh!

 

 

 

 

 

     C                  G             Am            - F

5. All your sickness I can suck it up,

        C                G             Am            - F

    throw it all at me I can shrug it off.

        C                        G    Am                  F

    There's one thing, baby, I don't understand,

     C                  G               Am                       F

    you keep on telling me I ain't your kind of man.

                C                   -G-Am-F              C                   - G-Am-F

    Ain't I rough enough?     Oh!     Ain't I tough enough?

               C                      G                 -Am-F           C      - G-Am-F

    Ain't I rich enough, in love enough?          Oh, please!

 

 C                 G           Am         F

5.   I'll never be your beast of burden,

C                G           Am        F

    I'll never be your beast of burden,

      C                    G                  Am                 F       C  -G-Am-F

    Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be!

C                 G           Am        F

    I'll never be your beast of burden......

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (The Rolling Stones)