Devo – Its A Beautiful World (Guitar Tab)
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BEAUTIFUL WORLD
As recorded by DEVO
(From the 1981 Album NEW TRADITIONALISTS)
Words and Music by Gerald Casale & Mark Mothersbaugh
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Main Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Second Guitar'
Intro Moderate Rock Q=145 4/4 Gtr I W +W W +W |-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----| |-4--------|-(4)--------|-6--------|-(6)----| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
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| Gtr II | W +W W +W |----------|------------|----------|--------| |----------|------------|----------|--------| |-7--------|-(7)--------|-9--------|-(9)----| |----------|------------|----------|--------| |----------|------------|----------|--------| |----------|------------|----------|--------| W +W W |-1--------|-(1)--------|--8--------|--------| |-1--------|-(1)--------|--8--------|--------| |-2--------|-(2)--------|--9--------|--------| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-10--------|--------| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-10--------|--------| |-1--------|-(1)--------|--8--------|--------|
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| W +W W +W |----------|------------|-----------|--------| |----------|------------|-----------|--------| |-5--------|-(5)--------|--9--------|-(9)----| |----------|------------|-----------|--------| |----------|------------|-----------|--------| |----------|------------|-----------|--------| W +H +E E Q W +W |-^0---------|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|--0---------|-(0)----| |-^0---------|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|--0---------|-(0)----| |-^1---------|-(1)----(1)-1-1--|--1---------|-(1)----| |-^2---------|-(2)----(2)-2-2--|--2---------|-(2)----| |-^2---------|-(2)----(2)-2-2--|--2---------|-(2)----| |-^0---------|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|--0---------|-(0)----|
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| W +W +W +W
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
|-(9)--------|-(9)-------------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|--9---------|-(9)-------------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------4-----|----------4--------------||
||----------------|--4----------------------||
||o-----2---------|---------------------2--o||
||----------------|-------------------------|||
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|-10---12-10--(10)-------o||
||------9--11-----|------------------11-9---||
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------|||
| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7------------|-(7)---------------------||
||o-^7------------|-(7)--------------------o||
||--^8------------|-(8)---------------------||
||--^9------------|-(9)---------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
Verse
Q Q H Q. Q. Q +Q Q H Q. Q. Q
||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---------4-----|--------4-------|----------------|---------------------|
||---------------|--4-------------|----------2-----|--------2------------|
||o----2---------|-------------2--|-(2)------------|--2------------------|
||---------------|----------------|------0---------|-----------------0---||
| Q q q Q Q. Q. Q Q q q Q Q. E +H ||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------| ||o--------------|-10----12-------|----------------|-10----12--(12)------| ||-----9--11-----|----------------|------9--11-----|---------------------| ||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------| ||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
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| W +W W +W ||--7------------|-(7)------------|-^0-------------|-(0)-----------------| ||o-7------------|-(7)------------|-^0-------------|-(0)-----------------| ||--8------------|-(8)------------|-^1-------------|-(1)-----------------| ||--9------------|-(9)------------|-^2-------------|-(2)-----------------| ||o--------------|----------------|-^2-------------|-(2)-----------------| ||---------------|----------------|-^0-------------|-(0)-----------------| +Q Q H Q. Q. Q +Q Q H |----------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------4-----|----------4-------------|----------4-----| |----------------|--4------------------4--|-(4)------------| |------2---------|------------------------|------2---------| |-(0)------------|------------------------|----------------|
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| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q |----------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------|-10---12-10--(10)-------|----------------| |------9--11-----|------------------11-9--|------9--11-----| |----------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------|------------------------|----------------|
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| W +W W |--7-------------|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------| |--7-------------|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------| |--8-------------|-(8)--------------------|--8-------------| |--9-------------|-(9)--------------------|--9-------------| |----------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------|------------------------|----------------| Q. Q. Q +Q Q H Q. Q. Q |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| |----------4-------------|----------4-----|--------4-------------| |--4------------------4--|-(4)------------|--4--------------4----| |------------------------|------2---------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
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| Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q. E +H |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| |-10---12-10--(10)-------|----------------|-10----12--(12)-------| |------------------11-9--|------9--11-----|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|
| +W W +W |-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)------------------| |-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)------------------| |-(8)--------------------|--8-------------|-(8)------------------| |-(9)--------------------|--9-------------|-(9)------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|----------------------| Q H. Q. Q E Q Q Q H |----------------|--------------------|--------------| |----------------|--------------------|--------------| |----------------|--------------------|--------4-----| |-----2----------|--------2-----------|--------------| |----------------|--2-----------------|----2---------| |--0-------------|---------------0-0--|--------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q. E +H Q q q Q
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-10----12-(12)------|--------------|
|-----9---11-----|--------------------|----9--11-----|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------||
| W +W W |-^0-------------|-(0)----------------|-7------------| |-^0-------------|-(0)----------------|-7------------| |-^1-------------|-(1)----------------|-8------------| |-^2-------------|-(2)----------------|-9------------| |-^2-------------|-(2)----------------|--------------| |-^0-------------|-(0)----------------|--------------| Q. Q. Q +Q Q H Q. Q. Q |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| |----------4-------------|----------4-----|----------4---------------| |--4------------------4--|-(4)------------|--4------------------4----| |------------------------|------2---------|--------------------------| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
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| Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| |-10---12-10--(10)-------|----------------|-10---12-10--(10)---------| |------------------11-9--|------9--11-----|------------------11-9----| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
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| +W W +W |-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)----------------------| |-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)----------------------| |-(8)--------------------|--8-------------|-(8)----------------------| |-(9)--------------------|--9-------------|-(9)----------------------| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|----------------|--------------------------| Chorus W H H W H H |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|--------------2--------|--------------|--------------1--------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |-0------------|--4--------------------|--------------|--2--------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-----------------------|
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| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------|--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------| |----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--|----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
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| W +W W +W |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |-2------------|-(2)-------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------| |-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------| |-0------------|-(0)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------| W +H +E E Q W +W |-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)---------------|| |-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------o|| |-^1------------|-(1)-------(1)-1-1--|-1------------|-(1)---------------|| |-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)---------------|| |-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)--------------o|| |-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)---------------||
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| Q q q Q Q. E +H Q q q Q Q. E +H
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-10----12-(12)------|--------------|-10----12-(12)----o||
|-----9--11-----|--------------------|----9--11-----|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|||
| W W W W
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
Bridge
W +W W +W
||--3---------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)-----||
||o-3---------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----o||
||--4---------|-(4)--------|-6--------|-(6)-----||
||--5---------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----||
||o-5---------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----o||
||--3---------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)-----|||
| W +W W +W ||------------|------------|----------|---------|| ||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o|| ||--7---------|-(7)--------|-9--------|-(9)-----|| ||------------|------------|----------|---------|| ||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o|| ||------------|------------|----------|---------||
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| W W W W ||------------|------------|----------|---------|| ||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o|| ||------------|------------|----------|---------|| ||------------|------------|----------|---------|| ||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o|| ||------------|------------|----------|---------|| Q. E H +Q E E E E E E H Q +Q H Q Q |-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |------2-3----|-(3)------3---3---|------5b6--(5)---|--5-----3--2----| |-------------|------2-3---3-----|-3---------------|----------------| |-1-----------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| W
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5-----------|-(5)--------------|-9---------------|-(9)------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
+W W +W
|------------|---------------------------|----------0--|-(0)-----------------|
|------------|---------------------------|----------0--|-(0)-----------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|-----/2-2-2-5b5.5--2-|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|--0---------|-(0)-0-0--0--3b3.5-0-3b3.5-|--0----------|---------------------|
| W +E E E E E E Q H. Q +E E E E Q q|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------| |------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------| |-(9)--------|-(9)-----------------------|-(9)---------|-(9)-----------------| |--9---------|-(9)-----------------------|-(9)---------|-(9)-----------------| |------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------| |------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------| | W +W +W +W
|
| W
|--0---------|--0------(0)-0-----0-------|--0----------|-(0)-----------------|
|--0---------|--0------(0)-0-----0-------|--0----------|-(0)-----------------|
|--1---------|--1------(1)-1-----1-------|--1----------|-(1)-----------------|
|--2---------|--2------(2)-2-----2-------|--2----------|-(2)-----------------|
|--2---------|--2------(2)-2-----2-------|--2----------|-(2)-----------------|
|--0---------|--0------(0)-0-----0-------|--0----------|-(0)-----------------|
H +E E Q W +W
Verse
E E q q Q q E E E E Q E E q q Q q E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----4--4---4-----|--4-----4----------|----9--9---9-----|--9-----9----------|
|----2--2---2-----|--2-----2----------|----7--7---7-----|--7-----7----------|
|-----------------|-------------4--4--|-----------------|-------------9--9--||
| E E q Q Q q E E E E Q E E q Q Q q E E E E Q |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |---11-11--11-----|-11----11----------|---16-16--16-----|-16----16----------| |-----------------|------------13-13--|-----------------|------------18-18--| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| E E q q Q q E E E E Q E E q q Q |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |----4--4---4-----|--4-----4----------|----4--4---4-----| |----2--2---2-----|--2-----2----------|----2--2---2-----| |-----------------|-------------4--4--|-----------------|
|
| E E q Q Q q E E E E Q E E q Q Q |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |---11-11--11-----|-11----11----------|---11-11--11-----| |-----------------|------------13-13--|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| q E E E E Q E E q q Q q E E E E Q |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |--4-----4----------|----4--4---4-----|--4-----4------------| |--2-----2----------|----2--2---2-----|--2-----2------------| |-------------4--4--|-----------------|-------------4--4----|
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| q E E E E Q E E q Q Q q E E E E Q |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-11----11----------|---11-11--11-----|-11----11------------| |------------13-13--|-----------------|------------13-13----| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| Chorus W H H W H H |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|--------------2--------|--------------|--------------1--------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |-0------------|--4--------------------|--------------|--2--------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------|--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------| |----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--|----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
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| W +W W +W |--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |-2------------|-(2)-------------------|--------------|-----------------------| |-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------| |-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------| |-0------------|-(0)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------| |--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------| W +H +E E Q W +W |-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------| |-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------| |-^1------------|-(1)-------(1)-1-1--|-1------------|-(1)--------------| |-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)--------------| |-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)--------------| |-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q. E +H Q q q Q Q. E +H
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|-10----12-(12)------|--------------|-10----12-(12)----|
|-----9--11-----|--------------------|----9--11-----|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------||
| W W W W
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||-------------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||----------4--------|-----------4----------||
||-------------------|--4-------------------||
||o------2-----------|------------------2--o||
||-------------------|----------------------|||
| H. E E E E Q Q Q 4x ||-------------11-11-|-11--11-11----11------|| ||o------------12-12-|-12--12-12----12-----o|| ||-------------------|----------------------|| ||-------------------|----------------------|| ||o------------------|---------------------o|| ||-------------------|----------------------||
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| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7---------------|-(7)------------------||
||o-^7---------------|-(7)-----------------o||
||--^8---------------|-(8)------------------||
||--^9---------------|-(9)------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||-------------------|----------------------||
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------4-----|----------4--------------||
||----------------|--4----------------------||
||o-----2---------|---------------------2--o||
||----------------|-------------------------|||
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|-10---12-10--(10)-------o||
||------9--11-----|------------------11-9---||
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------|||
| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7------------|-(7)---------------------||
||o-^7------------|-(7)--------------------o||
||--^8------------|-(8)---------------------||
||--^9------------|-(9)---------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||-------------4--------|------------4---------||
||----------------------|--4-------------------||
||o------2--------------|------------------2--o||
||----------------------|----------------------|||
| Q e E E E q E E E E H 4x ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------o|| ||------11-11-13-13-13--|-11--11-11-13---------|| ||----------------------|----------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------o|| ||----------------------|----------------------||
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| Gtr III | W +W 4x ||--^7------------------|-(7)------------------|| ||o-^7------------------|-(7)-----------------o|| ||--^8------------------|-(8)------------------|| ||--^9------------------|-(9)------------------|| ||o---------------------|---------------------o|| ||----------------------|----------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths