Jethro Tull – Beastie (Guitar)

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From “The Broadsword and the Beast” (1982) [Intro] F5 E5 F5 G5 E5 [Verse 1]
Em                                  C
From early days of infancy, through trembling years of youth

     G                          A5                D
Long murky middle-age and final hours long in the tooth

          A5                           Em
He is the hundred names of terror, creature you love the least

   C                            D5  E5       F5    E5
Picture his name before you and exorcise the beast

Ddim     Em                               C
He roved up and down through history, spectre with tales to tell

       G                                     A5               D
In the darkness when the campfire's dead, to each his private hell

       A5                               Em
If you look behind your shoulder as you feel his eyes to feast

        C                            D5     E5     F
You can witness now the everchanging nature of the beast, beastie!
[Instrumental] Em C A5 C x3 Em C A5 G5 E5 D5 [Verse 2]
       Em                             C
If you wear a warmer sporran, you can keep the foe at bay

        G                                 A5               D
You can pop those pills and visit some psychiatrist who'll say

        A5                             Em
There's nothing I can do for you, everywhere's a danger zone

    C                                    D5      E5    F5
I'd love to help get rid of it, but I've got one of my own, beastie!
[Chorus]
Em        C             A5        C
There's a beast upon my shoulder

Em           C            A5 C
And a fiend upon my back

Am       F                D5       F
Feel his burning breath a heaving

Am    F                     D5 C5 A5 G5 D5
Smoke oozing from his stack
[Instrumental] F#m D A Bm E B C# D E [Chorus]
Em     C                 A5      C
And he moves beneath the covers

Em           C            A5 C
Or he lies below the bed

Em       C               A5        C
He's the beast upon your shoulder

Em       C                    A5 G5 E5 D5 E5
He's the price upon your head
[Verse 3]
Ddim     Em                           C
He's the lonely fear of dying and for some of living too

          G                                     A5               D
He's your private nightmare pricking, he'd just love to turn the screw

   A5                            Em
So stand as one defiant, yes and let your voices swell

C                                  D5     E5       F5
Stare that beastie in the face and really give him hell, beastie!
[Chorus]
Em        C             A5        C
There's a beast upon my shoulder

Em           C            A5 C
And a fiend upon my back

Em       C                A5       C
Feel his burning breath a heaving

Em    C               A5     C
Smoke oozing from his stack

Am     F                 D5      F
And he moves beneath the covers

Am    F              D5   F
Or he lies below the bed

Am       F               D5        F
He's the beast upon your shoulder

Am       F               D5   C5 A5 G5
He's the price upon your head