Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 01:35:51 -0000
From: nigel and ruth galloway 
Subject: Beetlebum, by blur


'BEETLEBUM', by BLUR

Track 1 on Blur's 5th Album 'Blur'
Reached No.1 in the UK Charts

INTRO:

E:----------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------7---7---7-----------7---7---7--------|
E:---12----5---5---5----12----5---5---5--------|

(Repeat X 5)

VERSE 1:

A	   C
Beetlebum, what you done?
F	     G
She's a gun, now what you done?
Bb        A
Beetlebum

A	            C
Get nothing done, you beetlebum
F	       G
Just get numb, now what you done
Bb	  A
Beetlebum


RIFF OVER VERSES:

      A
E:--------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------|
A:----------7---7---7------------7---7---7-----|
E:--12----5---5---5-----12----5---5---5-----|

     C
E:---------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------|
A:---------10--10--10-----------10-10--10---|
E:--15----8----8----8-----15----8---8---8----|

     F
E:--------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------|
A:--------3---3---3-----------3---3---3--------|
E:--8----1---1---1-----8----1---1---1---------|

     G
E:-------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------|
A:--------- 5---5---5-----------5---5---5-----|
E:--10----3---3---3----10----3---3---3-----|


CHORUS:

			    C
And when she lets me slip away
      Bm		      Am		     F
She turns me on and all my violence gone
	    Am	           F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
     Fm	   C
And I am gone
 Bm		  Am
Nothing is wrong
       F
She turns me on
Am     F	    Fm	  C
I just slip away and I am gone

VERSE 2:

A             C
Beetlebum, because your young
F	     G
She's a gun, now what you done?
Bb          A
Beetlebum

A	                     C
She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come
F	                 G
Cause she's your gun, now what you done?
Bb	       A
Beetlebum

CHORUS:

			   C
And when she lets me slip away
      Bm		      Am		      F
She turns me on and all my violence gone
	    Am	            F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
     Fm	   C
And I am gone
            Bm	         Am
There's nothing wrong
       F
She turns me on
Am     F	   Fm
I just slip away and I am...


A
He's on, he's on, he's on it
C
He's on, he's on, he's on it
F
He's on, he's on, he's on it
G		       Bb     A
He's on, he's on, he's on it...


OUTRO RIFF:

E: ------------------------------------------|
B: ---10------------------------------------|
G: --------9--/8/-9------------------------|
D: ----------------------10---9---7--------|
A:---------------------------------------5---|
E: -------------------------------------------|

(Repeat riff till the end
over chords from the verses)

A great Blur song tabbed by.....
Sam Galloway
Enjoy!!!!!!!!