BEAST OF BURDEN

LEVEL 5E · 120 BPM · The Rolling Stones

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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

I’ll nev er be (B)your (C#m)beast of bur (A)den, my back is broad

but it’s a (A)hurt ing,

all I want (B)is for (C#m)you to make (A)love to (E)me.

I’ll nev er be (B)your (C#m)beast of bur (A)den, I’ve walked for miles

my feet are (A)hurt ing,

all I want (B)is for (C#m)you to make (A)love to (E)me.

Am I (A)hard e nough, am I (E)rough e nough, am I (A)rich e nough, I’m (E)not too blind (A)to (B)see.

I’ll nev er be (B)your (Amaj7)beast of bur den so let’s go (E)home

and draw the cur tains, (E)mu sic on the (E)ra di o, come on ba by make sweet love to me.

Am I (A)hard e nough, am I (E)rough e nough, am I (A)rich e nough, I’m (E)not too blind (A)to (B)see,

oh lit tle sis ter

pret (B)ty, pret (C#m)ty, pret ty, pret ty (A)girl.

You’re a (E)pret ty, pret ty, pret ty, pret ty, (A)pret ty, pret ty girl, (E)pret ty, pret ty, such a pret ty, (A)pret ty, pret ty girl, (E)come on ba by (A)please, please,

(E)please.

(A)Spoken: I’ll tell ya you can (E)put me out

on (A)the street, (E)put me out (B)with no (C#m)shoes on my feet but (E)put me out put (B)me out put me out of (A)mi se (E)ry.

Yeah,

(E)all your sick (B)ness I (C#m)can suck it up

(E)throw it all at (E)me, I (Amaj7)can shrug it off,

(E)there’s one thing (E)that I don’t un der (A)stand, (E)you keep on (E)tell ing me I (A)ain’t your kind of man, ain’t I (E)rough e nough.

Oh!

ain’t I (E)tough e nough,

ain’t I (E)rich e nough, in love (B)e nough,

ooh (A)ooh, please.

I’ll nev er be your beast of bur den, I’ll nev er be your beast (A)feet of bur nurs den, (E)nev er, nev er, (B)nev er, nev er, (C#m)nev er, nev er, (A)nev er be.

I’ll nev er be your beast of bur den, I’ve walked for miles and my (A)I are hurt nurs ing, (E)nev er, nev all (B)I want nev is (C#m)you er, to make (A)love to me.