Beast of Burden

Intro: 0:00
D A/C# | Bm G:A  - x4

Verse 1: 0:19
D             A/C#
  I'll never be
      Bm       G
Your beast of burden.
D              A/C#
  My back is broad
Bm            G
  But it's a-hurting.
0:29
D        A/C#
  All I want is
     Bm          G
For you to make love
    D A/C# | Bm G
To me.

Verse 2: 0:39
D             A/C#
  I'll never be
      Bm       G
Your beast of burden.
D                  A/C#
  I've walked for miles,
Bm             G
  My feet are hurting.
0:48
D        A/C#
  All I want is
     Bm          G
For you to make love
    D A/C# | Bm G
To me.

Chorus: 0:57
      G
Am I hard enough?
      D/F#
Am I rough enough?
      G
Am I rich enough?
     D/F#          G  A
I'm not too blind to see.

Verse 3: 1:09
D             A/C#
  I'll never be
      Bm       G
Your beast of burden.
D              A/C#
  So let's go home
Bm              G
  And draw the curtains.
1:19
 D            A/C#
Music on the radio,
 Bm            G
Come on baby, make sweet love
    D A/C# | Bm G
To me.

Chorus: 1:28
      G
Am I hard enough?
      D/F#
Am I rough enough?
      G
Am I rich enough?
     D/F#          G  A
I'm not too blind to see.
               D ->
Oh, little sister,

Bridge: 1:43
D   A/C#    Bm             G
  Pretty, pretty, pretty, girl.

D A/C# | Bm G:A
D A/C# | Bm G | D A/C# | Bm G
2:01
           D
You're a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty,
  G
Pretty, pretty, girl.
  D
Pretty, pretty, such a pretty,
  G
Pretty, pretty, girl.
2:11
 D               G
Come on, baby, please, please,
  D    G
Please.  I'll tell ya,
2:20
D          A/C#
  You can put me out
Bm          G
  On the street.
 D         A/C#
Put me out
          Bm         G
With no shoes on my feet,
2:30
     D           A/C#
But put me out, put me out,
 Bm            G   D A/C#
Put me out of misery,
     Bm G
Yeah.
2:40
D             A/C#
All your sickness,
       Bm        G
I can suck it up.
   D               A/C#
Throw it all at me,
         Bm        G
I can shrug it off.
2:49
  D                 A/C#
There's one thing, baby, that
Bm             G
I don't understand:
 D           D/F#
You keep on telling me
  G
I ain't your kind of man.

Chorus: 2:58
         D
Ain't I rough enough?
A/C# Bm        G
     Ooh, baby!
         D           A/C# | Bm G
Ain't I tough enough?
3:08
         D
Ain't I rich enough,
    A/C#       Bm    G
In love enough?   Oo-oo,
  D    A/C# | Bm G
Please.

Verse 4: 3:18
D
  I'll never be
      G
Your beast of burden.
D
  I'll never be
      G
Your beast of burden.
3:27
 D             A/C#
Never, never, never, never,
 Bm            G
Never, never, never
 D A/C# | Bm G:G/A
Be.

Verse 5: 3:37
D
  I'll never be
      G
Your beast of burden.
D
  I've walked for miles,
G
  My feet are hurting.
3:46
D        A/C#
  All I want
    Bm          G
Is you to make love
    D A/C# | Bm  G:G/A
To me.      Yeah.

Verse 6: 3:56
D
  I don't need
     G
The beast of burden.
D
  I need no fussing,
G
  I need no nursing.
4:05
 D             A/C#
Never, never, never, never,
 Bm            G
Never, never, never
 D A/C# | Bm G:G/A
Be.

Coda: 4:15
D A/C# | Bm G:G/A | D A/C# ...