Beetlebum Chords
by Blur
Beetlebum by Blur is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C, F, G, Bb, Bm, Am and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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---------------|
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
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)