1997 - Blur, 2000 - The Best Of Blur
Beetlebum

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

INTRO:        
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(Repeat X 5)

A       C 
VERSE 1:    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:
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     C 
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     F 
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     G 
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                C 
CHORUS:        
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

A             C 
VERSE 2:    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 
CHORUS:        
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...

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