I’ll nev er be (C)your (Dm)beast of bur den.
My back is broad
but it’s a (Bb)hurt ing.
All I want (C)is for (Dm)you to make (Bb)love to me.
I’ll nev er be (C)your (Dm)beast of bur den.
I’ve walked for miles
my feet are (Bb)hurt ing.
All I want (C)is for (Dm)you to make (Bb)love to me.
(Bb)Am I (Bb)hard e nough am I (F)rough e nough am I (Bb)rich e nough I’m (C)not too blind to see.
I’ll nev er be (C)your (Dm)beast of bur den.
So let’s go home
and draw the (Bb)cur tains.
(F)Mu sic on the ra di o.
(Bb)Come on ba by make sweet love to (Dm)me.
(Bb)Am I Oh lit tle sis ter
pret ty, pret ty, (Bb)pret ty, pret ty girl.
You’re a (F)pret ty, pret ty, pret ty, pret ty, (Bbmaj7)pret ty, pret ty, girl,
(F)pret ty, pret ty, pret ty, pret ty, (Bbmaj7)pret ty, pret ty girl.
(F)Come on ba by (Bb)please, please,
(F)please.
I’ll tell ya you can put (C)me (Dm)out on the street,
put me out (C)with (Dm)no shoes on my feet.
But (F)put me out put me out (Bb)put me out of mi se ry.
(Dm)All your sick ness I can (Bb)suck it up.
(F)Throw it all at me, I can (Bb)shrug it off.
(F)There’s one thing that
(Bb)I don’t un der stand.
(F)You keep on tell ing me I (Bb)ain’t your kind of man.
Ain’t I (F)rough e nough.
(Dm)Oh!
Ain’t I (F)tough e nough,
ain’t I (Dm)rich e nough, in love e nough,
ooh, ooh please.
I’ll nev er be your beast of bur den,
I’ll nev er be your beast feet of bur nurs den, (C)nev er, nev er, nev er, nev er (Bb)nev er, nev er, nev er be.
I’ll nev er be your beast of bur den,
I’ve walked for miles and my feet are hurt nurs ing, (C)nev er, all I want er, nev is (Bb)you to make er, love to me.
This page shows “Beast Of Burden” by The Rolling Stones in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.