#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tom-1@tom-1.demon.co.uk (Matthew Tomlinson) BEAT MY GUEST (Adam Ant) Recorded 1981: B-Side release of "Stand & Deliver" Also found on the Adam Ant compilations "B-Side Babies" & "Antics In The Forbidden Zone". I simply used power chords when transcribing this, however, I'm sure full chords will work just as well! CHORDS USED: E E D D A A E------------------------- B------------------------- I've given 2 G-----9-------7-------2--- finger layouts D-14--9---12--7---7---2--- for A -> E. A-14--7---12--5---7---0--- They sound similar! E-12------10------5------- MUSIC: Split into 4 riffs. A: Beats 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Played on string 1, Notes E E E E E E F# E frets 12 & 14. B: Bars 1...2...3...4... Chords E D A A A Let chords ring. C: Bars 1.......2.......3.......4....... Right hand Chords EEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA damping. D: Bars 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8... Chords D E D A D E D A D E D A A A Let chords ring. Order of riffs: Intro: A*20 (On 13th bar of intro) B*2 Verse 1: C*2, B*2 Verse 2: C*2, B*2 Chorus: D, B*2 Verse 3: C*2, B*2 Chorus: D*2, B*2 Outro: A*23 (On 9th bar of outro) B*4 LYRICS: Start on bar 21. Verse 1: (Riff C*2) Bar 1 2 3 4 Well tie me up & hit me with a stick, Beat me, Beat me Yeah,use a truncheon or a household brick, Beat me, Beat me Ohohoh's: (Riff A*2) Oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh Verse 2: There's so much happiness behind these tears, Beat me, Beat me I pray you'll beat me for ten thousand years, Beat me, Beat me Ohohoh's: Chorus: (Riff D) Bar 1 2 I'm black & blue baby I love you be your dog for just one flog You don't hear me plead for you make me bleed Beat me Beat me Ohohoh's: Verse 3: Well use a truncheon or a cricket bat, Beat me, Beat me A good beatings really where it's at, Beat me, Beat me Ohohoh's: Chorus : *2 Ohohoh's: