The Beast
Angus & Julia Stone
(A Book Like This, 2007)

capo 2

Play a straight G in the chorus if you can't manage a Gmaj7. 
Some people might find it easier to play this tune with a capo 4, 
Am G Dm. Dadd11 is fingered x54030 from low to high.

Bm

Bm   A       Em
Pack up your things
     Bm   A       Em
Your work here is done
  Bm    A      Em        Bm A       Em
A slave to the beast, no mercy with time
   Bm A       Em
No mercy with time

     Bm        A        Em
They brand you with the fire
     Bm       A        Em
Then push you into the sun
              Bm   A       Em
They want the free land to expire
          Bm   A         Em
They want everyone to be numb
            Bm       A      Em
The world's drinking from a cup
     Bm     A        Em
That no one wants to share
Bm    A        Em
Words from the king
     Bm     A        Em
That no one wants to hear

Dadd11

Bm                               Gmaj7
Don't be running late are you on time today?
A                                Em
Don't be running late are you on time today?
Bm                               Gmaj7
Don't be running late are you on time today?
A                                Em
Don't be running late are you on time today?

  Bm          A          Em
Retrench me because of machines
Bm           A         Em
Kids trading roses for guns
Bm          A         Em
Track marks under the sleeve
  Bm         A         Em
I can't talk I need to run
       Bm      A       Em
Love's thrown away the ring
    Bm      A       Em
Not knowing what to say
Bm    A         Em
Mamma won't you sing
                 Bm  A      Em
It's like you're cut by the blade

Dadd11

[Chorus]

[Solo over Bm A Em]

[Chorus with harmonies]

[Harmonies outro]