Belly And The Beast
Anaïs MitchellVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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D|-----------|-------|----------|----------|
A|-10-----10-|---8---|--55h6p5-|-----3----|
E|-8---8-----|--10---|--6-------|-6---3----|
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A|-10-----10-|---8---|---------6-------|
E|-8---8-----|--10---|--6-6/8--8--8--8-|
I in my longing fly out in the night
unveiled and irreverently dressed
Im lip-stuck and liquored up- picking a fight
Im the wicked wicked witch of the west
over the alleyways, backward and blind
and the sad and insatiable sprawl
over the marketplace, darkly defined
his desert is sounding a call
he was a businessman twenty-five years
when the angel appeared with his orders
I am making you mine, my divine volunteer
and Im flying you over the border
and he cant recall where it all fell apart
was it north of medina or south?
where the prophecy ends and the politics start
where the weapon went into his mouth
and everyones sleeping, and hes flying out
and no one can keep him down now
(Instrumental, Same Chords Verse)
the morning delivers the news to my door
of my presidents war in the east
but he doesnt tell me and I dont know whos
in the belly and who is the beast
when theres no place to run to, when theres no place to hide
it wont matter whose side you are on
like the bomb in the basement we couldnt stop if we tried
and it wont be long, and it wont be long, and it wont be long...
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Readable chord sheet for Belly And The Beast by Anaïs Mitchell
e|-----------|-------|----------|----------| B|-----------|-------|----------|----------| G|-----------|-------|----------|----------| D|-----------|-------|----------|----------| A|-10-----10-|---8---|--55h6p5-|-----3----| E|-8---8-----|--10---|--6-------|-6---3----| e|-----------|-------|-----------------| B|-----------|-------|-----------------| G|-----------|-------|-----------------| D|-----------|-------|-----------------| A|-10-----10-|---8---|---------6-------| E|-8---8-----|--10---|--6-6/8--8--8--8-| I i[Cm]n my long[Bb]ing fly out[Eb] in the nig[Ab]ht [Cm]unveiled and i[Bb]rreverently dre[Ab]ssed Im [Cm]lip-stuck and [Bb]liquored up- p[Eb]icking a f[Ab]ight Im the w[Cm]icked wicked w[Eb]itch of the w[Ab]est [Cm]over the al[Bb]leyways, ba[Eb]ckward and b[Ab]lind and the [Cm]sad and ins[Bb]atiable spra[Ab]wl [Cm]over the ma[Bb]rketplace, d[Eb]arkly defin[Ab]ed [Cm]his desert is[Eb] sounding a c[Ab]all [Bb] [Ab] [Cm]he was a b[Bb]usinessman t[Eb]wenty-five [Ab]years when the [Cm]angel appea[Bb]red with his [Ab]orders I am [Cm]making you [Bb]mine, my di[Eb]vine volun[Ab]teer and Im[Cm] flying you [Eb]over the bord[Ab]er and h[Cm]e cant re[Bb]call where it [Eb]all fell ap[Ab]art was it [Cm]north of me[Bb]dina or so[Ab]uth? where the [Cm]prophecy e[Bb]nds and the p[Eb]olitics st[Ab]art where the [Cm]weapon went [Eb]into his m[Ab]outh [Cm]and everyones s[C#]leeping, and hes f[Cm]lying o[C]ut [Fm] and no one can [C#]keep him d[Cm]own n[C]ow [Fm] (Instrumental, Same Chords Verse) the m[Cm]orning del[Bb]ivers the n[Eb]ews to my d[Ab]oor of my pr[Cm]esidents [Bb]war in the e[Ab]ast but [Cm]he doesnt t[Bb]ell me and [Eb]I dont know [Ab]whos in the [Cm]belly and w[Eb]ho is the be[Ab]ast when theres[Cm] no place to r[Bb]un to, when theres[Eb] no place to hi[Ab]de it wont m[Cm]atter whose s[Bb]ide you are [Ab]on like the [Cm]bomb in the bas[Bb]ement we couldnt [Eb]stop if we tr[Ab]ied and it [Cm]wont be long, and it [Eb]wont be long, and it [Ab]wont be long... | / slide up | \ slide down | [B] hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note