John Lennon - Beautiful Boy Chords & Tabs

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			     Beautiful Boy - John Lennon
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Tabbed by: Adam Schweitzer
Email: floridamarlins705@gmail.com

Tuning: EADGBe (Standard)

:Intro:
e|----7---5---2----------0--------0h2---------0-----7---5---2----------------|
B|------------------0--3------3----------3--------------------3-0-3----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-2p0----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------4p2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

:Verse 1:

D/B(Strum through sentence)
Close your eyes[Riff 1]...have no fear.[Riff 1] The monster's gone, he's on the run and 
daddy's here.

:Chorus:
Em7                                        D
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy.[Riff 2]
                                           D
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy.
**Riff 2**[Do this slide thing twice while playing chorus]
e|-----7/////2------5/////0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------7/////3---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

:Verse 2:(Play with same chords and all that stuff.
Before you go to sleep[Riff 1], say a little prayer [Riff 1]
Everyday, in every way it's getting better and better

:Chorus:
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy[Riff 2]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy[Riff 2]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_lennon/beautiful_boy_tab.html ]
:Bridge:
Bm         Bm Bm/A     B
Out on the ocean,   sailing away
G            D   [Riff 3]
I can hardly wait
G                  D  [Riff 3]
to see you come of age
G                 D                   A7       [Riff 4]
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient!
           G           D  G             D              G           D
Cos it's a long way to go![Riff 3] A hard row to hoe![Riff 3] Yes it's a long way to go
           A7        [Riff 4]
But in the meantime..

:Verse 3: (Same chords as always)
Before you cross the street[Riff 1] Take my hand [Riff 1]
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

:Chorus:
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy[Riff 2]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy[Riff 2]

Em7                                D~~~~~~~~~~~
Darling, Darling, Darlin', Darlin' Boyyy....

*Whispers* "Goodnight Sean. Sweet Dreams. See you in the morning."

:Riff 1:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----9/2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

:Riff 2:

e|-----7/////2------5/////0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------7/////3---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

:Riff 3:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3--1--0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2h4-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------4h5----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

:Riff 4:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|----2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------|
G|---------------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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