Butterbean The B-52's Chords
Tempo:
96.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
D
Bb
Bbm
Ebm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Bbm] [N] Yeah, if you go down to Athens, PA, and you're driving in your car, you won't get very far before you hear people shout,
[Eb] Now!
Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [D]
[Bb] [Eb]
[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [D]
[Bb] [Eb] [Db]
[D] Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Db] Butterbean!
[D] Pick em, [Ebm] [Bb]
[Eb] pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we [Bbm] pick Butterbean!
[D] [Ebm] Pick [Bb]
[Eb] em, pull em, put [Bbm] on a scheme, that's how we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em [Eb] jump out of the park!
[N]
Come here, you little Butterbean Jew!
Come on!
[G] [Gb]
[G]
Butterbean, Butterbean!
Butterbean, Butterbean!
[Gm] Butterbean, [D] Butterbean!
Butterbean, [Bbm] Butterbean!
[Eb] Butterbean, Butterbean!
[Bb] Some people are fat, some [Eb] people are lean, but I want you to show me the person who doesn't like Butterbean!
[A] [Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] Well, you can have your yam juice and have your collard greens, but if you want to please little old me, you better pick [Db]
[Eb] Butterbean!
[Bbm] [Ab] Don't you wait!
[Gb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ebm]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[D] [Bb] [Eb]
[D]
Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Bb] Butterbean!
[D] [Eb] Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how [Eb] we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em jump [Eb] out of the park!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how we pick [D] Butterbean!
Pick em for me now!
[Eb] Pick em for me now!
[Gb] [Eb]
[Gb]
[Ebm]
[Eb]
[Ebm]
[N]
[Bbm] [N] Yeah, if you go down to Athens, PA, and you're driving in your car, you won't get very far before you hear people shout,
[Eb] Now!
Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [D]
[Bb] [Eb]
[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [D]
[Bb] [Eb] [Db]
[D] Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Db] Butterbean!
[D] Pick em, [Ebm] [Bb]
[Eb] pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we [Bbm] pick Butterbean!
[D] [Ebm] Pick [Bb]
[Eb] em, pull em, put [Bbm] on a scheme, that's how we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em [Eb] jump out of the park!
[N]
Come here, you little Butterbean Jew!
Come on!
[G] [Gb]
[G]
Butterbean, Butterbean!
Butterbean, Butterbean!
[Gm] Butterbean, [D] Butterbean!
Butterbean, [Bbm] Butterbean!
[Eb] Butterbean, Butterbean!
[Bb] Some people are fat, some [Eb] people are lean, but I want you to show me the person who doesn't like Butterbean!
[A] [Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] Well, you can have your yam juice and have your collard greens, but if you want to please little old me, you better pick [Db]
[Eb] Butterbean!
[Bbm] [Ab] Don't you wait!
[Gb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ebm]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[D] [Bb] [Eb]
[D]
Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Bb] Butterbean!
[D] [Eb] Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how [Eb] we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em jump [Eb] out of the park!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how we pick [D] Butterbean!
Pick em for me now!
[Eb] Pick em for me now!
[Gb] [Eb]
[Gb]
[Ebm]
[Eb]
[Ebm]
[N]
Key:
Eb
D
Bb
Bbm
Ebm
Eb
D
Bb
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [N] Yeah, if you go down to Athens, PA, and you're driving in your car, you won't get very far before you hear people shout,
[Eb] Now! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
[D] _ _ _ Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Db] Butterbean!
[D] Pick em, [Ebm] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we [Bbm] pick Butterbean!
[D] _ [Ebm] Pick [Bb] _
[Eb] em, pull em, put [Bbm] on a scheme, that's how we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em [Eb] jump out of the park!
[N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Come here, you little Butterbean Jew! _ _
Come on!
[G] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Butterbean, Butterbean!
Butterbean, Butterbean!
_ [Gm] Butterbean, [D] Butterbean! _
Butterbean, [Bbm] Butterbean! _ _
_ [Eb] Butterbean, Butterbean! _ _
_ _ [Bb] Some people are fat, some [Eb] people are lean, _ but I want you to show me the person _ who doesn't like Butterbean!
_ [A] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] Well, you can have your yam juice and have your collard greens, _ but if you want to please little old me, you better pick [Db]
[Eb] Butterbean! _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ [Ab] Don't you wait! _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Bb] Butterbean!
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how [Eb] we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em jump [Eb] out of the park!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how we pick [D] Butterbean!
Pick em for me now!
[Eb] Pick em for me now! _
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_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [N] Yeah, if you go down to Athens, PA, and you're driving in your car, you won't get very far before you hear people shout,
[Eb] Now! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
[D] _ _ _ Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Db] Butterbean!
[D] Pick em, [Ebm] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we [Bbm] pick Butterbean!
[D] _ [Ebm] Pick [Bb] _
[Eb] em, pull em, put [Bbm] on a scheme, that's how we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em [Eb] jump out of the park!
[N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Come here, you little Butterbean Jew! _ _
Come on!
[G] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Butterbean, Butterbean!
Butterbean, Butterbean!
_ [Gm] Butterbean, [D] Butterbean! _
Butterbean, [Bbm] Butterbean! _ _
_ [Eb] Butterbean, Butterbean! _ _
_ _ [Bb] Some people are fat, some [Eb] people are lean, _ but I want you to show me the person _ who doesn't like Butterbean!
_ [A] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] Well, you can have your yam juice and have your collard greens, _ but if you want to please little old me, you better pick [Db]
[Eb] Butterbean! _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ [Ab] Don't you wait! _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Ask me a [C] playful, I'll be [Am] grateful, one, two, three, [Eb] four!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, that's how we pick [Bb] Butterbean!
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how [Eb] we pick Butterbean!
[D] Yeah, make em jump [Eb] out of the park!
Pick em, pull em, put on a scheme, [Bbm] that's how we pick [D] Butterbean!
Pick em for me now!
[Eb] Pick em for me now! _
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