Butterbean The B-52's Chords
Tempo:
96.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
D
Bb
Bbm
Ebm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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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,
Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
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[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
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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,
Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
[Eb] [D]
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[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
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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! _ _
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_ _ Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
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[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
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[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!
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_ _ _ Come here, you little Butterbean Jew! _ _
Come on!
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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!
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_ [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! _ _
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_ _ 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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_ [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! _ _
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_ _ Crimson, reddish, kids in their teens, junkyard dogs and heaven's queens, yeah, [Bbm] everybody likes Butterbean!
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[C] Don't you wait, don't you linger, Butterbean, [Db] don't you let your smooth moving [D] go!
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[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!
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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! _ _
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_ _ 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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