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Beautiful Girl

Spacehog
Tab

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Song

"Beautiful Girl" by Spacehog

Taken from the album The Chinese Album

Main riff:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7-----7---6---7---6---7--12--11---6---7---2---2---2---2---2-|
A|-0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro

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Main Riff (x2)

Verse 1 (w/ Main Riff)

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Sixteen or seventeen that's all I think you were

Fly by me one more time, I wonder who you are

Chorus (w/ Main Riff)

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The most beautiful girl In the world

The most beautiful girl In the world

After the first chorus a second guitar comes in:

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--6---6---6---7---7---8-7-6---6---6----7------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

During the second verse it plays:

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--6-------6---7-------7---6-------6----7------| (etc...)
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Verse 2(w/ Main Riff + 2nd Guitar)

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I won't make promises I know I cannot keep

You'll be my sweet thing and I'll worship at your feet

The most beautiful girl in the world

The most beautiful girl in the world

Orchestration:

ahhhhhhh...

e|--10\9---9---5---3---|--10\9---9---5---3----|----|----|
B|---------------------|----------------------|----|----|
G|---------------------|----------------------|----|----|
D|---------------------|----------------------|----|----| (x2)
A|---------------------|----------------------|----|----|
E|---------------------|----------------------|----|----|

Verse 3

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So call me back one more time and nail me to your bed

Well, I'll pull my weight and...

staccato

wear a monet on my head

e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
D|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
A|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

Heavy chorus:

-------------

The most beautiful girl in the world

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----------------7--------6--------7-------|
D|--2-----------------7--------6--------7-------|
A|--0-----------------5--------4--------5-------| (x2)
E|----------------------------------------------|

Main Riff(x2)

(Solo:)

Two guitars play similar melodies an octave apart

with lots of feedback

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|Guitar2:------14--------14/15-----15/17-------|
G|G1uiat1:----6-----7/9\7-----7b(9)=(7)-----6---|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Another heavy chorus,

and it ends in the proper Spacehog way:

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--2==================~~~----|
D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--2==================~~~----|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--5--0==================~~~----|
E|----------------------------------------------|

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