Chords:
          XGDGAD
         X99999   
         X44444
    X66676 
         X22222
 

[INTRO]
     
              

(
(Drums Risolut

o)
     (Fortissimo)
     
  
   
[VERSE 1]
             
I'll never be 

       
your beast of 


burden,
            
My back is bro

        
ad but it's a 


hurtin’.
            
All I want is 

        
for you to mak

               
e love to me,
             
I'll never be 

       
your beast of 


burden.
             
I've walked fo

       
r miles my fee

      
t are hurtin’,
            
All I want is 

        
for you to mak

         
e love to me. 

Come on!


[CHORUS 1]

Am I hard enou

gh,
     
Am I rough eno

ugh.
     
Am I rich enou

gh,
             
I'm not too bl

          
ind to see.


[VERSE 2]
             
I'll never be 

       
your beast of 

          
burden,
            
So let's go ho

        
me and draw th

  
e curtains.
          
And put some M

         
usic on the ra

      
dio.
      
Come on baby  

 
 please. I’ll 

tell ya, one m

ore!


[CHORUS 2]

Am I hard enou

gh,
     
Am I rough eno

ugh.
     
Am I rich enou

gh,
             
I'm not too bl

          
ind to see.


[REFRAIN]

Hey, little si

ster,


[INSTRUMENTAL]
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[VERSE 3]
            
Yeah! Such a p

              
retty, pretty,

        
 pretty, prett

   
y, girl,
             
You're a prett

             
y, pretty, pre

             
tty, pretty, p

#         
retty, pretty 


girl.
     
Ohoo, ohoo, ye

ah,
        
Now, come on b

     
aby, please.


[VERSE 4]

I'll tell ya, 
             
You can put me

 
 out. 
 
On the street,
           
Now, put me ou

t. 
        
With no shoes 

      
on my feet, 
             
But, put me ou

   
t, put me out.

 
        
Put me out of 

       
misery. 


[VERSE 5]
              
Yeah! Now all 

     
your acceptor’

, 
     
I shove it up.

 
            
Now, chew it a

ll at me,
     
I swirl it off

. 
             
There's one th

    
ing baby, 
        
That you don't

        
 understand.
             
Now you keep o

       
n telling me, 
        
Why, I ain't y

            
our kind of ma

n.
 

[CHORUS 3]

Ain't I rough 

enough, ooh ba

by,
        
Ain't I tough 

enough.
        
Ain't I rich e

nough, in love

 enough,
            
Now come on ba

    
by, please.


[VERSE 6]
             
I'll never be 

       
your beast of 


burden, no!
             
I'll never be 

       
your beast of 


burden.
             
Never, never, 

             
never, never, 

        
never, never, 

                  
never be.


CODA:


[End]


NOTES:
1.  The ‘Live Licks’ version differs markedly in the lyrics but keeps the structure of the Studio version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Licks.