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Its A Beautiful World
Devo
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BEAUTIFUL WORLD
As recorded by DEVO
(From the 1981 Album NEW TRADITIONALISTS)
Words and Music by Gerald Casale & Mark Mothersbaugh
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Main Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Second Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=145
4/4
Gtr I
W +W W +W
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-9--------|-(9)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W
|-1--------|-(1)--------|--8--------|--------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|--8--------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|--9--------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-10--------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-10--------|--------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|--8--------|--------|
|
| W +W W +W
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|--9--------|-(9)----|
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
W +H +E E Q W +W
|-^0---------|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|--0---------|-(0)----|
|-^0---------|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|--0---------|-(0)----|
|-^1---------|-(1)----(1)-1-1--|--1---------|-(1)----|
|-^2---------|-(2)----(2)-2-2--|--2---------|-(2)----|
|-^2---------|-(2)----(2)-2-2--|--2---------|-(2)----|
|-^0---------|-(0)----(0)-0-0--|--0---------|-(0)----|
|
| W +W +W +W
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
|-(9)--------|-(9)-------------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|--9---------|-(9)-------------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------4-----|----------4--------------||
||----------------|--4----------------------||
||o-----2---------|---------------------2--o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|-10---12-10--(10)-------o||
||------9--11-----|------------------11-9---||
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7------------|-(7)---------------------||
||o-^7------------|-(7)--------------------o||
||--^8------------|-(8)---------------------||
||--^9------------|-(9)---------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
Verse
Q Q H Q. Q. Q +Q Q H Q. Q. Q
||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---------4-----|--------4-------|----------------|---------------------|
||---------------|--4-------------|----------2-----|--------2------------|
||o----2---------|-------------2--|-(2)------------|--2------------------|
||---------------|----------------|------0---------|-----------------0---|
|
| Q q q Q Q. Q. Q Q q q Q Q. E +H
||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--------------|-10----12-------|----------------|-10----12--(12)------|
||-----9--11-----|----------------|------9--11-----|---------------------|
||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|
| W +W W +W
||--7------------|-(7)------------|-^0-------------|-(0)-----------------|
||o-7------------|-(7)------------|-^0-------------|-(0)-----------------|
||--8------------|-(8)------------|-^1-------------|-(1)-----------------|
||--9------------|-(9)------------|-^2-------------|-(2)-----------------|
||o--------------|----------------|-^2-------------|-(2)-----------------|
||---------------|----------------|-^0-------------|-(0)-----------------|
+Q Q H Q. Q. Q +Q Q H
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------4-----|----------4-------------|----------4-----|
|----------------|--4------------------4--|-(4)------------|
|------2---------|------------------------|------2---------|
|-(0)------------|------------------------|----------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-10---12-10--(10)-------|----------------|
|------9--11-----|------------------11-9--|------9--11-----|
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|
| W +W W
|--7-------------|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|
|--7-------------|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|
|--8-------------|-(8)--------------------|--8-------------|
|--9-------------|-(9)--------------------|--9-------------|
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
Q. Q. Q +Q Q H Q. Q. Q
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|----------4-------------|----------4-----|--------4-------------|
|--4------------------4--|-(4)------------|--4--------------4----|
|------------------------|------2---------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q. E +H
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|-10---12-10--(10)-------|----------------|-10----12--(12)-------|
|------------------11-9--|------9--11-----|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|
| +W W +W
|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)------------------|
|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)------------------|
|-(8)--------------------|--8-------------|-(8)------------------|
|-(9)--------------------|--9-------------|-(9)------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
Q H. Q. Q E Q Q Q H
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------4-----|
|-----2----------|--------2-----------|--------------|
|----------------|--2-----------------|----2---------|
|--0-------------|---------------0-0--|--------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q. E +H Q q q Q
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|-10----12-(12)------|--------------|
|-----9---11-----|--------------------|----9--11-----|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------|
|
| W +W W
|-^0-------------|-(0)----------------|-7------------|
|-^0-------------|-(0)----------------|-7------------|
|-^1-------------|-(1)----------------|-8------------|
|-^2-------------|-(2)----------------|-9------------|
|-^2-------------|-(2)----------------|--------------|
|-^0-------------|-(0)----------------|--------------|
Q. Q. Q +Q Q H Q. Q. Q
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|----------4-------------|----------4-----|----------4---------------|
|--4------------------4--|-(4)------------|--4------------------4----|
|------------------------|------2---------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|-10---12-10--(10)-------|----------------|-10---12-10--(10)---------|
|------------------11-9--|------9--11-----|------------------11-9----|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|
| +W W +W
|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)----------------------|
|-(7)--------------------|--7-------------|-(7)----------------------|
|-(8)--------------------|--8-------------|-(8)----------------------|
|-(9)--------------------|--9-------------|-(9)----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
W H H W H H
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------2--------|--------------|--------------1--------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-0------------|--4--------------------|--------------|--2--------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------|--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------|
|----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--|----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|
| W +W W +W
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------|
|-0------------|-(0)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------|
W +H +E E Q W +W
|-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)---------------||
|-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------o||
|-^1------------|-(1)-------(1)-1-1--|-1------------|-(1)---------------||
|-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)---------------||
|-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)--------------o||
|-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)---------------||
|
| Q q q Q Q. E +H Q q q Q Q. E +H
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-10----12-(12)------|--------------|-10----12-(12)----o||
|-----9--11-----|--------------------|----9--11-----|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|
| W W W W
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
Bridge
W +W W +W
||--3---------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)-----||
||o-3---------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)----o||
||--4---------|-(4)--------|-6--------|-(6)-----||
||--5---------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----||
||o-5---------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)----o||
||--3---------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)-----||
|
| W +W W +W
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||--7---------|-(7)--------|-9--------|-(9)-----||
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
|
| W W W W
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
||o-----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||------------|------------|----------|---------||
Q. E H +Q E E E E E E H Q +Q H Q Q
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------2-3----|-(3)------3---3---|------5b6--(5)---|--5-----3--2----|
|-------------|------2-3---3-----|-3---------------|----------------|
|-1-----------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| W
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5-----------|-(5)--------------|-9---------------|-(9)------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
+W W +W
|------------|---------------------------|----------0--|-(0)-----------------|
|------------|---------------------------|----------0--|-(0)-----------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|-----/2-2-2-5b5.5--2-|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|--0---------|-(0)-0-0--0--3b3.5-0-3b3.5-|--0----------|---------------------|
| W +E E E E E E Q H. Q +E E E E Q q
|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-(9)--------|-(9)-----------------------|-(9)---------|-(9)-----------------|
|--9---------|-(9)-----------------------|-(9)---------|-(9)-----------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
| W +W +W +W
|
| W
|--0---------|--0------(0)-0-----0-------|--0----------|-(0)-----------------|
|--0---------|--0------(0)-0-----0-------|--0----------|-(0)-----------------|
|--1---------|--1------(1)-1-----1-------|--1----------|-(1)-----------------|
|--2---------|--2------(2)-2-----2-------|--2----------|-(2)-----------------|
|--2---------|--2------(2)-2-----2-------|--2----------|-(2)-----------------|
|--0---------|--0------(0)-0-----0-------|--0----------|-(0)-----------------|
H +E E Q W +W
Verse
E E q q Q q E E E E Q E E q q Q q E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----4--4---4-----|--4-----4----------|----9--9---9-----|--9-----9----------|
|----2--2---2-----|--2-----2----------|----7--7---7-----|--7-----7----------|
|-----------------|-------------4--4--|-----------------|-------------9--9--|
|
| E E q Q Q q E E E E Q E E q Q Q q E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---11-11--11-----|-11----11----------|---16-16--16-----|-16----16----------|
|-----------------|------------13-13--|-----------------|------------18-18--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E q q Q q E E E E Q E E q q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----4--4---4-----|--4-----4----------|----4--4---4-----|
|----2--2---2-----|--2-----2----------|----2--2---2-----|
|-----------------|-------------4--4--|-----------------|
|
| E E q Q Q q E E E E Q E E q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---11-11--11-----|-11----11----------|---11-11--11-----|
|-----------------|------------13-13--|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
q E E E E Q E E q q Q q E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--4-----4----------|----4--4---4-----|--4-----4------------|
|--2-----2----------|----2--2---2-----|--2-----2------------|
|-------------4--4--|-----------------|-------------4--4----|
|
| q E E E E Q E E q Q Q q E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-11----11----------|---11-11--11-----|-11----11------------|
|------------13-13--|-----------------|------------13-13----|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
Chorus
W H H W H H
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------2--------|--------------|--------------1--------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-0------------|--4--------------------|--------------|--2--------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------|--------------|-10---12-10-(10)-------|
|----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--|----9--11-----|-----------------11-9--|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|
| W +W W +W
|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------|
|-0------------|-(0)-------------------|-6------------|-(6)-------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|-4------------|-(4)-------------------|
W +H +E E Q W +W
|-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------|
|-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------|
|-^1------------|-(1)-------(1)-1-1--|-1------------|-(1)--------------|
|-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)--------------|
|-^2------------|-(2)-------(2)-2-2--|-2------------|-(2)--------------|
|-^0------------|-(0)-------(0)-0-0--|-0------------|-(0)--------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q. E +H Q q q Q Q. E +H
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|-10----12-(12)------|--------------|-10----12-(12)----|
|-----9--11-----|--------------------|----9--11-----|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|
| W W W W
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||-------------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||----------4--------|-----------4----------||
||-------------------|--4-------------------||
||o------2-----------|------------------2--o||
||-------------------|----------------------||
|
| H. E E E E Q Q Q 4x
||-------------11-11-|-11--11-11----11------||
||o------------12-12-|-12--12-12----12-----o||
||-------------------|----------------------||
||-------------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||-------------------|----------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7---------------|-(7)------------------||
||o-^7---------------|-(7)-----------------o||
||--^8---------------|-(8)------------------||
||--^9---------------|-(9)------------------||
||o------------------|---------------------o||
||-------------------|----------------------||
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------4-----|----------4--------------||
||----------------|--4----------------------||
||o-----2---------|---------------------2--o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Q q q Q Q E E +E E Q 4x
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|-10---12-10--(10)-------o||
||------9--11-----|------------------11-9---||
||----------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7------------|-(7)---------------------||
||o-^7------------|-(7)--------------------o||
||--^8------------|-(8)---------------------||
||--^9------------|-(9)---------------------||
||o---------------|------------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------------||
Gtr I
Q Q H Q. Q. Q 4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||-------------4--------|------------4---------||
||----------------------|--4-------------------||
||o------2--------------|------------------2--o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
|
| Q e E E E q E E E E H 4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||------11-11-13-13-13--|-11--11-11-13---------||
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W +W 4x
||--^7------------------|-(7)------------------||
||o-^7------------------|-(7)-----------------o||
||--^8------------------|-(8)------------------||
||--^9------------------|-(9)------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths