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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
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