melody                                               chords
       A                    D            E             A   D   E   G   B7  C#
E|----------------------------2-2---2--------------|---0---2---0---3---2---4---|
B|-------2-2---2---2---2------3-3---3--------------|---2---3---0---0---0---6---|
G|-------2-2---2---2---2------2-2---2------1-1---1-|---2---2---1---0---2---6---|
D|-------2-2---2---2-2-2----0--------------2-2---2-|---2---0---2---0---1---6---|
A|-----0---------0----------------0------2-2-2---2-|---0---x---2---2---2---4---|
E|-----------0---------------------------------0---|---0---x---0---3---0---4---|


Intro:  melody of A and E,
        followed by the bass note of A (pick the open A string once) (see melody)
        * = end melody

(pause)
              A
The beast in me
D             E                A
Is caged by frail and fragile bars
D             E  *
Restless by day
         A               G            B7 
And by night rants and rages at the stars
D (melody)   E           A
God help,    The beast in me

(pause)
              A
The beast in me
D            E                  A      
Has had to learn to live with pain
D            E                  A 
And how to shelter from the rain
D               E  *            
And in the twinkling of an 
A             G             B7
eye   might have to be restrained
D (melody)   E           A
God help,    The beast in me


C#
Sometimes it tries to kid me
D
That it's just a teddy bear
C#
And even somehow manage 
A
to vanish in the air
E
And that's when I must beware

(pause)
                 A
Of the beast in me
D          E      A
That everybody knows
 D                   E  *     
They've seen him out dressed in my      
  A          G         B7
clothes   patently   unclear
D (melody) E          A
Is it New York or new year
D               E           A
God help,      The beast in me