#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:59:55 -0800 From: "Michael A. Mazur" Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Monkey" Tab: "Monkey" Counting Crows Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected]) All guitars tuned down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) Note: All chords given are relative to downtuned guitars; Hence, all chords sound 1/2 step lower than written Intro: (chords played by piano) |* Asus4 A Asus4 A *| played twice |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| Guitar 2 plays this on the repeat |--------------------------| |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| |--------------------------| Verse: D All dressed up No place to go Bm Hey monkey, when you gonna show E your face around me? I know all the wrongs and rights And I just want a little light to fall on me D Bm E |--------------------------|-----------4--2-------| |-----3-----3-----3-----3--|--------0--0--0-------| |-----2-----2-----4-----4--|-----1----------------| Guitar 1 plays |--0-----0-----------------|--2-------------------| this twice over |--------------2-----2-----|----------------------| the verse, while |--------------------------|----------------------| | | | |--------------------------|--12-------------NH---| |--------------------------|--12------------<12>--| |--------------------------|--13--------13--------| Guitar 2 plays |--------------------------|--14---/14------------| this |--------------------------|----------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------| Chorus: Bm D A E Hey monkey, where you been? This lonely spiral I've been in Hey monkey, when can we begin? Bm D E Hey monkey, where you been? Bm D A E |--------------------------|-{0}----------4\2--------| |--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0-0--------| |-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-------1-----| |--4-----------0-----------|--2-------------------2--| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| *The high E note is played only by guitar 2 Bm D A E |--------------------------|--------------4--5--4--2--| |--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0--0--0--0--| |-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------------| |--4-----------0-----------|--2-----------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| Bm D A E |--------------------------|--------------2--0--0--| |--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0--0--0--| |-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------1--| |--4-----------0-----------|--2--------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| Bm D A |--------------------|--0--| |--------3-----3--3--|--2--| |-----4-----4--2--2--|--2--| |--4-----------0--0--|--2--| |--------------------|-----| |--------------------|-----| During the choruses, guitar 1 plays the above part, with minor variation. Guitar 2 roughly doubles guitar 1's part during the first chorus. Verse: (Guitar 2 tacet) Well I'm all messed That's nothing new Hey monkey, when you open up your blue eyes I don't know if I'm wide awake or dreaming But all I ever need is everything * (w/ fill 1) Hey monkey, where you been? * (w/ fill 2) This lonely spiral I've been in * (w/ fill 3) Hey monkey, when can we begin? Hey monkey, where you been? Fills: 1 2 3 |-----------10b(12)-----|--|----------8/10--|--|--(9)r7--7--| |--(10)r9---------------|--|--(10)r8--------|--|------------| |-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| |-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| |-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| |-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| Bridge: Asus4 - A E A D Just get the world off your shoulders and close your pretty blue eyes Em Bm D Hey monkey, what's life without an Asus2 A occasional surprise? Solo: (Guitar 1 plays D Bm E, as in verse) Guitar 2 plays: |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |--18--18--18--18--18--18--18--| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-----------17-----------17-----------| |-------------------------------------| |--18b(19)------18b(19)------(19)r18--| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |----------------------17-----------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------------|---14--14------------------| |--16/18--18--18b(19)------(19)r18--|--(18)r16--14--16--14--14--| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--15b(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)r15--------------| |--------------------------------14--14--14--| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------|--16b(18)r16------| |--17b(19)--(19)--(19)--(19)r17--------------|--------------17--| |--------------------------------14--14--14--|------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------| |--------------------------------------------|------------------| Verse: (Guitars tacet) Got nowhere but home to go * (both guitars enter with the E chord) Got Ben Folds on my radio right now (Right here, the guitars switch channels; gtr. 1 is now right panned, gtr. 2 is now left) (Guitar 1 plays only the chords now, guitar 2 plays the part below) I'm in trouble for the things I need Hey monkey don't you want to be needed too? |--17--|-----------17--------17--------| |------|-------------------------------| |------|--18b(19)------(19)------(19)--|Guitar 2 plays this over the |------|-------------------------------|second half of the verse |------|-------------------------------| |------|-------------------------------| |-----------17------17------|-----------------------------|------| |---------------------------|----------17--17--17---------|------| |--(19)r18------18------18--|--18--16--------------16/18--|--19--| |---------------------------|-----------------------------|------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------|------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------|------| Chorus: (Played exactly like the second chorus, with the fills in gtr. 2) Hey monkey, where you been? This lonely spiral I've been in Hey monkey, when can we begin? * (w/ Fill 4) Hey monkey, where you been? * (w/ Fill 5) Hey monkey, where you been? Hey monkey, where you been? Fill 4 |------------------------------| |--12--(12)r10/12--12b(14)r12--| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| Fill 5 |-------------------------------|--15/17--| |--14--(14)r12--14--15b(17)r15--|---------| |-------------------------------|---------| |-------------------------------|---------| |-------------------------------|---------| |-------------------------------|---------|
