The Hellacopters - Monkeyboy
Rock And Roll is Dead, 2005
Tabbed by Shitbreak
intro:
| G#5 | C#5 | G#5 | C#5 |
verse 1:
| G#5 | C#5 | F5 C#5 | F5 D#5 | 2x
I got an ape performing in my head
If he don't stop then i will soon be dead
Bridge (two guitars):
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------3------------------------|-------3-------5----------------|
|---3-6---6-3---3----------------|---3-6---6-3-6------------------|
|-4-----------6------------------|-4------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------10-----10-----|------------------10-----10-----|
|--------------------10-----10---|--------------------10-----10---|
|----------------------8------8--|----------------------8------8--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#5 D#5
|--------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------3------------------------|----------8------|
|---3-6---6-3---3----------------|---8------8------|
|-4-----------6------------------|---8------6------|
|--------------------------------|---6-------------|
|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------10-----10-----|----------8------|
|--------------------10-----10---|---8------8------|
|----------------------8------8--|---8------6------|
|--------------------------------|---6-------------|
This monkey's no friend of mine
I try to act straight but he's on cloud number nine
He's got a cup made of tin
And it's 'cause of him you won't let me in
verse 2:
| G#5 | C#5 | F5 C#5 | F5 D#5 | 2x
He bangs a drum so i can get no sleep
Well he's a monkey but he can't be beat
Bridge (same as before)
Head over heels on banana peel
I'm getting confused as to what i feel
And every time i try to speak
He always puts his monkeytongue in my cheek
Chorus:
| C5 | F5(I) | A#5 | D#5 |
| C5 | F5(I) | C#5 | D#5 |
Oh my my - i'd do anything to make him die
But then i see there's nothing i can do
The monkey's just a part of me
Lead guitar:
C5 F5(I) A#5 D#5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2---3p2-5p2-3~----------------------------------------------------|
|--3~---3---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hellacopters/monkeyboy_tab.html ]
C5 F5(I) C#5 D#5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------4--4h6p4----------------|
|--------------------------------1-3-------3-5-----------5-3------------|
|-----2---3p2-5p2-3-1--------1-3---------6-------------------6~---------|
|--3~---3-------------3-1--3--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
| G#5 | C#5 | F5 C#5 | F5 D#5 | 2x
I got a monkey singing in my brain
I should have known already we're the same
Solo (G# Dur pentatonic)
Rythmguitar plays | C#5 | F5(I) | 3x then | A#5 | D#5 |
|---------------------------------13b~--13b~--16b~--16b~-|
|-13------------------------13-16------------------------|
|----15-13b---13~-15-13--15------------------------------|
|----------15--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-13-16p13--13----13-13-----------------------------|
|-----------16---16-------16p13----13------------------|
|-------------------------------15---15-13-------------|
|------------------------------------------15-13-------|
|------------------------------------------------15-13-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------13-16-13-----------------|
|-------------------------13----------15v~-15v~-------|
|-------------------13-15-----------------------------|
|----------13-15b~------------------------------------|
|-16-13-16--------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Same lead as before):
| C5 | F5(I) | A#5 | D#5 |
| C5 | F5(I) | C#5 | D#5 |
Oh my my - i'd do anything to make him die
But then i see there's nothing i can do
The monkey's just a part of me
Verse 4:
| G#5 | C#5 | F5 C#5 | F5 D#5 | 2x
I got some monkey business to attend
I think i'll ask him if he'd hold my hand
Bridge
And ask him to be a friend of mine
Together we'll fly up to cloud number nine
And share his cup made of tin
Maybe then you'd like to let us in
Chorus
| C5 | F5(I) | A#5 | D#5 |
| C5 | F5(I) | C#5 | D#5 |
Oh my my - i did everything to make him die
But now i see there's nothing ican do
The monkey's just a part of me
Outro:
| G#5 | C#5 | F5 C#5 | F5 D#5 | G#5...
I got some monkey business to attend
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Explanations:
F5 F5(I) G#5 C#5 D#5 A#5 C5
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|--10--|------|------|--6---|--8---|------|--5---|
|--10--|---3--|--6---|--6---|--8---|--8---|--5---|
|--8---|---3--|--6---|--4---|--6---|--8---|--3---|
|------|---1--|--4---|------|------|--6---|------|
~ = let note ring
v = vibrato
b = bend
