Monkey Trick Chords & Tabs
From the videos I've seen of Duane playing this song,
it appears that he and David Wm. Simms play in 7th or
8th position. This is what I could muster based on
that and GuitarPlaya's tab. It's basically 4 parts
an interlude and a breakdown.
Intro
e|-----------------|--------|----------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--------|--you'll--|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|.-rest-.|.--------.|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|.------.|.--need--.|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------|----------|
E|-----------------|--------|----it----|
e|-------0~~~~~|~~|------0~~~-------|-|------0~~~|~--------|
B|-------------|--|-----------------|-|----------|---------|
G|.--------8~~~|~.|--------8~-8b9r8~|~|--------8~|~-10/11\-|
D|.-9/10~~~~~~~|~.|-9/10~~~~~-9~~~~~|~|-9/10~~~~~|~-12/13\-|
A|-------------|--|-----------------|-|----------|---------|
E|-------------|--|-----------------|-|----------|---------|
"He's gone in her lips..."
e|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
B|-8-------------|------------------|-8-------------|-------------------|
G|.-----7-8~-----|------------------|------7-8~-----|------------------.|
D|.--10------7-8-|-10~------7-8--8--|---10------7-8-|-10~------7-8---7-.|
A|---------------|-----8-10---10-10-|---------------|-----8-10-----5----|
E|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
"...shaaaaaade"
e|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
G|-7-7/5-5-5\7-7-7-|-7/5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7/5-5-5-7-7-|
D|-8-8/6-6-6\8-8-8-|-8/6-6-6-8-8-8-|-8/6-6-6-8-8-|
A|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
Scream
e|-----------------|--------|----------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--------|--you'll--|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|.-rest-.|.--------.|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|.------.|.--need--.|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------|----------|
E|-----------------|--------|----it----|
"Only a little is used..."
e|--------------------------------0~|~~~|~----------------|
B|-8--8--8----8--|-8--8--8----------|---|-----------------|
G|-8--8--8----8--|-8--8--8----------|-8~|~-8b9r8b9r8b9r8~.|
D|-10-10-10---10-|-10-10-10--9/10~~~|~~~|~-10~~10~~10~~~~.|
A|---------------|------------------|---|-----------------|
E|---------------|------------------|---|-----------------|
"Tonight at the knife stick-up place..."
e|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
B|-8-------------|------------------|-8-------------|-------------------|
G|.-----7-8~-----|------------------|------7-8~-----|------------------.|
D|.--10------7-8-|-10~------7-8--8--|---10------7-8-|-10~------7-8---7-.|
A|---------------|-----8-10---10-10-|---------------|-----8-10-----5----|
E|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
"What are they doing outside..."
e|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
G|-7-7/5-5-5\7-7-7-|-7/5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7/5-5-5-7-7-|
D|-8-8/6-6-6\8-8-8-|-8/6-6-6-8-8-8-|-8/6-6-6-8-8-|
A|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
"What are they doing?!" + "It's so much brown and crap, it's set in an odd
light..."
e|-----------------|--------|----------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--------|--you'll--|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|.-rest-.|.--------.|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|.------.|.--need--.|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------|----------|
E|-----------------|--------|----it----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jesus_lizard/monkey_trick_tab_ver_2.html ]
"Insomuch as they don't know..."
e|-0~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~|~|
B|-8~|~|-8~~|~|-10~|~|-12~|~|-8~~|~|-10~|~|-12~|~|-8~|~|
G|-9~|~|-9~~|~|-12~|~|-11~|~|-9~~|~|-12~|~|-11~|~|-9~|~|
D|-9~|~|-10~|~|-11~|~|-9~~|~|-10~|~|-11~|~|-9~~|~|-9~|~|
A|-7~|~|-10~|~|-12~|~|-10~|~|-10~|~|-12~|~|-10~|~|-7~|~|
E|-0~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~~|~|-0~|~|
"An absurd gag..."
e|------0~~~|~|-----|-|-|-|-|
B|----------|-|-8\--|-|-|-|-|
G|--------8~|~|-8\--|-|-|-|-|
D|-9/10~~~~~|~|-10\-|-|-|-|-|
A|----------|-|-----|-|-|-|-|
E|----------|-|-----|-|-|-|-|
Breakdown
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
B|-13tr-15tr-|-13tr-12tr-|-13tr-15tr-|-13tr-12tr-15tr-|
G|-12tr-13tr-|-12tr-12tr-|-12tr-13tr-|-12tr-12tr-13tr-|
D|-13tr-15tr-|-13tr-12tr-|-13tr-15tr-|-13tr-12tr-15tr-|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
B|-13tr-15tr-|-13tr-12tr-|-13tr-15tr-|-12tr-|
G|-12tr-13tr-|-12tr-12tr-|-12tr-13tr-|-12tr-|
D|-13tr-15tr-|-13tr-12tr-|-13tr-15tr-|-12tr-|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
"Ow!"
e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8---|
G|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8--.|
D|-10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10-10-.|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8--|
G|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8--|
D|-10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10-10-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------------|
B|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8/-10\8-/10\8--|
G|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8/-10\8-/10\8--|
D|-10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10/12\10/12\10-|
A|-----------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8---|
G|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8--.|
D|-10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10-10-.|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|
e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8---|
G|-8--8---8--8--8--|-8--8---8--8--8--.|
D|-10-10--10-10-10-|-10-10--10-10-10-.|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|
"Tonight at the knife stick-up place..."
e|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
B|-8-------------|------------------|-8-------------|-------------------|
G|.-----7-8~-----|------------------|------7-8~-----|------------------.|
D|.--10------7-8-|-10~------7-8--8--|---10------7-8-|-10~------7-8---7-.|
A|---------------|-----8-10---10-10-|---------------|-----8-10-----5----|
E|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
"I know they have them..."
e|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
G|-7-7/5-5-5\7-7-7-|-7/5-5-5-7-7-7-|-7/5-5-5-7-7-|
D|-8-8/6-6-6\8-8-8-|-8/6-6-6-8-8-8-|-8/6-6-6-8-8-|
A|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
"What are they doing?!"
e|-----------------||
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
E|-----------------||