Lordi - Monster Monster Chords & Tabs

Song: Monster, Monster
Band: Lordi
Tabbed by: unspeakable.elvis@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Legend:

.       palm mute
h       hammer on
p       pull off
/       slide up to note
\       slide down from note
7b9     bend 7th fret major second up
9r7     release previous bend
x       dead note
(n)     ghost note
~       vibrato


Intro Riff (Play x2)
~~~~~~~~~~
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     
|-------------------------0--1--0-----------------|
|-------1--3--------------1--1--1-----3-----1--3--|
|-2-----2--2-----2--------------------2-----2--2--|
|-2--x--2--2--x--2--x--x-----------x--2--x--2--2--|
|-0--x--------x--0--x--x-----------x-----x--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1-----1--3-----1--------------------------------|
|-2-----2--2-----2-----------------------4-----5--| 
|-3--x--3--3--x--3--x--------5-----6--------------| 
|----x--------x-----x-----------------2-----3-----|
|----------------------3--------4-----------------|



 Between first Intro and first Verse:
 "ooooh...."
|------------------------|
|------------------------| 
|-2----------------------| 
|-2----------------------| 
|-0----------------------| 
|------------------------| 


Verse
~~~~~
 "it took me down..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------2-----0--2--------------2-----0--|
|-2--------------2-----0--2--------------2-----0--|
|-0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
        .  .  .     .           .  .  .     .

 "tryin' not to breathe..."
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3--------------3--------------------4-----2-----|
|-3--------------3-----5--------6-----2--2--3-----|
|-1-----1--1--1--1--1--3-----3--4--4--------------|
        .  .  .     .        .     .     .

 "pray the lord..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------0--2--------------------0--|
|-2--------------3-----0--2--------------3-----0--|
|-0-----0--0--0-----0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
        .  .  .     .           .  .  .     .

 "it's pounding me until I'm driven in - I would be..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3--------------3-----------------------------5--|
|-3--------------3-----------------------------3--|
|-1-----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-----|
        .  .  .     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Bridge
~~~~~~
 "damned if I..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|(5)-7--7-----5--7-----5-----7--7-----5--7-----5--|
|(3)-5--5-----3--5-----3-----5--5-----3--5-----3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
  ^don't play these, they are to show that you're holding
   the chord from the previous measure (i.e. ghost notes)

 "could I tell..."                      "I would be..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|(5)-3--3--------------------------------------5--|
|(3)-1--1-----3--5-----6-----6--5--3--6--5--3--3--|
|-------------1--3-----4-----4--3--1--4--3--1-----|



 "damned if I do and damned if I don't..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|(5)-7--7-----5--7-----3--------------------------|
|(3)-5--5-----3--5-----1--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



   "this time I'll go for the kill..."
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-1-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|


Chorus (play x2)
~~~~~~

 "Monster, monster..."
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------5-----5--------------------|
|-2-----x--3--3-----x--5--x--5--x--5--5-----5--5--|
|-0-----x--3--3-----x--3--x--3--x--5--5-----3--3--|
|----------1--1--------------------3--3-----------|


    "something's gotta give..."
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------|
|-2--------0--5-----------------------------------|
|-0-----x--0--5-----x--5--------------5-----6-----|
|-------x-----3-----x--5--------------x-----x-----|
|----------------------3--------------3-----4-----|

Back to Intro Riff, Verse, Bridge, after which:

Second Chorus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lordi/monster_monster_tab.html ]
 "Monster, monster..."
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    
|-------------------------------------------------|  \
|-------------------------------------------------|  |
|-2--------------------5-----5--------------------|  |
|-2-----x--3--3-----x--5--x--5--x--5--5-----5--5--|  |
|-0-----x--3--3-----x--3--x--3--x--5--5-----3--3--|  |
|----------1--1--------------------3--3-----------|  |
                                                     |
                                                     |
    "something's gotta give..."                       > Play x2
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     |
|-------------------------------------------------|  |
|-3-----------------------------------------------|  |
|-2--------0--5-----------------------------------|  |
|-0-----x--0--5-----x--5--------------5-----6-----|  |
|-------x-----3-----x--5--------------x-----x-----|  |
|----------------------3--------------3-----4-----|  /



 "Monster, monster..."                     "beast be..."
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-2--------------------5-----5--------------------|
|-2-----x--3--3-----x--5--x--5--x--5--5-----5--5--|
|-0-----x--3--3-----x--3--x--3--x--5--5-----3--3--|
|----------1--1--------------------3--3-----------| 



 "gone something's got to give..."
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------|
|-2--------0--5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-0-----x--0--5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-------x-----3-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|



  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|
|-1-----------------------|
|-------------------------|



Keyboard Solo (double time feel)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----------7-----------7-------|-7-----------7-----------7-------|
|-5-----------5-----------5-------|-5-----------5-----------5-------|
|-5---x-x-x-x-5---x-x-x-x-5---x-x-|-5---x-x-x-x-5---x-x-x-x-5---x-x-|




|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----------7-----------7-------|-5-------------------------------|
|-5-----------5-----------5-------|-5-------------------------------|
|-5---x-x-x-x-5---x-x-x-x-5---x-x-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
                                        . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-----7h8-----5h7-----3h5-----2h3-|
|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----|
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . .     . .     . .     . . 



|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
|-2-------------------------------|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
|-0-------------------------------|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---|




|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6-----6-----6---6---------------|
|-6-----6-----6---6---------------|
|-4-----4-----4---4---------------|



Final Chorus
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Monster, monster..."
|-------------------------------------------------|  \
|-------------------------------------------------|  |
|-2--------------------5-----5--------------------|  |
|-2-----x--3--3-----x--5--x--5--x--5--5-----5--5--|  |
|-0-----x--3--3-----x--3--x--3--x--5--5-----3--3--|  |
|----------1--1--------------------3--3-----------|  |
                                                     |
                                                      > Play x3
                                                     |
|-------------------------------------------------|  |
|-3-----------------------------------------------|  |
|-2--------0--5-----------------------------------|  |
|-0-----x--0--5-----x--5--------------5-----6-----|  |
|-------x-----3-----x--5--------------x-----x-----|  |
|----------------------3--------------3-----4-----|  /




|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-2--------------------5-----5--------------------|
|-2-----x--3--3-----x--5--x--5--x--5--5-----5--5--|
|-0-----x--3--3-----x--3--x--3--x--5--5-----3--3--|
|----------1--1--------------------3--3-----------| 




|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------|
|-2--------0--5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-0-----x--0--5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-------x-----3-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|



  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------2-----2--0-----2--------|
|-3-----------------------2--x--3--0--x--2--------|
|-1-----------------------0--x--3-----x--0--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


End!