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)
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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..."
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-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..."
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|(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..."
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|(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)
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"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: http://www.guitaretab.com/l/lordi/198240.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
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"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!
