Monkey tab by Counting Crows

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Tab: "Monkey" Counting Crows
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected])

All guitars tuned down 1/2 step (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)
Note: All chords given are relative to downtuned guitars;
   Hence, all chords sound 1/2 step lower than written

Intro: (chords played by piano)

|* Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA *| played twice

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| Guitar 2 plays this on the repeat
|--------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|--------------------------|

Verse:

D MajorD
All ..
No ..
  B minorBm
Hey ..
 E MajorE
 your ..
I know ..
And I ..

  D MajorD      B minorBm       E MajorE
|--------------------------|-----------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--------------|
|--------------------------|--13--------13--------| Guitar 2 plays
|--------------------------|--14---/14------------| this
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|


Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD   A augmentedA E MajorE
Hey ..
This ..
Hey ..
B minorBm     D MajorD     E MajorE
Hey ...
  B minorBm     D MajorD       A augmentedA      E MajorE
|--------------------------|-{0}----------4\2--------|
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0-0--------|
|-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-------1-----|
|--4-----------0-----------|--2-------------------2--|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
               *The high E MajorE note is played only
               by guitar 2

  B minorBm     D MajorD       A augmentedA      E MajorE
|--------------------------|--------------4--5--4--2--|
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0--0--0--0--|
|-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------------|
|--4-----------0-----------|--2-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

  B minorBm     D MajorD       A augmentedA      E MajorE
|--------------------------|--------------2--0--0--|
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0--0--0--|
|-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------1--|
|--4-----------0-----------|--2--------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

  B minorBm     D MajorD    A augmentedA
|--------------------|--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 ..
That's ..
Hey ..
I don't ..
But all ..
      * (w/ fill 1)
Hey ..
          * (w/ fill 2)
This ..
           * (w/ fill 3)
Hey ..
Hey ..

Fills: 1           2          3
|-----------10b(12)-----|--|----------8/10--|--|--(9)r7--7--|
|--(10)r9---------------|--|--(10)r8--------|--|------------|
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------|
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------|
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------|
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------|

Bridge:

Asus4Asus4 - A augmentedA

E MajorE      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Just ..
and ..
E minorEm     B minorBm         D MajorD
Hey ..
           Asus2Asus2 A augmentedA
 occasional ..

Solo: (Guitar 1 plays D MajorD B minorBm 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 ..
             * (both guitars enter with the E MajorE chord)
Got ..
(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 ..
Hey ...

|--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 ..
This ..
Hey ..
              * (w/ Fill 4)
Hey ..
              * (w/ Fill 5)
Hey ..
Hey ..

Fill 4
|------------------------------|
|--12--(12)r10/12--12b(14)r12--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|


Fill 5
|-------------------------------|--15/17--|
|--14--(14)r12--14--15b(17)r15--|---------|
|-------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------|---------|

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