Monsterman chords by DEVO

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


SONG:  MONSTERMAN
ARTIST: DEVO
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]

           MONSTERMAN
             DEVO

INTRO: (Based on the synthesizer)

  G+G G+G D MajorD  G+G G+G D MajorD  FF FF G+G  FF FF G+G  G+G G+G D MajorD

E MajorE ------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------
G+G --------------------5/7/7----5/7-7--------------
D MajorD --5/7-7---5/7-7-----------5--------5--5/7-7-----
A augmentedA --------5-------5---------------------------5---
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------

VERSE:
 D MajorD
Say goodbye to everything you knew

Say hello to what a man can do
 FF FF  G+G
[Monster man]
 FF FF  G+G
[Monster man]
 C majorC
Fear's his one and only dream
                D MajorD
It's all obscene to a monster man
 C majorC  BB  A augmentedA  BB  C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC  D MajorD
[Man, man, man man, man, man, man]

 C majorC
The man's a monster

A augmentedA beast on the run
 D MajorD
He's a virus that gets shot with a gun
 FF
Hidden plans from a mind insane
 D MajorD
Loud screams from the house of pain

INTERLUDE/SOLO OVER THE CHORDS:  D MajorD  G+G

NOTE: To me a solo (somewhat similar to the intro)can be
   played first on the G+G string at the 5th & 7th fret
   using bends and releases and then to the BB string
   at the 6th & 8th fret in similar fashion..


THEN TO FINISH - FAST STACCATO LIKE PICKING
                          D MajorD
E MajorE --------------------555--777---999--11-11-11----15b---
BB -----------555--777-----------------------------------
G+G -555--777---------------------------------------------
D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------

BREAK:
 Bb majorBb
There is no
 C majorC
Zombie in the closet
 Bb majorBb
There is no
    C majorC
thing underneath the bed
Eb MajorEb         D MajorD
 There's no alien abduction
   Bb majorBb        G+G
The monster's in your head


  G+G G+G D MajorD  G+G G+G D MajorD  FF FF G+G  FF FF G+G  G+G G+G D MajorD

E MajorE ------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------
G+G --------------------5/7/7----5/7-7--------------
D MajorD --5/7-7---5/7-7-----------5--------5--5/7-7-----
A augmentedA --------5-------5---------------------------5---
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------


VERSE:
 D MajorD
Say what you want, say what you will

Said and done, the threat is still

 FF FF  G+G
[Monster man]
 FF FF  G+G
[Monster man]

 C majorC
They say beauty's in the eye
               D MajorD
Of the beholder so don't try

To understand him

 C majorC
Everyday is halloween
                D MajorD
It's all obscene to a monster man

 C majorC  BB  A augmentedA  BB  C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC   D MajorD
[Man, man, man man, man, man, man]

Monsterman chords

"Monsterman" by Devo is the theme song to the TV series by the same name. The song was introduced in 2012, along with the syfy tv series.