| | --- |
| | Standard tuning (!!!) |
| ( first four bars omitted ) |
| C#m7 C#m6 A C#m C#m7 C#m6 A C# riff |
|---9----|---9----|---9----|----9-9-|---7----|---6----|---5----|---------|
|--12----|--11----|--10----|----9-9-|---5----|---5----|---5----|---------|
|---9----|---9----|---9----|----9-9-|---6----|---6----|---6----|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| The C# riff part is written below. It's almost impossible to get the exact |
| notes, since Keith hardly plays two bars the same twice. Just play along with |
| the record to get the right feeling. |
|-------------------------|
|----6-6--7--7-7-7--7--6--|
|----6-6--6--6-6-6--9--6--|
|----6-6--8--8-8-8--------|
|-/8----------------------|
|-------------------------|
| The chords in the verse are: |
| | E | E | C# riff | C# riff | |
| | E | E | C# riff | C# riff | |
| | A | B | C# riff | C# riff | |
| | A | B | C# riff | C# riff | |
| The E is played using the following pattern: |
|----------|
|---7----7-|
|---7----7-|
|---5----5-|
|----------|
| Remember the capo, so the A can be played as a regular G and the B can be played |
| The next part is the instrumental after the first two verses. Again, listen to |
| the record to get the timing right! This section was previously published in |
| Guitar World, December 1988 and transcribed by Dave Whitehall. |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------6----7--7--7--6--|--7-7---7-------6-6h7-6--|-------6----7-----7-7-6--|
|--4/6---6----6--9--9--6--|--9---9-9---9---6-6---6--|-------6----6-----9-9-6--|
|--4/6---6--6-8-----------|------------------6h8-6--|----------6-----8--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7--8--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-----6----6--------6---|-----------7----7--7--6--|--6-----6----7-----8--6--|
|-6-----6--6-6-----9--6---|------6----6--9-9--9--6--|--6-----6----------9--6--|
|-------6--6-----8--------|------6--6-8--8-------6--|--6-----6--8-----8----6--|
|-7--8------------------7-|-7--8--------------------|--7--8-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6h7----7--6h7---6--6---|--6h7----7--6-6h7-----6--|
|--6------6--6-----7--6---|--6------6--6-6----6--6--|
|--6h8-8--8--6h8-8------8-|--6h8--8----6-6h8--8--6--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| This instrumental part is followed after a while by the next chord progression: |
|--4--|--2--|--5--|--2--|
|--5--|--4--|--3--|--4--|
|--4--|--4--|--3--|--4--| play 4 times
|--2--|--4--|--3--|--4--|
|-----|--2--|--4--|--2--|
|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
| And then back to the instrumental part, accompanied by Mick`s shouting: |
| I`M A MONKEEEEYYY-AAAAHHHHH!!!!! |
| I`m a fleabit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies |
| I`m a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer |
| I`ve been bitten, I`ve been tossed around, by every she-rat in this town |
| Well I am just a monkey man, I`m glad you are a monkey woman too! |
| I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored |
| Yes, I`m a sack of broken eggs, I always have an unmade bed |
| Well I hope we`re not too messianic, or a trifle too satanic |
| We love to play the blues. |
| But when I am just a monkey man, I`m glad you are a monkey woman too. |
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| CRD: Monkey Man (Rolling Stones) |
| | E | D |
| | | I`m a fleabit peanut monkey. All my friends are junkies.That's not really true. |
| | E | D |
| | | I`m a cold Italian pizza.I could use a lemmon squeezer. What you do? |
| | A |
| | I`ve been bitten, I`ve been tossed around |
| | B | C# |
| | | by every she-rat in this town. Have you, babe? |
| | A | B | C# |
| | | | Well, I am just a monkey man. I`m glad you are a monkey woman, too. |
| I was gouged and I was gored. |
| I am a sack of broken eggs. |
| I always have an unmade bed. |
| Well, I hope we're not too messianic or a trifle too santanic. |
| We love to play the blues. |
