Jonathan Coulton - My monkey
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MY MONKEY - Jonathan Coulton
Tabbed by: CalvinMills
E-mail: calvin@long-mills.ca
Tuning: EADGBe
Verse
E B7 C#m A
e|--------x-------x-|-------------------|
B|--------x----0--x-|-----4h5-------2p0-|
G|-----1--x----2--x-|-----6-------2-----| x3
D|-----2--x--1----x-|---6-------2-------|
A|--------x2------x-|-4-------0---------|
E|-0-0----x-------x-|-------------------|
E B7 C#m B
e|--------x-------x-|--------x-------x--|
B|--------x----0--x-|-----5--x----4--x--|
G|-----1--x----2--x-|-----6--x----4--x--|
D|-----2--x--1----x-|---6----x--4----x--|
A|--------x2------x-|-4------x2------x--|
E|-0-0----x-------x-|--------x-------x--|
Pre-Chorus Let this not ring | Technically JoCo plays the (1) instead but this sounds awesome.
Amaj7 B7 \|/
e|-----------------|---------------0--|
B|-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---x|
G|-----1-------1---|-----1-------2---x|
D|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---1--(1)x|
A|-0-------0-------|-0-------2-------x|
E|-----------------|-----------------x|
Amaj7 B7
e|-----------------|-------2----------|
B|-----2-------2---|-----0------------|
G|-----1-------1---|-----2------------|
D|---2---2---2---2-|---1--------------|
A|-0-------0-------|-2----------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
E B7 C#m A
e|--------x-------x-|-------------------|
B|--------x----0--x-|-----4h5-------2p0-|
G|-----1--x----2--x-|-----6-------2-----| x2
D|-----2--x--1----x-|---6-------2-------|
A|--------x2------x-|-4-------0---------|
E|-0-0----x-------x-|-------------------|
Verse
EMy mB7onkey gets bC#musy sAometimes
EMy mB7onkey's got a lC#mot of stuff he's gAotta think abEout
My mB7onkey gets tC#mired sAometimes
EMy mB7onkey wishes hC#me was something yBou could live withAmaj7out
PreChorus
Cause every monkey needs alB7one time
Amaj7To eat bananas in the sB7unshine
Amaj7It's feast or famine, it's a fB7ine line
Amaj7It doesn't mean my mB7onkey doesn't love you
Chorus
|E - + - |B7 - + - |C#m - + - |A - + - |
1.[My mon-- -- --key but -- -- ler Bri -- -- -- an
2. [My mon-- -- --key he loves you
3. [My mon --- -- ---- -- --- key
4. [My mon--key says he's so--rry he's a
|E - + - |B7 - + - |C#m - + - |A - + - |E |
1. De--nne -- hy screwed up a --- gain and he's so -- -- rry]
2. My mon -- -- key loves you ve -- -- ry much]
3. says My mon -- -- -- -- -- -- key says]
4. mon--key but he's got to be a mon--key and there's no--thing he can do]
Verse 2
EMy mB7onkey gets frC#mazzled sAometimes
EMy mB7onkey has an C#mulcer and a strAessful time at wEork
My mB7onkey gets bC#mitter sAometimes
EMy mB7onkey's not the C#monly one who's Bacting like a jAmaj7erk
And while he doesn't like to nB7ame names
Amaj7And he's not trying to B7assign blame
Amaj7It's hard to focus on his B7own game
Amaj7It doesn't mean my mB7onkey doesn't love you
[Chorus]
EMy mB7onkey gets C#mangry sAometimes
EMy mB7onkey says a lC#mot of things he dAoesn't really mEean
My mB7onkey gets lC#mucky sAometimes
EMy mB7onkey thinks that yC#mou're the bestest gBirl he's ever sAmaj7een
He says he'll stay with you for B7always
Amaj7It doesn't matter what the jB7ob pays
Amaj7Cause everybody has their bB7ad days
Amaj7It doesn't mean my mB7onkey doesn't love you
[1st Half of Chorus] (Guitar 2 plays the last two bars of PreChorus)
Tag
Amaj7 B7 E(slowly pick)
It doesn't mean my monkey doesn't love you
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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