#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 20:05:47 -0500 (EST) From: EMalm1@aol.com Cc: guitar@olga.net Subject: Tab: Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Monument in Green Big Head Todd and the Monsters Monument in Green >From the album Midnight Radio Words and Music by Todd Park Mohr Transcribed by Eric Malm -INTRO- C7 (x32310@1)C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) F9maj7 -VERSE- C7 (x32310@1) CWell (x32010@1)I rode the green across this country. C7 (x32310@1) CHorses (x32010@1)lived and died to take me F9Men (101011@1)I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me. C7 (x32310@1) CBlackened (x32010@1)face and dirty laundry. C7 (x32310@1) CMany (x32010@1)days since I have eaten. F9Found (101011@1)myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them. -CHORUS- C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) CHigh (x32010@1)in the wind. F9Standing (101011@1)in the sun. C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) CWe're (x32010@1)gonna' raise up the heavens. F9With (101011@1)a shovel and a gun. AmI (x02210@1)was so much younger then. CI (x32010@1)would never ever listen. AmI (x02210@1)am so much older now. CI (x32010@1)thought that things would end up different. Am (x02210@1) GFarewell, (320003@1)lover in green. -VERSE- C7 (x32310@1) CElizabeth (x32010@1)she is my lady. C7 (x32310@1) CSays (x32010@1)the prayers and does the learnin'. F9Waking (101011@1)up all the children. Making love in early morning. C7 (x32310@1) CWe (x32010@1)took to building up the cities. C7 (x32310@1) CWe (x32010@1)built the churches in our cities. F9Happy (101011@1)in the green country. And in the green they buried me. -REPEAT CHORUS- -BRIDGE- Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) COh. (x32010@1)She sang hymns that made me cry. Am (x02210@1) COh. (x32010@1)She danced so tender. Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GAs (320003@1)I held you in the green. *Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know. -INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C- -SPOKEN VERSE- C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) CWell (x32010@1)I'm dead now. F9My (101011@1)wife Elizabeth is at my side. C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) CI've (x32010@1)got children all around me. F9I've (101011@1)got grandchildren. C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) CI've (x32010@1)got great grandchildren. F9I've (101011@1)got great great grandchildren. C7 (x32310@1) C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) CToo (x32010@1)many for me to remember. F9Maybe (101011@1)one of them is you? -CHORUS- -chords- C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1) F9 (101011@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 3 3 0