-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shock the Monkey â?? Peter Gabriel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Peter Gabriel Shock the Monkey (1982) (Gabriel) From: "Peter Gabriel [4/Security]" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN RIFF Dm 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|------1-----0---|----------------| B|3-3---3-----3-3-|----------------|keyboard G|2-2---2-----2-2-|----------------| D|0-0-------------|--0)------------| A|-------------(3-|3---------------| (bass) E|----------------|----------------| CODA F F(add9) C6/E C/E Dm 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|1-1---3---------|5-5---7---------|1---------------|1---------------| B|1-1---1---------|5-5---5---------|3---------------|2---------------| G|2-2---2---------|5-5---5---------|2---------------|3---------------| D|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------| A|----------------|7---------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E Dm x-x-0-2-3-1 C x-3-2-0-1-0 Bb x-1-3-3-3-1 F x-x-3-2-1-1 C/E x-x-2-0-1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO (MAIN RIFF] | Dm | % | % | % | | Dm | % | % | % | VERSE 1 Dm Dm Cover me when I run Dm Dm Cover me through the fire Dm Something knocked me out' the trees Dm Now I'm on my knees Dm Dm Cover me, darling please CHORUS C Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey Dm Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey VERSE 2 Dm Dm Fox the fox, rat up the rat Dm Dm You can ape the ape, I know about that Dm There is one thing you must be sure of Dm I can't take any more Dm Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey CHORUS C Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey Dm Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey MIDDLE 8 Dm C Dm Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning C Dm (Monkey) Something's burning C (Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning | Bb | % | Shock! | Bb | % | Shock! | Bb | % | Shock! C Dm Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF) | Dm | % | % | % | | Dm | % | % | % | VERSE 3 Dm Dm Cover me, when I sleep Dm Dm Cover me, when I breathe Dm You throw your pearls before the swine Dm Make the monkey blind Dm Dm Cover me, darling please MIDDLE 8 Dm C Dm Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake C Dm (Monkey) Ground beneath me shake C (Monkey) And the news is breaking | Bb | % | Shock! | Bb | % | Shock! | Bb | % | Shock! C Dm Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey CODA (see above) | F | C/E | Dm | % | Shock the monkey | F | C/E | Dm | % | Shock the monkey Dm Shock the monkey to life Dm Shock the monkey to life Dm Shock the monkey to life Dm Shock the monkey to life Dm Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!) Dm Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!) | F | C/E | Dm [break] Shock the monkey Dm [Main Riff] [break] Shock the monkey to life