Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:59:55 -0800 
From: "Michael A. Mazur"  
Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Monkey" 
 
Tab: "Monkey" Counting Crows 
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu) 
 
All guitars tuned down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) 
Note: All chords given are relative to downtuned guitars; 
      Hence, all chords sound 1/2 step lower than written 
 
Intro: (chords played by piano) 
 
|* Asus4 A   Asus4 A *| played twice 
 
|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------| Guitar 2 plays this on the repeat 
|--------------------------| 
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| 
|--------------------------| 
 
 
Verse: 
 
D 
All dressed up 
No place to go 
    Bm 
Hey monkey, when you gonna show 
  E 
  your face around me? 
I know all the wrongs and rights 
And I just want a little light to fall on me 
 
   D           Bm             E 
|--------------------------|-----------4--2-------| 
|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|--------0--0--0-------| 
|-----2-----2-----4-----4--|-----1----------------| Guitar 1 plays 
|--0-----0-----------------|--2-------------------| this twice over 
|--------------2-----2-----|----------------------| the verse, while 
|--------------------------|----------------------| 
|                          |                      | 
|--------------------------|--12-------------NH---| 
|--------------------------|--12--------------| 
|--------------------------|--13--------13--------| Guitar 2 plays 
|--------------------------|--14---/14------------| this 
|--------------------------|----------------------| 
|--------------------------|----------------------| 
 
 
 
Chorus: 
Bm  D     A E 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
This lonely spiral I've been in 
Hey monkey, when can we begin? 
Bm          D         E 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
 
   Bm          D              A           E 
|--------------------------|-{0}----------4--------| 
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0-0--------| 
|-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-------1-----| 
|--4-----------0-----------|--2-------------------2--| 
|--------------------------|-------------------------| 
|--------------------------|-------------------------| 
                              *The high E note is played only 
                              by guitar 2 
 
   Bm          D              A           E 
|--------------------------|--------------4--5--4--2--| 
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0--0--0--0--| 
|-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------------| 
|--4-----------0-----------|--2-----------------------| 
|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
 
   Bm          D              A           E 
|--------------------------|--------------2--0--0--| 
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2-----0--0--0--| 
|-----4-----4-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------1--| 
|--4-----------0-----------|--2--------------------| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------| 
|--------------------------|-----------------------| 
 
   Bm          D        A 
|--------------------|--0--| 
|--------3-----3--3--|--2--| 
|-----4-----4--2--2--|--2--| 
|--4-----------0--0--|--2--| 
|--------------------|-----| 
|--------------------|-----| 
 
During the choruses, guitar 1 plays the above part, with minor 
variation. 
Guitar 2 roughly doubles guitar 1's part during the first chorus. 
 
Verse: (Guitar 2 tacet) 
Well I'm all messed 
That's nothing new 
Hey monkey, when you open up your blue eyes 
I don't know if I'm wide awake or dreaming 
But all I ever need is everything 
            * (w/ fill 1) 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
                   * (w/ fill 2) 
This lonely spiral I've been in 
                     * (w/ fill 3) 
Hey monkey, when can we begin? 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
 
Fills: 1                      2                   3 
|-----------10b(12)-----|--|----------8/10--|--|--(9)r7--7--| 
|--(10)r9---------------|--|--(10)r8--------|--|------------| 
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| 
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| 
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| 
|-----------------------|--|----------------|--|------------| 
 
Bridge: 
 
Asus4 - A 
 
E            A              D 
Just get the world off your shoulders 
and close your pretty blue eyes 
Em          Bm                  D 
Hey monkey, what's life without an 
                      Asus2  A 
  occasional surprise? 
 
Solo: (Guitar 1 plays D Bm E, as in verse) 
Guitar 2 plays: 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|--18--18--18--18--18--18--18--| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
 
 
 
|-----------17-----------17-----------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
|--18b(19)------18b(19)------(19)r18--| 
|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
|----------------------17-----------|---------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------|---14--14------------------| 
|--16/18--18--18b(19)------(19)r18--|--(18)r16--14--16--14--14--| 
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------| 
 
 
 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--15b(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)r15--------------| 
|--------------------------------14--14--14--| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
|--------------------------------------------|--16b(18)r16------| 
|--17b(19)--(19)--(19)--(19)r17--------------|--------------17--| 
|--------------------------------14--14--14--|------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------|------------------| 
 
 
Verse: 
(Guitars tacet) 
Got nowhere but home to go 
                          * (both guitars enter with the E chord) 
Got Ben Folds on my radio right now 
(Right here, the guitars switch channels; 
gtr. 1 is now right panned, gtr. 2 is now left) 
 
(Guitar 1 plays only the chords now, guitar 2 plays the part below) 
I'm in trouble for the things I need 
Hey monkey don't you want to be needed too? 
 
|--17--|-----------17--------17--------| 
|------|-------------------------------| 
|------|--18b(19)------(19)------(19)--|Guitar 2 plays this over the 
|------|-------------------------------|second half of the verse 
|------|-------------------------------| 
|------|-------------------------------| 
 
 
 
|-----------17------17------|-----------------------------|------| 
|---------------------------|----------17--17--17---------|------| 
|--(19)r18------18------18--|--18--16--------------16/18--|--19--| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|------| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|------| 
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|------| 
 
 
Chorus: 
(Played exactly like the second chorus, with the fills in gtr. 2) 
 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
This lonely spiral I've been in 
Hey monkey, when can we begin? 
                            * (w/ Fill 4) 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
                            * (w/ Fill 5) 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
Hey monkey, where you been? 
 
Fill 4 
|------------------------------| 
|--12--(12)r10/12--12b(14)r12--| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
 
 
Fill 5 
|-------------------------------|--15/17--| 
|--14--(14)r12--14--15b(17)r15--|---------| 
|-------------------------------|---------| 
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