• Song:

    Its A Monster

  • Artist:

    Extreme

Tabbed by Scott Ettinger 
Submitted by Ed Westberg  (westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) 
 
 
Here is the way I play it: (admittedly not perfect...) 
 
X= totally muted picking. 
>= hammer on. (Are these what other people use ?) 
<= pull off. 
\= slide down. 
^= vibrato. 
 
 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
---4--4--4--4--4---------------------------------------- 
---4--4--4--4--4--- play louder, palm muted.......------ 
---2--2--2--2--2---------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 
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--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~--------- 
5--5--X-5--X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-44--------- 
3--3--X-3--X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-22--------- 
           ^^make squeak            ^^^^^^^^^^^ this is heavily palm muted   
             noise by sliding your 
             hand on the strings 
 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------5--5-5XX------3^^------------- 
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3>5-----5<3------- 
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X-------------------------------- 
                                        ^^do that wierd squeal Nuno always  
                                                                    does. 
 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~--------- 
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-55--------- 
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-33--------- 
 
                         I think this is the voicing Nuno uses. 
                         |  I use my thumb to fret the low E and mute the A. 
                         V 
---3--?------------------3----------------------------- 
---3--?------------------3----------------------------- 
------?------------------0----------------------------- 
------?------------------0----------------------------- 
5-----?--33--33--4-4-44-------------------------------- 
3-----?--11--11--2-2-22--3--\-XX-1--2--3--1-2-3-------- 
      ^                     ^slide down from very high fret. 
      ^ 
      I am having extreme (no pun) problems figuring out this chord. 
        if you can figure it out, let me know. 
 
 
-3------------------------3------------------------------ 
-3------------------------3------------------------------ 
-0------------------------0------------------------------ 
-0---------3--------------0------------------------------ 
----~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1--------------------------------- 
-3--33--------------------3--\-XX-1--2--3--11-2-3-------- 
 
 
-3--????------------------------------------------------- 
-3--????------------------------------------------------- 
-0--????------------------------------------------------- 
-0--????--------3---------------------------------------- 
---------~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1---------------------------- 
-3-------33---------------------------------------------- 
    ^^^He plays a riff here which I have yet to decipher. 
 
 
 
              AH 
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-1--2--3--1-2-3--<- repeat this 4 times----------------- 
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              AH 
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-3--4--5--3-4-5--<- repeat 4 times---55--33--1-1-00----- 
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  Now start over.  The solo has a lot of muted pull offs :). 
 
 
 
 
 
================================================================ 
|                         Ed Westberg                          | 
|                 westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu                 | 
|                                                              | 
|             Department of Biomedical Engineering             | 
|          Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee          |  
================================================================ 
 
 
 
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Its a Monster 
by Extreme 
 
Tabbed by Scott Ettinger 
Submitted by Ed Westberg  (westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) 
 
 
Here is the way I play it: (admittedly not perfect...) 
 
X= totally muted picking. 
>= hammer on. (Are these what other people use ?) 
<= pull off. 
\= slide down. 
^= vibrato. 
~= palm mute. 
 
 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
---4--4--4--4--4---------------------------------------- 
---4--4--4--4--4--- play louder, palm muted.......------ 
---2--2--2--2--2---------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~--------- 
5--5--X-5--X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-44--------- 
3--3--X-3--X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-22--------- 
           ^^make squeak            ^^^^^^^^^^^ this is heavily palm muted   
             noise by sliding your 
             hand on the strings 
 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------5--5-5XX------3^^------------- 
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3>5-----5<3------- 
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X-------------------------------- 
                                        ^^do that wierd squeal Nuno always  
                                                                    does. 
 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
---3----3----------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~--------- 
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-55--------- 
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-33--------- 
 
                         I think this is the voicing Nuno uses. 
                         |  I use my thumb to fret the low E and mute the A. 
                         V 
---3--?------------------3----------------------------- 
---3--?------------------3----------------------------- 
------?------------------0----------------------------- 
------?------------------0----------------------------- 
5-----?--33--33--4-4-44-------------------------------- 
3-----?--11--11--2-2-22--3--\-XX-1--2--3--1-2-3-------- 
      ^                     ^slide down from very high fret. 
      ^ 
      I am having extreme (no pun) problems figuring out this chord. 
        if you can figure it out, let me know. 
 
 
-3------------------------3------------------------------ 
-3------------------------3------------------------------ 
-0------------------------0------------------------------ 
-0---------3--------------0------------------------------ 
----~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1--------------------------------- 
-3--33--------------------3--\-XX-1--2--3--11-2-3-------- 
 
 
-3--????------------------------------------------------- 
-3--????------------------------------------------------- 
-0--????------------------------------------------------- 
-0--????--------3---------------------------------------- 
---------~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1---------------------------- 
-3-------33---------------------------------------------- 
    ^^^He plays a riff here which I have yet to decipher. 
 
 
 
              AH 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
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-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-1--2--3--1-2-3--<- repeat this 4 times----------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
              AH 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-3--4--5--3-4-5--<- repeat 4 times---55--33--1-1-00----- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
 
  Now start over.  The solo has a lot of muted pull offs :).
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