Song: Monsters Keep Me Company
Band: Lordi
Tabbed by: unspeakable.elvis@gmail.com

Standard tuning

Legend:

.       palm mute
h       hammer on
p       pull off
/       slide up to note
\       slide down from note
7b9     bend 7th fret major second up
9r7     release previous bend
x       dead note
~       vibrato


Intro
~~~~~

|-------0---------|-------1---------|-------0---------|-------1---------|
|-------0---------|-------1---------|-------0---------|-------1---------|
|-----2-2---------|-----3-3---------|-----2-2---------|-----3-3---------|
|---2-------------|---3-------------|---2-------------|---3-------------|
|-0---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-1---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        ^ Strum these slowly. Light distortion.


First Verse
~~~~~~~~~~~
    "If the sun comes up tomorrow..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----rest--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--(bass+drums)---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    "I'm drowning in hate and sorrow..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5~--------------|-4~--------------|-5~--------------|-4~--------------|
  With light palm mute


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1~--------------|-----------------|-1~-----3~-------|-4~--------------|



Bridge (guitar is very soft in the mix; you can actually skip this part altogether)
~~~~~~

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-------3---------|-2-----2-------2-|-3-----3-------3-|-0---------------|
|-----------------|---0-0---0-0-0---|-----------------|-x-----------x\--|
|-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-----------------|---1-1---1-1-1---|-3-----------x\--|



Chorus
~~~~~~
 "my monsters keep my company..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|---------7---9---|-2-------2-------|---------7---9---|
|-0---0-0-0---5---|-3-------5---7---|-0---0-0-0---5---|-3-------5---7---|
|-------------3---|-1---1-0-5---7---|-------------3---|-1---1-0-5---7---|
      . .               . .               . .               . .

                                    "until they will set me free..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-3------5--------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|---------7---9-\-|-3------5--------|-5---------------|
|-0---0-0-0---5---|-3-------5---7-\-|-1------3--------|-5---------------|
|-------------3---|-1---1-0-5-------|-----------------|-3---------------|
      . .               . .       


 Back to Intro
         ~~~~~


Second verse
~~~~~~~~~~~~
    "I can't believe what I'm thinking..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5~--------------|-4~--------------|-5~--------------|-4~--------------|
  With light palm mute


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1~--------------|-----------------|-1~-----3~-------|-4~--------------|



|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|
  Staccato notes. You can also play these as power chords if you like, there's
  a second guitar in the mix doing just that behind the first.

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|------------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-1---1---3---3---|-4---4---0--6p0-6\|


 On to Bridge, then Chorus; after which:
       ~~~~~~       ~~~~~~


Solo:
~~~~~

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-8~~~~-------7h8-|-6~~---5~~-------| Play 
|-------5-5~~~----|-------5-5--7--8-|-----------------|-------------8~~-| x2
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------11-13-15------|
|-10-9-------12-10-9----14-12-10----9-10-|-12-9-10----10-12-14-----------------| Play
|------12--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| x2
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-15~~~-----13-15-|-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17~~~~-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|


 Then Chorus x2, after which:
      ~~~~~~


Outro riff
~~~~~~~~~~                 /--3--\  /--3--\

|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2---2-2---3-3---3-3--|-------------------|
|-2-2---2-2---3-3---3-3--|-------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---1-1---1-1--|-2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
                           .  .  .  .  .  .                           


These lead bits are played over the outro riff"

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-10--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------9----10---|-7~--------------|-9---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------11----12---|-8~---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|



|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-10--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------9----10---|-7~---------9----|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------11-|-12----11----8---|-5----7~----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Repeat outro with some variation until...

End.