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Song:
Monkey Paw
Artist:
Mourning Widows
Album:
Furnished Souls for Ren...
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*** MONKEY PAW ***     (transcription by Antonio)15/04/01

Mourning Widows--Furnished Souls For Rent
 Music - N.Bettencourt, D. Bettencourt, J.Consi
 Lyrics - N.Bettencourt

TUNE GUITAR DOWN 1/2 step (Eb)


                      1/4
|------------------------------------------|       This is the basic riff. By the
|------------------------------------------|       4th time the drums enter. See
|------------------------------------------| X8    that guitar does some mute or
|-------2-2--------------------------------|       harmonic noises between notes;
|-----------4-4-4-5------------------------|       listen to the song.
|-0-0----------------3bu-------------------|

|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------2------------------------|-----2-2---------------------------|
|-----------4-4-4-5----------------|---------4-4-4-5-------------------|
|-0------------------3bu-----------|-0-0-------------3bu---------------|
1-Stop                              why does this keep happening to
2-stop                              day and night the only friend to
3-stop                              what kinda voodoo shit is
4-freeze                            no i got no reason to

|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----2-2--------------------------|-----2-2---------------------------|
|---------4-4-4-5------------------|---------4-4-4-5-------------------|
|-0-0--------------3bu-------------|-0-0--------------3bu--------------|
  me zit for real what?s the      deal
  me is negative                  energy
  this this is no                 accident
  believe this is co-            -incidence


CHORUS
    E      B                 Cm#         A
|---0------0-----------------0---0-------0----------------------------------|  Chords might be wrong,
|---9------7-----------------5---9-------5----------------------------------|  I just play what fits
|---9------8-----------------6---9-------6----------------------------------|  with the bass.Leaving
|---9------9-----------------6-or11------7----------------------------------|  the 1st string ring
|---7------9-----------------4---11------7----------------------------------|  gives a pretty sound
|----------7---------------------9-------5-------|  (you can leave 2nd too--|
 he?ll     bring me all the  luck I ever needed
and he?ll  rid  me of  the   bad


                      1/4
|---------------------------------|       Back to the basic riff.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| X 3
|-------2-2-----------------------|
|-----------4-4-4-5---------------|
|-0-0----------------3bu----------|

this part?s not right
|----------------------------------------|    The thing is I spent more time
|----------------------------------------|    trying to get this part than
|-----6------7---8/-9---8---8-8\7\6-6----|    with the rest of the song but
|----------------------------------------|    I wasn?t able to hear it
|-----4------5---6/-7---6---6-6\5\4-4----|    clearly.
|-0-0----0-0---0-----0----0--------------|

(With Basic Riff, like first verses)
5- stop   I?m fighting an imaginary war         seek the course and destroy
6- IIII   went to seek the service of a witch   but of course I?m firehorse

CHORUS II
    E      B                 Cm#         A
|---0------0-----------------0---0-------0-------|
|---9------7-----------------5---9-------5-------|
|---9------8-----------------6---9-------6-------|
|---9------9-----------------6-or11------7-------|
|---7------9-----------------4---11------7-------|
|----------7---------------------9-------5-------|
 he?ll     bring me all the  luck I ever needed


    E      B            Cm#
|---0------0-------------0------------------------------|
|---9------7-------------5------------------------------|
|---9------8-------------6------------------------------|
|---9------9-------------6----7-----------5-------------|
|---7------9-------------4----7-----------5-------------|
|----------7------------------5-----------3-------------|
and he?ll rid me of the bad    I?m talking  I?m talking


                                     (yeah, fifteen muted string noises)
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5---5-5--3-0-5----5-3-0--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
                                       Monkeypaw Monkeypaw Monkeypaw Monkey


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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--3-5--0--5-5--3-5---5-3-0---5-5--X-X-X---5-5--3-5-----X-X-X---X----|
                                                     (heee..)

                                      harmonics(hear the song for timing)
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------(5)(5)----(5)(5)---(5)---(5)(5)|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-3-0--5-5---3-5---X--X-X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X--X-|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-3-0--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-0--5-5--3-5-X-X-X--X-X|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-0-3--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-XXX-X-XXX-x-----------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------5--5-3-0---|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-3-0--5-5---3-5---5-3-0--5----5-3-0------------|


              OK,I dunno this chords.So I?ll give you the notes instead.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2-0--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------7-----8-----10--------5----/----6-~~~~-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                    vibrato


                      1/4
|---------------------------------|       Back to the basic riff.(again)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| X 2
|-------2-2-----------------------|
|-----------4-4-4-5---------------|
|-0-0----------------3bu----------|


  You?ll have to hear it 100 times to get the rhithym.
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-2-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-5-----------1-2---2---4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5----|
|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--4-5------0-------------------------|

 (With Basic Riff, like the other verses)
7- Stop  been trying to get this monkey off my back  all along I was wrong
8- stop  now I must restore some dignity             sanity    come to me


|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6--7--8----8----X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---8---X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---8-----|
|--5--6--7----7----X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---7---X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---7-----|
|--4--5--6----6----X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---6---X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---6-----|
|--5--6--7----7----X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---7---X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X---7-----|
|-------------------------------------0------------------------0-------|
              I?m            finally free  from all the chaos

             1/4
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------X-X-X-X--8---X-------------------------|
|-----------------X-X-X-X--7---X-------------------------|
|-----------------X-X-X-X--6---X-------------------------|
|--4-X-5-X--------X-X-X-X--7---X---X-X-4-5--X-X----------|
|-----------3bu----------------------------------5-3~~~--|
  my     madness       hallelujah

CHORUS III
    E      B                 Cm#         A
|---0------0-----------------0---0-------0-------|
|---9------7-----------------5---9-------5-------|
|---9------8-----------------6---9-------6-------|
|---9------9-----------------6-or11------7-------|
|---7------9-----------------4---11------7-------|
|----------7---------------------9-------5-------|
 he?ll     bring me all the  luck I ever needed
and he?ll  rid  me of  the   bad


    E      B                 Cm#         A
|---0------0-----------------0---0-------0-------|
|---9------7-----------------5---9-------5-------|
|---9------8-----------------6---9-------6-------|
|---9------9-----------------6-or11------7-------|
|---7------9-----------------4---11------7-------|
|----------7---------------------9-------5-------|
 he?ll     bring me all the  luck I ever needed


    E      B            Cm#
|---0------0-------------0------------------------------|
|---9------7-------------5------------------------------|
|---9------8-------------6------------------------------|
|---9------9-------------6----7-----------5-------------|
|---7------9-------------4----7-----------5-------------|
|----------7------------------5-----------3-------------|
and he?s  always there for me  I?m talking  I?m talking


                                     (yeah, fifteen muted string noises)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5---5-5--3-0-5----5-3-0--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
                                       Monkeypaw Monkeypaw Monkeypaw Monkey


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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--3-5--0--5-5--3-5---5-3-0---5-5--X-X-X---5-5--3-5-----X-X-X---X----|
                                                           (wow...)


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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------(5)(5)----(5)(5)---(5)---(5)(5)|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-3-0--5-5---3-5---X--X-X-X--X-X--X-X--X-X-X--X-|
                                    Monkeypaw Monkeypaw Monkeypaw monkey


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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-3-0--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-0--5-5--3-5-X-X-X--X-X|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------8----8---8---8---8------------|
|----------------------------------------7----7---7---7---7------------|
|----------------------------------------6----6---6---6---6------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-0-3--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-XXX-X-XXX-x-----------|


                                      Do a funky scratch.
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|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-0-3--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-XXX-X-XXX-x-----------|


                      Even funkier here while the drums go machine-gun.
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|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-0-3--5-5---3-5--X-X-X-X-XXX-X-XXX-x-----------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------5--5-3-0---|
|-0--3-5--5-5-5--3-5---5-3-0--5-5---3-5---5-3-0--5----5-3-0------------|


              OK,I dunno this chords.So I?ll give you the notes instead.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2-0--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------7-----8-----10--------5----/----6-~~~~-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                    vibrato


*************************** END (enjoy it!)***********************

        So this is it. I assure you I did the best I could. Anyway, any
correction, suggestion, indigestion, whatever you want to comment, feel
free to send an e-mail to    asc12@alu.um.es   or   nunozowie@mixmail.com
Feel free as well to use it on your web page or to send it to OLGA, share
it with your pals, do what you want with it.


        Things I?ve used for the transcription:
       -Transcribe! 2.00 (Unregistered version). It slowsdown Wavs. Get it at
                    www.harmony-central.com
                    www.seventhstring.demon.co.uk
       -Winamp
       -DS Chordfinder from Dubbeldam Software (with no results :/ )
       -My shitty Samick Artists Series

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h  ======>hammer on
p  ======>pull off
b  ======>bend  1=one step(two frets) ==>bu(bend up) bd(bend down)
A.H. ====>Artificial harmonics
P.M. ====>Palm Mute
/ and \ =>slide
+  ======>fret board tapping
X  ======>Muted strings
~~~  ===>vibrato
w\bar  =>whammy bar
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         And this is the end. Really.
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Mourning Widows

Furnished Souls for Ren...
