Song: “Mongoose”
Band: Fu Manchu
Album: California Crossing (2002) track 03
Notes: All guitars are tuned down 1 full step
Tabbed by: denabob

Riff 1:
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|-0-0-0-0---------------7-5------|


Riff 2:
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|---------5-7-5-7-------5-7------|
|-0-0-0-0---------3-5-7----------|

Intro/Verse 1:
Riff 1 (x10)

Look inside
Day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives
All time
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)

A    G      D    A

Verse 2:
Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2

Removed from the times
Event for the eyes
Mid-day they gathered one by one
All time

Chorus:
E         D    A     C G    
The story lies behind
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by
E          D           A   C G
Out on the street they ride 
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by

Riff 1 (x2)

Verse 3:
Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2

Slowly turns
Signals high
What happens next
All time

Chorus:
E         D    A     C G    
The story lies behind (the story lies behind)
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by
E          D           A   C G
Out on the street they ride (out on the street they ride)
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by

E         D    A     C G    
The story lies behind (the story lies behind)
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by
E          D           A   C G
Out on the street they ride (out on the street they ride)

F  C  F  C  F  C (power chords played at 8th fret)

Riff 1 (x4)

Verse 4:
Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2

Look inside
Day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives
All time

Chorus:
E         D    A     C G    
The story lies behind
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by
E          D           A   C G
Out on the street they ride 
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by

E         D    A     C G    
The story lies behind (the story lies behind)
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by
E          D           A   C G
Out on the street they ride (out on the street they ride)
    D        A
The mongoose flies on by

E  D A   C G  D A
E  D A   C G  D A
E  D A   C G  D A
E  D A   C G  F  C  F  C  F  C (power chords played at 8th fret)