MONKEY WRENCH (Bassline)
As recorded by Foo Fighters
(From the 1997 Album COLOUR & THE SHAPE)
Words and Music by David Grohl, Nate Mendel and Pat Smear
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Drop D'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=174
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----||o-----------------|-----------4-4-4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|
|----||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Verse
3/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E W Q Q E E E E
|------------------||--------||----------------|
|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-o||--------||o---------------|
|-----------------o||--------||o----2--2-2-2-2-|
|------------------||--------||----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------4-4-4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------4-4-4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-|---------------|-----------4-4-4-|
|-----------------|----2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2---|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|----2--2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------4-4-4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Pre-Chorus
Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|----2--2-2-0-2-|-(2)-2--0-2-0-2-0-|----2--2-2-0-2-|
+E Q E E E E E Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|------------------||
|------------------|---------------|------------------||
|------------------|---------------|------------------||
|-(2)-2--0-2-0-2-0-|----2--2-2-0-2-|-(2)-2--0-2-0-2-0-||
Chorus
$
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------4-6-|-(6)-6-6-4-6-4-----|-------------------|
|-2--2-2-4-6-----|---------------6---|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------4-|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|
+E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|------------4---|-------------------|
|-----------------3--|---2-2--4-6-----|-------------------|
|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2----|--------------6-|-(6)-6-6-4-6-4S1-4-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------4---|
|-------------------|-----------------3--|---2-2--4-6-----|
|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2----|--------------6-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------3--|
|-(6)-6-6-4-6-4S1-4-|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2----|
E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------4---|-------------------|-------------------|
|---2-2--4-6-----|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------6-|-(6)-6-6-4-6-4S1-4-|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|
Interlude
1.
To Coda
+E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------4-4-4-|
|-----------------3--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2----||-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------4-4-4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Bridge
2.
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o------7---------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--6--------9---5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---4-|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2---4-|
+E E E E E E E E 3x Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------o||----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------o||------7---------|-------------------|
|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--||-6--------9---5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---4-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2-2-4-|
Verse
+E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------||o-----------------|-----------4-4-4-|
|-----------------3--||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2----||------------------|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||---------------|
|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-o||---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||---------------|
|-----------------|------------------||----2--2-2-0-2-|
+E Q E E E E E Q Q E E E E +E Q E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-(2)-2--0-2-0-2-0-|----2--2-2-0-2-|-(2)-2--0-2-0-2-0-|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|----------------|-------------------||o-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----2---2---0-2-|-(2)-2-2-0-2-0-2h4-||------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------4-4-4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------4-|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------4-|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E Q E E Q H
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------3--|-2-----------*|
|-(4)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2-2-4-|-(4)-2-2-4-(4)-2----|-------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
