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

Tuning: Dropped D (from low to high: D A D G B e)


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


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


    "I'm drowning in hate and sorrow..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7~--------------|-6~--------------|-7~--------------|-6~--------------|
  With light palm mute


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3~--------------|-0~--------------|-3~-----5~-------|-6~--------------|



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\--|
|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------|---3-3---3-3-3---|-------------x\--|



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

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


 Back to Intro


Second verse
~~~~~~~~~~~~
    "I can't believe what I'm thinking..."
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7~--------------|-6~--------------|-7~--------------|-6~--------------|
  With light palm mute


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5~--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3~--------------|-----------------|-3~-----5~-------|-6~--------------|



|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---7---7---7---|-6---6---6---6---|-7---7---7---7---|-6---6---6---6---|
  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.

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-0---0---0---0---|-3---3---5---5---|-6---6---3--8p7-8\|



 On to Bridge, then Chorus; after which:

Solo:
~~~~~

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


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


|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-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---|
|------------------------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---|
                           .   .   .   .   .   .                           

Play these lead bits over the outro riff it if you want:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-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.