R.E.M , Monster Album
Mike McConnell
WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH?
Intro: | D A | G | D A | G | (the "A" chord is just played once)
A D Bm G A D A G
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
A D Bm G A D Bm E
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
G A
I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream
G A
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen
D A D G A A G A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
D A D G A A G A D
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
A D Bm G A D A *Fill1 G
I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines
A D Bm G A D Bm *Fill2 E
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
G A
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
G A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
D A D G A A G A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
D A D G A A G A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
Chords over solo: Bm A (x3)
A A G A
Solo:
(grad. release)
e-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
B-----------------------------|--------------7----------------|-
G---7b-----(7)----(7)------6--|--6--4--7---------4---4--4--4--|-
D-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
A-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
E-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-
(grad. bend)
e------------------------|-------------------------------|-
B------------------------|-------------------------------|-
G---4------7b---(7)--4---|--7b------------------7--------|-
D-------7----------------|-------------------------7--7--|-
A------------------------|-------------------------------|-
E------------------------|-------------------------------|-
e---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
B------------------7--|----------------|---7---------|------------------------|
G------4---4---7------|--4---7h6---7---|----------4--|-9b----(9)--7-----------|
D--7------------------|----------------|-------------|---------------(b9)-(9)-|
A---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
E---------------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
e------------------------|------------|-
B------------------------|------8b----|-
G------------------------|------7b----|-
D--5------------7b--(7)--|------------|-
A------------------------|------------|-
E------------------------|------------|-
A D Bm G A D A *Fill1 G
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
A D Bm G A D Bm *Fill2 E
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene
G A
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
G A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
D A D G A A G A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
D A D G A A G A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
D A D G A A
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
G A
I couldn't understand
D A D G A A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
G A
I couldn't understand
D A D G A A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
G A
I couldn't understand
D A D G A A G A
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh
End on D.
Fill 1:
e------------------
B------------------
G----9b---(9)------
D--------------7---
A------------------
E------------------
Fill 2:
e-----------------
B-----------------
G-----------------
D------5h4--------
A-------------7---
E-----------------
Rhythm Fill 1:
w/ amp tremolo
e-------------------------
B-------------------------
G-----2-------------------
D-----2-------------------
A-----0-------------------
E-------------------------
CRUSH WITH EYELINER
Song: Crush, With Eyeliner
Album: Monster
Tab: Ryan Bannon
Comments: So, Rickentalkers requested tab of "Crush, With Eyeliner". So, why not deliver?
The version I'm presenting mixes variations of Peter's live performance.
The most important element of this song is the amplified tremolo. I don't know if
it's from a pedal or his VOX amp. (Actually, I think the studio version uses his
amp, pedal on the tour). Please note that, when Peter plays it live, Nathan (December)
uses the tremolo, not Peter. So, if you listen to that opening chord on live Monster
shows, that's Nathan. Peter comes in right after that.
Again, this is just a template. Listen to different live versions and make stuff up
based on this. Also, where I have written down open strings between chords, that
usually means to strum between chords.
CHORDS
e|-(0)----3-----x-----x-----0-----3----
b|--x-----3-----3-----4-----0-----3----
g|--2-----0-----2-----4-----x-----0----
D|--2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----0----
A|--0-----x----(0)----2-----2-----2----
E|--x-----3-----x-----x-----0-----3----
A5 G5 D5 B E5 G
********************************************************************************************************
Rhythm Part (played by Nathan December on Monster tour) denoted by chord names BELOW the tab bars.
Lead Part (Peter) shown in tab bars.
Lyrics above tab bars.
********************************************************************************************************
INTRO
e|---------------------|------------------------|
b|---------------------|------------------------|
g|---------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|
A5 (Let ring, with amp. tremolo, for 2 bars..........)
e|--x----x-----3----3-----|--x----x-------------|--x----------3----------|--x------------------------|
b|--x----x-----3----3-----|--3----3-------------|--x----------3----------|--3------------------------|
g|--2----2--0--0----0--0--|--2----2--4b5---4--0-|--2----------0----------|--2------4b5--4b5--4--0----|
D|--2----2--0--0----0--0--|--0----0-------------|--2----------0----------|--0------------------------|
A|--0----0-----x----x-----|---------------------|--0----------x----------|---------------------------|
E|--x----x-----3----3-----|---------------------|--x----------3----------|---------------------------|
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
VERSE
#1) I know you... I know you've seen...
#2) I am..... I'm infat............
#3) She's a sad... She's three miles.........
e|--x----------3----------|--x------------------|--x----------3----------|--x------------------------|
b|--x----------3----------|--3--------------0---|--x-------0--3-------0--|--3--------------------0---|
g|--2----------0-------0--|--2--------------0---|--2-------0--0-------0--|--2--------------------0---|
D|--2----------0-------0--|--0--------------0---|--2-------0--0-------0--|--0--------------------0---|
A|--0----------x----------|---------------------|--0----------x----------|---------------------------|
E|--x----------3----------|---------------------|--x----------3----------|---------------------------|
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
#1) She's a sad tomato. She's three miles of bad road.
#2) It's all.......... She's all.........
#3) She's her own....... That gets me.............
e|--x----------3----------|--x------------------|--x----------3----------|--x------------------------|
b|--x----------3----------|--3--------------0---|--x-------0--3-------0--|--3--------------------0---|
g|--2----------0-------0--|--2--------------0---|--2-------0--0-------0--|--2--------------------0---|
D|--2----------0-------0--|--0--------------0---|--2-------0--0-------0--|--0--------------------0---|
A|--0----------x----------|---------------------|--0----------x----------|---------------------------|
E|--x----------3----------|---------------------|--x----------3----------|---------------------------|
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
#1) Walkin' down the street. Will I never meet her.
#2) What position.... Cop an......
#3) What can I..... Life is strange..........
e|--x----------3----------|--x------------------|--x----------3----------|--x------------------------|
b|--x-------0--3-------0--|--3------------------|--x-------0--3-------0--|--3------------------------|
g|--2-------0--0-------0--|--2-------4b5---4--0-|--2-------0--0-------0--|--2-----4--4b5b4b5b4-------|
D|--2-------0--0-------0--|--0------------------|--2-------0--0-------0--|--0------------------------|
A|--0----------x----------|---------------------|--0----------x----------|---------------------------|
E|--x----------3----------|---------------------|--x----------3----------|---------------------------|
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
#1) She's a real woman, child. Oh, my kiss-breath turpintine.
#2) How can I......... That I'm.........
#3) What can I....... To make her.......
e|--x----------3----------|--x------------------|--x----------3----------|--x------------------------|
b|--x-------0--3-------0--|--3------------------|--x-------0--3-------0--|--3------------------------|
g|--2-------0--0-------0--|--2-------4b5---4--0-|--2-------0--0-------0--|--2-------4b5b4--2---4/----|
D|--2-------0--0-------0--|--0------------------|--2-------0--0-------0--|--0------------------------|
A|--0----------x----------|---------------------|--0----------x----------|---------------------------|
E|--x----------3----------|---------------------|--x----------3----------|---------------------------|
A5 G5 D5 A5 G5 D5
e|----7-------7-------7---|------7------7-------|
b|----7-------7-------7---|------7------7-------|
g|--(b9)----9b10----9b10---|--9b10---9b10--------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------3--2-|
B B B B B B B
CHORUS
#1) I am smitten. I'm the real thing.
#2) I am smitten. I'm the real thing.
#3) I am smitten. I'll do anything.
#4) I am smitten. Oh, you know me.
#5) I am smitten. I'm the real thing.
e|------0----x------------|---------------------|------0------x----------|--3----3---3---3---3---3---|
b|------0----3------------|---------x-----------|------0------3--------0-|--3----3---3---3---3---3---|
g|--x---x----2------------|----0-0--2-----------|------x------2--------0-|--0----0---0---0---0---0---|
D|--2---------------------|----0----2-----------|----------------------0-|--0----0---0---0---0---0---|
A|--2---------------------|---------0-----------|----------------------0-|--x----x---x---x---x---x---|
E|--0---------------------|-2h3-------------3b4-|--0---------------------|--3----3---3---3---3---3---|
E5 D5 G5 A5 E5 D5 G5
#1) Have you seen her come around? My crush, with eyeliner.
#2) We all invent..........
#3) Oh my kiss........ My crush, ....
#4) I can be your........ My crush, ....
#5) Won't you be......... My crush, ....
e|------0----x------------|---------------------|--3---------------------|---------------------------|
b|------0----3------------|---------x-----------|--3---------------------|---------------------------|
g|--x---x----2------------|----0-0--2-----------|--0---------------------|---------------------------|
D|--2---------------------|----0----2-----------|--0---------------------|---------------------------|
A|--2---------------------|---------0-----------|--x---------------------|---------------------------|
E|--0---------------------|-2h3-----------------|--3---------------------|---------------------------|
E5 D5 G5 A5 G5
END
e|------0----x------------|---------------------|------0------x----------|--3----3---3---3---3---3---|
b|------0----3------------|---------x-----------|------0------3--------0-|--3----3---3---3---3---3---|
g|--x---x----2------------|----0-0--2-----------|------x------2--------0-|--0----0---0---0---0---0---|
D|--2---------------------|----0----2-----------|----------------------0-|--0----0---0---0---0---0---|
A|--2---------------------|---------0-----------|----------------------0-|--x----x---x---x---x---x---|
E|--0---------------------|-2h3-------------3b4-|--0---------------------|--3----3---3---3---3---3---|
E5 D5 G5 A5 E5 D5 G5
e|------0----x------------|---------------------|--3---------------------|---------------------------|
b|------0----3------------|---------x-----------|--3---------------------|---------------------------|
g|--x---x----2------------|----0-0--2-----------|--0---------------------|---------------------------|
D|--2---------------------|----0----2-----------|--0---------------------|---------------------------|
A|--2---------------------|---------0-----------|--x---------------------|---------------------------|
E|--0---------------------|-2h3-----------------|--3---------------------|------------------0--3p2---|
E5 D5 G5 A5 G5
e|------------------------|
b|------------------------|
g|------------------------|
D|--2---------------------|
A|--2---------------------|
E|--0---------------------|
E5
SOLO
e|-----------7------------|----------------------|---------7------------|---------------------------|
b|-----------7------------|----------------------|---------7------------|---------------------------|
g|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
D|--9b10-----------9----|---7b8b7--5-----------|--(b9)-----------9----|---7b8b7---5---------------|
A|------------------------|----------------7p5---|----------------------|------------------7p5------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
E5 D5 E5 D5
e|--------10----10----10--|-------12----12----12-|-15-------------------|---------------------------|
b|----------10----10------|----------12----12----|-15-------------------|---------------------------|
g|--6/11------11----11----|-11/13------13----13--|-12-------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
D5 E5 G5
So, the song goes like this....
INTRO
VERSE #1
CHORUS #1
VERSE #2
CHORUS #2
SOLO
VERSE #3
CHORUS #3
CHORUS #4
CHORUS #5
END
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From: "Marc"
Ryan are you sure about that solo? I'm pretty sure that it's played like
this:
e|--------7---------------------|-----10----10----10------12----12----12--15-|
B|--7-----7---------------------|-------10----10------------12----12------15-|
G|--9b11-----r(b9)-7b9r7-5v-------|-9h11----11----11---11h13----13----13----12-|
D|-gradual-----------------7----|--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----play this part twice-----|--------------------------------------------|
Especially that first part is really different than what you tabbed. What do
the others think?
About the chorus: I think that one of the guitars just plays normal barre
chords, i.e. like this:
e|-7--7--x--5--5--x--3--3-/-5--5--5--x-------|
B|-(b9)-(b9)-x--7--7--x--3--3-/-5--5--5--x-------|
G|-(b9)-(b9)-x--7--7--x--4--4-/-6--6--6--x-------|
D|-(b9)-(b9)-x--7--7--x--5--5-/-7--7--7--x--etc.-|
A|-7--7--x--5--5--x--5--5-/-7--7--7--x-------|
E|-------------------3--3-/-5--5--5--x-------|
Actually I think that the guitar without tremolo is playing the above, and
the guitar with tremolo is playing what you tabbed.
And about the pre-chorus: I think the guitar with tremolo plays this:
e|------------0--------------------|-----------
B|------------0--------------------|-----------
G|-4--4--4--4-4---4-4-4------------|-----------
D|-4--4--4--4-4---4-4-4------------|--chorus---
A|-2--2--2--2-2---2-2-2--2-0-------|-----------
E|---------------------------2qbr2-|-----------
qb=quarterbend
I read in an interview that Peter used the tremolo of his Mesa/Boogie
trem-o-verb amp on this song, so he didn't use a pedal. But maybe they did
use one live.
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Chords by: Bryan Killingsworth
[Note: amp tremolo used on all verses, off on chorus and bridge]
Electric guitar fill-in during 2nd & 3rd stanzas:
b=bend
Add Overdrive for great sound without amp tremelo
|-----hold-----|
e----2b----------------------------------
B----3b--------------0-----2-------------
G----2b---------------0----2-------------
D---------------------0----2-------------
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
Intro: A (with feedback, etc)
A G D (x 2 with delay)
A G D
I know you.
A G D
I know you've seen her.
A G D
She's a sad tomato
A G D
She's three miles of bad road
A G D
Walking down the street
A G D
Will I never meet her?
A G D
She's a real woman child
A G D
Oh my kiss breath turpentine
B
E D G A
I am smitten
E D G
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing).
E D G A
Have you seen her come around?
G
My crush with eyeliner.
A G D
I'm in like.
A G D
I'm in-fatuated
A G D
It's all too much - the pressure
A G D
She's all that I can take.
A G D
What position should I wear
A G D
and cop an attitude? (you faker)
A G D
How can I convince her? (faker)
A G D
That I'm invented, too? yeah.
B
E D G A
I am smitten
E D G
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
E D G A G
We all invent ourselves, and
[uh,you know me]
BRIDGE: B,A (2x) D,high E,G
(Solo over bridge):
e-------12----------------
B-----------(b9)-7-7bhr--5----- (2x) then
G--9bh---------------------7--5-
D--9bh----------------------
e-------10--10--11--------12--12--12---
B---------10--10------------12--12---- G
G---sl/11---11--11---sl/13----13--13--
D--------------------------------------
A G D
Yeah, she's a sad tomato
A G D
She's three miles of bad road
A G D
She's her own invention (She's her own invention)
A G D
That gets me in the throat
A G D
What can I make myself be?
A G D
And Life is strange, yeah life is strange
A G D
What can I make myself be (Faker)
A G D
To make her mine?
B
E D G A
I am smitten
E D G
I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
E D G A
Oh my kiss breath turpentine,
G
my crush with eyeliner
E D G A
I am smitten
E D G
And you know me (Yeah, you know me)
E D G A
I could be your Frankenstein
G
my crush with eyeliner
E D G A
I am smitten
E D G
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
E D G A
Won't you be my valentine?
G
My crush with eyeliner
E D G A E D G E A G A G
End on E.
KING OF COMEDY
Chords by: Bryan Killingsworth
D
Make your money with a suit and tie
A
Make your money with a shrewd denial
C G
Make your money expert advice,
G A (before chorus hold 1st A on this line)
If you can wing it
D
Make your money with a power ply
A
Make your money with a buyout bribe
C G G A
Make it lie as long as you mean it
Chorus:
Gm C G
I'm not King of Comedy
Gm C G
Grease the pig, give a squeeze (squeeze me)
D
Make your money with exploitation
A
Make it holy illumination
C G
Say a prayer at every station
G A
Don't forget to ask for mercy
D
Make your money with a pretty face
A
Make it easy with product placement
C G
Make it charged with controversy
G A
I'm straight, I'm queer, I'm bi
Gm C G
I'm not king of comedy,
Gm C G
I'm not your magazine,
Gm C G
I'm not your television
{Bridge:} G5 Slide (8x)
D
Make your money, make it rich
A
make it young and make it quick
C G
Make your money on the jukebox, baby,
G A
it's pick up sticks
D
Make your enemies make your moves
A
Make your critics fumble through
C G
Make it smart and make it schmooze
G A
Make it look easy
Gm C G
I'm not king of comedy,
Gm C G
I'm not your magazine,
Gm C G
I'm not your television
Gm C G
I'm not your movie screen
Gm C G
I'm not commodity (all together now)
{Following chords are picked:}
Gm C G
I'm not commodity
Gm C G
I'm not commodity
Gm C G
I'm not commodity
Gm C G
I'm not commodity
I DON'T SLEEP, I DREAM
(Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe)
(R.E.M. - Monster)
From: DJ Allan
Tabbed by the RICKENTALKERS mailing list (
Chords Used:
G5 Em A
e|--------------5--|
b|--------------5--|
G|--0------0----6--|
D|--0------2----7--|
A|--x------2----7--|
E|--3------0----5--|
Riff A:
(A)
e:-------------7--------0-|-----------------0--------|
B:----5-----------5-------|-----5-----0-h5-----5-----|
G:-------0----------------|--------0-----0--------0-*|
D:-7--------7--------7----|-------------------------*|
A:------------------------|--------------------------|
E:------------------------|--------------------------|
e e e e e e e q . e e e e e e e
Verse 1:
{Riff A x 8}
I'm looking for an interruption,
do you believe?
You looking, did my dreams
Be prepared for anything
You come into my little scene
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
There's one thing I can guarantee:
You won't have to dig, dig too deep
Chorus:
G5 Em(let ring) G5
e|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
G|--0----0-----------------|----------------------0---||
D|--0----2-----------------|----------------------0---||
A|--x----2-----------------|----------------------x--o||
E|--3----0-----------------|----------------------3---||
Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep,
G Em
I don't sleep, I dream
G Em G Em
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need
(each chorus has slight variations - sometimes an extra strum of G5 at the
start, etc.)
Verse 2:
{Riff A x 8}
Are you looking to drive my dreams?
You here to run my screens?
You come, deliver my demons
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
Are you coming to ease my headache?
Do you give good head?
Am I good in bed?
Chorus:
G Em
I don't know, I guess so
G Em
I don't sleep, I dream
G Em G Em
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need
Verse 3:
{Riff A x 5}
I'm looking for an interruption,
can you believe?
Some medicine for my headache
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
Riff B(guitar 2):
A
e|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||
b|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||
G|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||
D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
A|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
E|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
{Riff A + Riff B x 3}
I'm pitching for a new direction
Pinch me when I wake
Don't tell me my dreams are fake
Chorus:
G Em
you leave me to lay, you touch me deep,
G Em
I don't sleep, I dream
G Em G Em
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need
G Em
Leave me to lay, but touch me deep,
G Em
I don't sleep, I dream
G Em G Em
I'll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need
Outro:
{Riff A x4}
e=eighth note
q=quarter note
STAR 69
Corrections by: Bryan Killingsworth
B 799877
E x79997
A 577655
F# 244322
A2 577600
Intro: | B | E | A | F# |
| B | E | A | A2 |
B E A F# B E A A2
You don't have to take the bar exam to see
B E A F# B E A A2
What you've done is Ignoramus 1 0 3
B E A F#
What've I got to hang my hat on
B E A A2
you don't have a pot to pee in, all this just to be your friend.
B E A F#
I was there until the end.
B E A A2
extortion and arson, petty larceny.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know you called. I know you called. I know you called.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know you called. I know you called. I know you hung up my line.
Star 69.
| B | E | A | F# |
| B | E | A | A2 |
B E A F#
I know all about the warehouse fire.
B E A A2
I know squirrelys didn't chew the wires.
B E A F#
Three people have my number, the other two were with me.
B E A A2
I don't like to tell-tell but I'm not your patsy.
B E A F#
This time you have gone too far with me.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know you called. I know you called. I know you called.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know you called. I know you called. I know you hung up my line.
Star 69.
{Break:} B-3bw3r(pickoff)0-
| B | E | A | F# |
| B | E | A | A2 |
B E A F# B E A A2
Why'd you put your quarter down on me?
B E A F# B E A A2
This reads like some dork Inside Edition, Hard Copy.
B E A F#
I can't be your character witness, I can't be your alibi.
B E A A2
Doorbell rings it's the FBI, we learned spy versus spy
B E A F#
You my friend are guilty as can be.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know you called. I know you called. I know you called.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know you called. I know you called. I know you hung up my line.
E F# E F# E F# A2
I know y
