• Song:

    Monsters

  • Artist:

    Matchbook Romance

  • Album:

    Voices

I've seen a lot of tabs for this and though...yes they got the point across, they
just weren't spot on.
 So I decided to make a tab. While this happens to be my first tab, a little while
ago, my band played
this song,and this was exactly how we played it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my tab
and find it useful :).

*NOTE: (number)* means how many times that thing is played. I couldnt do (x2) or whatever
because the program was messing up. Sorry for any confusion.


Intro - Guitar 1
e|--14--------------14--------------14--------------13--14--15--17--|
B|------12--15--12------12--15--12------12--15--12------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(*2 alone,then guitar 2 comes in)


Verse - Guitar 2 (slide up and down the fretboard)

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-------/5------\2------/7------\2------/8------\2------/9------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
until he stops singing...maybe 3 or 4 times?

Prechorus

 (Guitar 1 only, no Guitar 2)
e|--14------------------13-------------13---------|
B|------12--15--12-*6-------12--15--12-----12--15-|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
("Ohhhhh Ohhhhh Oh oh oh oh ohhhhh oh")

Chorus

    Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-------------7-----------------------------------------|
D|--4-----5-------7------4------5-------2-------------------|
A|--2*8---5-*8----5-*8---4-*8---5-*8----2-*8----------------|
E|--------3--------------2------3-------0-------------------|

    Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-----5/7--------7-----/9/11-----------------------------|
D|--x-----x/x--5-----x-----/x/x---4-----5-----2--------------|
A|--2-*5--3/5--x-----5-*5--/7/9---x-----5-----2--------------|
E|-------------3-*8---------------2-*8--3*8---0-*8-----------|

Bridge/Solo Intro

    Guitar 2
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--4----4----4--4--4--4--|
D|--x----x----x--x--x--x--| *3
A|--2----2----2--2--2--2--|
E|------------------------|
      Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4----4----4--4--4--4------------------------------------------------|
D|--x----x----x--x--x--x----5----5----5--5--5--5----4----4----4--4--4--4|
A|--2----2----2--2--2--2----x----x----x--x--x--x----x----x----x--x--x--x|
E|--------------------------3----3----3--3--3--3----2----2----2--2--2--2|then

e|-------------------|    e|----14--------------------14--------------14--14-----------|
B|-------------------|    B|--------12--15---12*7---------12--15--12--12--12-----------|
G|-------------------|    G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4p2p0--2p0-------|    D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-----|    A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------1(2)-|   E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
(then guitar 1 continues with the 14-12-15-12 intro riff, but without any 13-14-15-17--| walkup,
 just like it is above)

Guitar 2 (comes in after the guitar 1 bit above)

e|-------------------------------------------------[7p0*3-3p0*2-2p0*2]-*3------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9--9-7--7-6--6-5-4----9--12-11--14-12--16-9-8------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"we are the monsters, we are the monsters, we are the monsters...."

e|--7p0-*3-10p0-*2-9p0*2--7p0*3-3p0*2-2p0*2--5p0*3-3p0*2-2p0*2------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
("We are the voices, we are the voices, we are the voices...")

e|--4p0-*3--2p0-*2--1p0-*2------|(go immediately to vibrato 9 of solo after last 1p0)
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
("We are the monsters, we are the monsters, we are the monsters yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah!")

Solo (Chords are the same as the Chorus but slower)

e|---------|
B|---------|
G|--9~~~~--|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|


e|--------------------------------|----------------------10-----------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------10(12)------------|
G|-9-(11)9p7---7~------------7h9---|-9-(11)-9p7---7~------------------|
D|----------9-----------7h9-------|-----------9-----------------------|
A|------------------7h9-----------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-10-------8-------7--------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------9------|-7-------6-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------9-------8-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------7--7--8--8--9--9--|
A|---------------------7--7--9--9--------------------|
E|-7--7--9--9--10--10--------------------------------|


e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------7--7--10--10--11--11--12--12--|
G|-------------7--7--9--9--------------------------------|
D|-7--7--9--9--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h2h3-3p2p0--0h2h3-3p2p0--0h3h5-5p3p0--0h3h5-5p3p0------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h5h7-7p5p0--0h5h7-7p5p0--0h7h8-8p7p0--0h7h8-8p7p0------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h8h10-10p8p0-0h8h10-10p8p0-0h10h11-11p10p0-0h10h11-11p10p0--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-7777777778888888810101010101010101111111111111111-|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


e|-9p7-----10p7-----9p7-----10p7-----9~---|
B|------0--------0-------0--------0-------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


e|-9p7-----10p7-----9p7-----10p7-----9~---|
B|------0--------0-------0--------0-------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Repeat Chorus 3 times

Outro Guitar 1 (starts midway through the third repeat of the chorus) (*elevens, not ones)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111111212121212141414141416-16-18-18-18--19----18--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (at the end of the 3rd repeated chorus)
e|------------0~~~~------------|
B|------------3~~~~------------|
G|------------4~~~~------------|
D|--5~~~-2~~~-4~~~~------------|
A|--3~~~-2~~~-2~~~~------------|
E|--3~~~-0~~~------------------|
(Im not sure about this last chord, but its the closest that I could get
so...message me for corrections)
KEY

*(number) = how many times you play that part ex. E|--1-2-3 *2= E|--1-2-3-1-2-3
(number)~~~ = vibrato
/ = slide
h = hammer on
p = pull off
[(numbers]*(number) = distribute the times number to all of the numbers in the brackets


Thanks for taking the time to learn my tab!
Remember, I put a lot of time into this and i would really appreciate comments and
ratings.  Enjoy!

And thanks to Brad Schantz for the solo.
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