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
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^ Strum these slowly
First Verse
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"If the sun comes up tomorrow..."
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"I'm drowning in hate and sorrow..."
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With light palm mute
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Bridge (guitar is very soft in the mix; you can actually skip this part altogether)
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|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------|---3-3---3-3-3---|-------------x--|
Chorus
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"my monsters keep my company..."
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|-------------5---|-3---3-3-0---2---|-------------5---|-3---3-3---------|
. . . . . . . .
"until they will set me free..."
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|-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
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"I can't believe what I'm thinking..."
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With light palm mute
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|-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.
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On to Bridge, then Chorus; after which:
Solo:
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|-------5-5~~~----|-------5-5--7--8-|-----------------|-------------8~~-|
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|-15~~~-----13-15-|-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17~~~~-------------|
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Then Chorus x2, after which:
Outro riff
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|-2-2---2-2---3-3---3-3--|-------------------------|
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|------------------------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---|
. . . . . .
Repeat outro with some variation until...
End.
