NOTE: I tabbed this by listening to the 'Radio 1 Evening Show Sessions'
-album, where there's a live version of Monkeyland. Generally on the live versions you
hear much more clear what's going on with the guitars.
On 'Script of the bridge' though, the song starts off a bit different, fading in and all
but otherwise it's the same.
SONG STRUCTURE:
Intro
Verse 1
Verse 2
Chorus
Chorus, pt2
Verse 2
Chorus
Chorus, pt2
Chorus
Chorus, pt2
Ending
On live versions of the song, Reg starts the song of by playing this thing
on the sixth string e. He hits the string with the edge of his pick while
muting the string with his fretting hand and then slowly and just slightly
changes the place where he's hitting, going down and up the string
horizontally. Listen to a live version to get the idea.
Dave's guitar (intro & verse 1) "I shake my head and shiver..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 88888888 11111111 11 9 |
| A | 77777777 66666666 9 9 9 9 9 11 9 1111111111111111 11 11 |
| E | 55555555 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
Reg's guitar (verse 2) "Is there anyone there?..."
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | |
| D | | 1 2 1 2 2 |
| A | 44444444 | 4 4 4 |
| E | 55555555 | |
Dave's guitar (verse 2) pt. 2 "A million stars are a..."
| e | | |
| B | 7777777 5555555 5555555 | 7777777 5555555 5555555 9999999 |
| G | 6666666 6666666 6666666 6666666 | 6666666 4444444 6666666 8888888 |
| D | 7777777 4444444 6666666 6666666 | 4444444 2222222 6666666 6666666 |
| A | 7777777 4444444 4444444 | 4444444 |
| E | 5555555 | |
Reg's guitar (chorus) "It's just a trick of the light..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11 11 11 11 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 7 7 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| A | 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 5 5 5 |
Dave's guitar (chorus)
| e | 0 |
| B | |
| G | 2 2 2 2 1 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 4 2 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 4 2 |
| E | 2 |
Both guitars (chorus, pt2) "I have to know what is real..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 13 13 13 11 11 11 13 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 |
| D | 13 13 13 11 11 11 13 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 |
| A | 11 11 11 9 9 9 11 11 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 |
| E | |
continued
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 13 13 13 11 11 11 13 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 13 13 13 11 11 11 13 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| A | 11 11 11 9 9 9 11 11 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| E | |
Reg's guitar (ending) "Life's an optical illusion..."
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 66666666666666666666666666666666 |
| A | 44444444444444444444444444444444 444222 222 |
| E | 55 55544555444005554400 |
Dave's guitar (ending)
| e | 0 |
| B | |
| G | 2 2 1 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 |
| A | 2 2 |
| E | |
If you have any corrections, please leave a comment.
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