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Youre a Mean One Mr Grinch

Gary Hoey
Tab
4.6(41)

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Song

#Artist: Gary Hoey

#Album: Ho! Ho! Hoey II

#Artist URL: http://www.hoey.net/

#Quick Listen URL: http://www.guitar9.com/hohohoey2.html

#Title: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

#Key: E Major

#Song is played in E flat. It is notated here in E natural.

#Tune your guitar down one half step to play along with the recording.

#Be sure to use a wah pedal for the lead guitar.

Intro:

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------2--------------2-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E----0--3-2-0---0---0--3-2-0---0-----------|
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------2--------------2-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E----0--3-2-0---0---0--3-2-0---0---0-1-0---|

Verse: (00:28)

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------4-----------------4-----------|
D--/5-7----------------5-----7~~~-----|
A---------7~~-------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

You'...

e-------------------------------------|
B------------------------4~~----------|
G------4~~-------6--------------------|
D--5-7-----------------4--------------|
A--------------7----------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

You really ...

e-------------------------------------|
B------5------------------------------|
G--4-4----7--5--4--5------------------|
D-------------------7~~---------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

You're as ...

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--4-5-7--5--4-----4------------------|
D---------------7---------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

you're as ...

e-------------------------------------|
B--------------4-5-4-5-----4---4-5----|
G----------------------------6--------|
D---5--4------------------------------|
A---------7---------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

Mr Grinch

Bass/Rythm on Verse:

E A D G E F# B

e----------|---------|---------|----------|
B----------|---------|---------|----------|
G----------|---------|---------|----------|
D----------|---------|---------|----------|
A----------|-5-5-----|---------|-2-2-2-2--|
E--0-0-5-5-|-----3-3-|-0-0-2-2-|----------|

E A D G C B

e----------|---------|---------|----------|
B----------|---------|---------|----------|
G----------|---------|---------|----------|
D----------|---------|---------|----------|
A------0-0-|-5-5-----|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2--|
E--0-0-----|-----3-3-|---------|----------|

(00:45)

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------2--------------2-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E-0--0--3-2-0---0---0--3-2-0---0---0-1-0---|
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------2--------------2-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E----0--3-2-0---0---0--3-2-0---0-3--2--1---|
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------2--------------2-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E-0--0--3-2-0---0---0--3-2-0---0---0-1-0---|
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------2--------------2-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E----0--3-2-0---0---0--3-2-0---0---0---0---|

Solo 1 (01:26)

e--------------|-----14-12-14-0-------|------------------|----|
B----13-b-14-~-|--12-------------12-13|b14~-14-13--------|----|
G--------------|----------------------|------------14--11|~~--|
D--------------|----------------------|------------------|----|
A--------------|----------------------|------------------|----|
E--------------|----------------------|------------------|----|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B-----7h10p7-7h10p7-7h10p7-7h10p7-11-10h12p10--10h12p10--10h12p10---|

G-----------9------9------9------------------11--------11--------11-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-12h14p12--12h14p12--12h14p12---14h17p14--14h17p14----------------|
G---------14--------14-------------------16--------16--------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rythm under Solo 1 (whole step modulation)

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
D-------------4--------------4-------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E-2--2--5-4-2---2---2--5-4-2---2---2-3-2---|

Bridge: The Whoville part: (01:42) Harmony in 4ths

Guitar 1

e----------------|----------------|--------12-----|----------------|
B--12-----14--12-|--------12------|---------------|12--------------|
G------13--------|14-11--------14-|13-------------|---14-13--11~~--|
D----------------|----------------|----14------14-|----------------|
A----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
E----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|

| Guitar 2

e----------------|----------------|----0---12--0--|------------------|
B--5------7---5--|4-------5----4--|---------------|5--4--------------|
G------6---------|---4------------|6--------------|------6----4~~----|
D----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
A----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|
E----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|

| Guitar 3/ Bass

| E B E E B

e----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
B----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
G----------------|4---------------|---------------|-----------4----|
D--2-------------|4---------------|2--------------|2----------4----|
A--2-------------|2---------------|2--------------|2----------2----|
E--0-------------|----------------|0--------------|0---------------|

Guitar 1

e----------------|----------------11-|12----------------|-------------|
B--12-----14--12-|--------12---14----|----12--12--------|-------------|
G------13--------|14-11--------------|-----------14-13--|14-13-11-----|
D----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------14-|
A----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
E----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|

| Guitar 2

e----------------|----------------4--|5-----------------|-------------|
B--5------7---5--|4-------5----7-----|----5---5--4------|4------------|
G------6---------|---4---------------|--------------6---|---6--4------|
D----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------2--|
A----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
E----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|

| Guitar 3/ Bass

| E B E B E

e----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
B----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
G----------------|4------------------|------------------|4------------|
D--2-------------|4------------------|2-----------------|4---------2--|
A--2-------------|2------------------|2-----------------|2---------2--|
E--0-------------|-------------------|0-----------------|----------0--|

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