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Monkey Man

The Rolling Stones
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

MONKEY MAN BY THE STONES

picked notes CHORDS

C#m7 C#m6 A C#m C#m7 C#m6 A

|----9----|----9----|------12----|----9-9-|---7----|---6----|---5----|---------|
|--12----|---11----|----10-------|----9-9-|---5----|---5----|---5----|---------|
|-9------|--9------|---9---------|----9-9-|---6----|---6----|---6----|---------|
|--------|---------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|---------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|---------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|

C# riff before the first verse

|-------------------------------------|
|-------6-------7------5---5-----6----|
|-------6-------6------4---4-----6----|
|---5/6-----6------6------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

AFTER THE FIRST VERSE IT KINDA GOES ALONG THSE LINES

It's almost impossible to get the exact notes,

Keith hardly plays two bars the same twice.

Just play along with the song to get the right feeling.

The C# riff part BEFORE THE REST OF THE VERSES

|-------------------------|
|----6-6--7--7-7-7--7--6--|
|----6-6--6--6-6-6--9--6--|
|----6-6--8--8-8-8--------|
|-/8----------------------|
|-------------------------|

The chords in the verse are:

| E | E | C# riff | C# riff |

| E | E | C# riff | C# riff |

| A | B | C# riff | C# riff |

| A | B | C# riff | C# riff |

The E is played using the following pattern make up your OWN KEITH here:

hes doing different pull offs and hammers, JUST REPEAT PATTERNS

E

|--------------------------|
|---9--10p9--10p9----------|
|---9-----9-----9----------|
|---9-----9--11p9----------|
|---7-----7----------------|
|--------------------------|

pre chorus

A B

|--0--|--2----|
|--2--|--4----|
|--2--|--4----|
|--2--|--4----|
|--O--|--2----|
|-----|-------|

CHORUS

C# RIFF

|-------------------------------------|
|-------6-------7------5---5-----6----|
|-------6-------6------4---4-----6----|
|---5/6-----6------6------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

The next part is the instrumental after the first two verses. Again, listen to the

to get the timing right!

basically jam in C# KEEF STYLE

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------6----7--7--7--6--|--7-7---7-------6-6h7-6--|-------6----7-----7-7-6--|
|--4/6---6----6--9--9--6--|--9---9-9---9---6-6---6--|-------6----6-----9-9-6--|
|--4/6---6--6-8-----------|------------------6h8-6--|----------6-----8--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7--8--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-----6----6--------6---|-----------7----7--7--6--|--6-----6----7-----8--6--|
|-6-----6--6-6-----9--6---|------6----6--9-9--9--6--|--6-----6----------9--6--|
|-------6--6-----8--------|------6--6-8--8-------6--|--6-----6--8-----8----6--|
|-7--8------------------7-|-7--8--------------------|--7--8-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6h7----7--6h7---6--6---|--6h7----7--6-6h7-----6--|
|--6------6--6-----7--6---|--6------6--6-6----6--6--|
|--6h8-8--8--6h8-8------8-|--6h8--8----6-6h8--8--6--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

after solo jam thing is the next chord progression:

E B A B

|--4--|--2--|--5--|--2--|
|--5--|--4--|--3--|--4--|
|--4--|--4--|--3--|--4--|   play 4 times
|--2--|--4--|--3--|--4--|
|-----|--2--|--4--|--2--|
|-----|-----|--5--|-----|

then into mick yelling monkey part

C# riff before the first verse, variations jam ect

|-------------------------------------|
|-------6-------7------5---5-----6----|
|-------6-------6------4---4-----6----|
|---5/6-----6------6------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

I`m a fleabit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies

That`s not really true.

I`m a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer

What`d you do?

I`ve been bitten, I`ve been tossed around, by every she-rat in this town

Have you, babe?

Well I am just a monkey man, I`m glad you are a monkey woman too!

I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored

But I pulled on through.

Yes, I`m a sack of broken eggs, I always have an unmade bed

Don`t you?

Well I hope we`re not too messianic, or a trifle too satanic

We love to play the blues.

But when I am just a monkey man, I`m glad you are a monkey woman too.

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