THE LORD IS A MONKEY by the butthole surfers tabbed by chris lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com) the guitar on this song sounds like its tuned a bit sharp, sometimes the chords in the verse sound like F... Intro riff: (w/ wah-wah) E--7b--------------X-X-X-X--| B------9~~---9-----X-X-X-X--| G--------------7---X-X-X-X--| D---------------------------| A---------------------------| E---------------------------| Then, the wah-wah guitar plays this chord: E----- B----- G--9-- D--9-- A--7-- E----- And the 2nd guitar plays a lower E: E----- B----- G----- D--2-- A--2-- E--0-- Sustain those chords throughout the verses, then go back into the intro riff. After the 2nd verse, play: E-----------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------| G--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--| D--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--| A--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--| E-----------------------------------------------------------| back to E for third verse. then just play C# (w/out the change to C). this is followed by a bass break where the guitars just spew forth noise... then repeat the C# - C riff for the 2nd bass break, the right speaker guitar plays: E----------------------| B--11b-10-11b-10-11~~--| w/ mucho noize from other guitars... G----------------------| D----------------------| A----------------------| E----------------------| then another verse... At 3:31, there's this riff, which is the same sorta rhythm as the other one, it stays on the first chord for a long time, then switches briefly: E-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------| G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13--| D-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13--| A--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-11-11-11-11--| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| Then, another wah-wah riff: E---------------| B--11b-11-9~~~--| G---------------| D---------------| A---------------| E---------------| then all guitars preach the monkey lord's gospel of white noise. ------------------------------------------------- THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS GUITAR/BASS TAB ARCHIVE: http://www.islandnet.com/~mustang/1401/index.html -------------------------------------------------