Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers - Lord Is A Monkey guitar tab

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.

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THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS GUITAR/BASS TAB ARCHIVE:

http://www.islandnet.com/~mustang/1401/index.html

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