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Monkey Gone To Heaven tab by The Pixies (Ver. 2)

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MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN

As recorded by Pixies
(From the 1989 Album DOOLITTLE)

Words and Music by Black Francis

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Joey Santiago - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Black Francis - Electric Guitar'


 Intro     1st Verse
 Q=117
 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 4/4
 Gtrs I, II (El. Gtrs. w/ dist.)
 Q Q Q Q   W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
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 N.C.
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q  W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


        Chorus
 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q   W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q  W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


        Interlude
 E F#  A5  N.C.
 Gtr I
 Q Q Q Q   E E E E +E E E E  E E E E +E E E E  E E E E +E E E E
|-0--2--2-----||-0-0-0-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|-0--2--2-----||-2-2-2-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-3-(3)-3-3-3--|
|-1--3--3-----||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--4--4--7--||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--4--4--7--||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0--2--2--5--||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|


         2nd Verse
 Q Q E E Q   W     W     W
|-0--0--0------||----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2p0-9S=||=7--------|-5--------|-7----|
|-----------9S=||=7--------|-6--------|-7----|
|--------------||----------|----------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


        Chorus
 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Gtr I
 Q Q Q Q   W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q  W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


           Guitar Solo
 E  F#   A5   D5
 Gtr I
 Q  Q  Q Q    E  E E E  +E E E E
|-------------------||---------------------------|
|-5----3----2--2----||-2----2-2--3----(3)-3-3--3-|
|-7b9--5b7-----4b6--||-4b6==4-4r-5b7==(5)-5-5r-5-|
|-------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q  Q  Q Q    W
|-0----2----2-------||---------------------------|
|-0----2----2-------||---------------------------|
|-1----3----3-------||-7-------------------------|
|-2----4----4--7----||-7-------------------------|
|-2----4----4--7----||-5-------------------------|
|-0----2----2--5----||---------------------------|


 B5              D5
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 E  E E E  +E E E E  a Q  E E +E  E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2----2-2--3----(3)-3-3--3-|---------------------------|
|-4b6==4-4r-5b7==(5)-5-5r-5-|-6s11--11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W               W
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-------------------------|----7----------------------|
|-4-------------------------|----7----------------------|
|-2-------------------------|----5----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


 E  F#      A5   D5
 Q  E  +E Q  Q   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-5-------------2----2----|-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7b9--5pb7r(5)-4b6--4b6--|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q  Q    Q  Q   W
|-0----2--------2---------|-----------------|
|-0----2--------2---------|-----------------|
|-1----3--------3---------|-7---------------|
|-2----4--------4----7----|-7---------------|
|-2----4--------4----7----|-5---------------|
|-0----2--------2----5----|-----------------|


 B5        B5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|
| W         W
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-4---------------|-7----------------|
|-4---------------|-7----------------|
|-2---------------|-5----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|


         3rd Verse
 N.C.
 Gtrs I, II
 Q Q E E Q   W     W     W
|-0--0--0------||----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2p0-9S=||=7--------|-5--------|-7----|
|-----------9S=||=7--------|-6--------|-7----|
|--------------||----------|----------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------|------|
|--------------||----------|----------|------|


 E F#  A5  D     N.C.
 Q Q Q Q  W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----|-7--------|-5--------|-7----|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-6--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|----------|------|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2--5--|----------|----------|------|


 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q  W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


        Out-Chorus
 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q   W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----||----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--||-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


 E F#  A5  D5/A    B5/F#   D5/A
 Q Q Q Q  W     W     W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-0--2--2-----|----------|----------|------|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|-4--------|-7----|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|
|-0--2--2--5--|-5--------|-2--------|-5----|


 E  F#    A5    D5
 Gtr I
 Q  Q  Q  E  +E  E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-5----3----2----2---(2)-|-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-7b9--1b3--1b3--1b3r(1)-|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q  Q  Q  Q     W
|-0----2----2------------|-----------------|
|-0----2----2------------|-----------------|
|-1----3----3------------|-7---------------|
|-2----4----4----7-------|-7---------------|
|-2----4----4----7-------|-5---------------|
|-0----2----2----5-------|-----------------|


 B5        D5
 E E E E E E E E  Q.   E   +Q  Q
|-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-|-7------7-----(7)---7\------|
|-----------------|-9b11---9b11==(9)r--9b11\---|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|
| W         W
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4---------------|-7--------------------------|
|-4---------------|-7--------------------------|
|-2---------------|-5--------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|


 E F#  A5  D5
 Gtrs I, II
 Q Q Q Q  W     +W
|-0--2--2-----|----------|--------*|
|-0--2--2-----|----------|--------*|
|-1--3--3-----|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-2--4--4--7--|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-2--4--4--7--|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-0--2--2--5--|----------|--------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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