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America : "Green monkey" Guitar chords

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Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 23:48:06 -0500
From: Steve Demkin 
Subject: Tab: Green Monkey (America)

Green Monkey (written by Dewey Bunnell)  

From America's 1973 Album, Hatrick

Play with a steady heavy rock beat

Intro 1:  (distorted lead guitar) 4x

e-----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------
D----2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--
A----0--0- 0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
E-----------------------------------------------------
      1  +  2 +   3 +   4  +  1 +   2  +  3 +   4  +

Intro 2:  (full band) 2x

||:  Am /  D /  |  Am /  D /  :|| 

(use this chord pattern over verses)


Verse 1

When the deep blue night is ....


Chorus (3rd time with tempo change (slow) 
       and 3-part harmony, not unlike CSN!)  


Em9                    A7
Smell the perfume of a ...
Em9                  A7
Fly the ocean read a ...Em9                   A7                   
Speak the wisdom of ....
C (tacet)
speak to me. (to Intro 1 & 2)

Verse 2

So you think that star-cluster shining ...(chorus)


Solo over verse chords after second chorus -- 
end solo and return to chorus with new tempo.



Solo tabs (two guitars)

e--12------------------------
B-----10--10--8--10--12--13--
G----------------------------    
D----------------------------           
A----------------------------
E----------------------------

 Both guitars play the above
 together 2x, an octave apart 
 then separate parts below:

e---------------------------         
B---10---8---10---12--------          
G---------------------------        
D---------------------------        
A---------------------------            
E---------------------------   
  
(guitar 1)
         
   (guitar 2 answers back)                                                  
e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A-- 14--15--17--15--14------
E---------------------------

    (guitar 1 repeats)
e---------------------------
B---10---8---10---12--------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

   (guitar 2 answers back)

e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A------------------15-14----
E---------------------------
          
     (guitar 1 repeats)
e---------------------------
B---10---8---10---12--------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

   

    (guitar 2 answers back)

e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---14--15--17--15--14------
E---------------------------

   (guitar 1 repeats)

e---------------------------
B---10---8---10---12--------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

   (guitar 2 answers back)

e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A----------15--14--12--10---
E---------------------------
 
Song fades over verse chords with improvised guitar lead -- 
check out the record (this song is not a 'typical' America 
song and features Joe Walsh as guest lead guitarist).

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