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Its a Monster
by Extreme

Tabbed by Scott Ettinger
Submitted by Ed Westberg  (westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu)


Here is the way I play it: (admittedly not perfect...)

X= totally muted picking.
>= hammer on. (Are these what other people use ?)
<= pull off.
\= slide down.
^= vibrato.


--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
---4--4--4--4--4----------------------------------------
---4--4--4--4--4--- play louder, palm muted.......------
---2--2--2--2--2----------------------------------------




--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~---------
5--5--X-5--X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-44---------
3--3--X-3--X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-22---------
           ^^make squeak            ^^^^^^^^^^^ this is heavily palm muted  
             noise by sliding your
             hand on the strings

---3----3-----------------------------------------------
---3----3-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5--5-5XX------3^^-------------
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3>5-----5<3\1-------
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X--------------------------------
                                        ^^do that wierd squeal Nuno always 
                                                                    does.

---3----3-----------------------------------------------
---3----3-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~---------
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-55---------
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-33---------

                         I think this is the voicing Nuno uses.
                         |  I use my thumb to fret the low E and mute the A.
                         V
---3--?------------------3-----------------------------
---3--?------------------3-----------------------------
------?------------------0-----------------------------
------?------------------0-----------------------------
5-----?--33--33--4-4-44--------------------------------
3-----?--11--11--2-2-22--3--\-XX-1--2--3--1-2-3--------
      ^                     ^slide down from very high fret.
      ^
      I am having extreme (no pun) problems figuring out this chord.
        if you can figure it out, let me know.


-3------------------------3------------------------------
-3------------------------3------------------------------
-0------------------------0------------------------------
-0---------3--------------0------------------------------
----~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1---------------------------------
-3--33--------------------3--\-XX-1--2--3--11-2-3--------


-3--????-------------------------------------------------
-3--????-------------------------------------------------
-0--????-------------------------------------------------
-0--????--------3----------------------------------------
---------~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1----------------------------
-3-------33----------------------------------------------
    ^^^He plays a riff here which I have yet to decipher.



              AH
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-1--2--3--1-2-3--<- repeat this 4 times-----------------
--------------------------------------------------------


              AH
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-3--4--5--3-4-5--<- repeat 4 times---55--33--1-1-00-----
--------------------------------------------------------

  Now start over.  The solo has a lot of muted pull offs :).





================================================================
|                         Ed Westberg                          |
|                 westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu                 |
|                                                              |
|             Department of Biomedical Engineering             |
|          Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee          | 
================================================================



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Its a Monster
by Extreme

Tabbed by Scott Ettinger
Submitted by Ed Westberg  (westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu)


Here is the way I play it: (admittedly not perfect...)

X= totally muted picking.
>= hammer on. (Are these what other people use ?)
<= pull off.
\= slide down.
^= vibrato.
~= palm mute.


--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
---4--4--4--4--4----------------------------------------
---4--4--4--4--4--- play louder, palm muted.......------
---2--2--2--2--2----------------------------------------




--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~---------
5--5--X-5--X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-44---------
3--3--X-3--X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-22---------
           ^^make squeak            ^^^^^^^^^^^ this is heavily palm muted  
             noise by sliding your
             hand on the strings

---3----3-----------------------------------------------
---3----3-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5--5-5XX------3^^-------------
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3>5-----5<3\1-------
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X--------------------------------
                                        ^^do that wierd squeal Nuno always 
                                                                    does.

---3----3-----------------------------------------------
---3----3-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5--5-5XX--~--~--~~-~~---------
5----------X-X-3--3--X-X--3--3-3XX--3--3--33-55---------
3----------X-X-1--1--X-X------------1--1--11-33---------

                         I think this is the voicing Nuno uses.
                         |  I use my thumb to fret the low E and mute the A.
                         V
---3--?------------------3-----------------------------
---3--?------------------3-----------------------------
------?------------------0-----------------------------
------?------------------0-----------------------------
5-----?--33--33--4-4-44--------------------------------
3-----?--11--11--2-2-22--3--\-XX-1--2--3--1-2-3--------
      ^                     ^slide down from very high fret.
      ^
      I am having extreme (no pun) problems figuring out this chord.
        if you can figure it out, let me know.


-3------------------------3------------------------------
-3------------------------3------------------------------
-0------------------------0------------------------------
-0---------3--------------0------------------------------
----~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1---------------------------------
-3--33--------------------3--\-XX-1--2--3--11-2-3--------


-3--????-------------------------------------------------
-3--????-------------------------------------------------
-0--????-------------------------------------------------
-0--????--------3----------------------------------------
---------~~--/5---3<1>3<1>3<1----------------------------
-3-------33----------------------------------------------
    ^^^He plays a riff here which I have yet to decipher.



              AH
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-1--2--3--1-2-3--<- repeat this 4 times-----------------
--------------------------------------------------------


              AH
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
-3--4--5--3-4-5--<- repeat 4 times---55--33--1-1-00-----
--------------------------------------------------------

  Now start over.  The solo has a lot of muted pull offs :).

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