Extreme – Its A Monster tab

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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.


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---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 | ================================================================ From westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu Mon Jun 6 06:01:50 1994 Received: from post-office.nevada.edu by unix1.tcd.ie (5.65/TCD/1.36) id AA17960; Mon, 6 Jun 94 06:01:45 +0100 Received: from vuse.vanderbilt.edu (vuse.vuse.vanderbilt.edu [129.59.100.1]) by post-office.nevada.edu (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id WAA00988 for ; Sun, 5 Jun 1994 22:01:36 -0700 Received: from necs.vuse by vuse.vanderbilt.edu (8.6.5/SMI-4.1/VUSE-1.12) id AAA07518; Mon, 6 Jun 1994 00:01:34 -0500 Received: by necs.vuse (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA14436; Mon, 6 Jun 1994 00:00:23 +0600 From: westberg@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Edward Eric Westberg) Message-Id: <9406060500.AA14436@necs.vuse> Subject: Extreme - Monster.tab To: guitar@nevada.edu Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 00:00:20 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4664 Status: RO 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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