Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey (Guitar)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Peter Gabriel From: "Peter Gabriel [4/Security]" (1982) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAIN RIFF
  Dm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|------1-----0---|----------------|
B|3-3---3-----3-3-|----------------|keyboard
G|2-2---2-----2-2-|----------------|
D|0-0-------------|--0)------------|
A|-------------(3-|3---------------| (bass)
E|----------------|----------------|

CODA 
  F     F(add9)    C6/E  C/E        Dm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-1---3---------|5-5---8---------|1---------------|1---------------|
B|1-1---1---------|5-5---5---------|3---------------|2---------------|
G|2-2---2---------|5-5---5---------|2---------------|3---------------|
D|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|7---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm    x-x-0-2-3-1
C     x-3-2-0-1-0
Bb    x-1-3-3-3-1
F     x-x-3-2-1-1
C/E   x-x-2-0-1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] (MAIN RIFF] | Dm | % | % | % | | Dm | % | % | % | [Verse 1]
      Dm        Dm
Cover me when I run

      Dm             Dm
Cover me through the fire

Dm
Something knocked me out' the trees

Dm
 Now I'm on my knees

      Dm          Dm
Cover me, darling please
[Chorus]
                    C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey

                                   Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
[Verse 2]
        Dm              Dm
Fox the fox, rat up the rat

                Dm                Dm
You can ape the ape, I know about that

      Dm
There is one thing you must be sure of

Dm
 I can't take any more

        Dm
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
[Chorus]
                    C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey

                                   Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
[Middle 8]
               Dm      C                        Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning

    C                        Dm
(Monkey) Something's burning

    C
(Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning

| Bb | % | 
       Shock!

| Bb | % | 
       Shock!

| Bb | % | 
       Shock!

C                     Dm
 Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
[Interlude] (MAIN RIFF) | Dm | % | % | % | | Dm | % | % | % | [Verse 3]
      Dm         Dm
Cover me, when I sleep

      Dm         Dm
Cover me, when I breathe

    Dm
You throw your pearls before the swine

Dm
 Make the monkey blind

      Dm          Dm
Cover me, darling please
[Middle 8]
               Dm      C                     Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake

    C                      Dm
(Monkey) Ground beneath me shake

    C
(Monkey) And the news is breaking

| Bb | % | 
       Shock!

| Bb | % | 
       Shock!

| Bb | % | 
       Shock!

C                     Dm
 Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
[Coda] (see above)
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
           Shock the monkey

| F | C/E | Dm | % |
           Shock the monkey

Dm
Shock the monkey to life

Dm
Shock the monkey to life

Dm
Shock the monkey to life

Dm
Shock the monkey to life

Dm
 Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)

Dm
 Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)

| F | C/E | Dm               [break]
            Shock the monkey
Dm [Main Riff] [break] Shock the monkey to life