Title: The Main Monkey Business
Artist: Rush
Album: Snakes and Arrows (2008)
Tabbed By: Ronnie Chesson
this tab is kind of based off the live version. i've
watched the DVD like a hundred times and this is
what i came up with. to switch between acoustic and
electric guitars on stage lifeson uses an mbrace.
Intro:
(12 String Acoustic Guitar Tuned DADAAD)
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--10-------9--------7--------5---------2---3-----------
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riff 2-(0:05)for this part just strum that open DADAAD chord
and throw in a couple hammer-ons on the 4th and
5th string,3rd and 5th fret also some weird chords
Like So:
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-
-3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-0-0-3h5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Reapet this like 5 times i think
riff 3-(0:28)for this part use standard tuning. lifeson uses
a distorted guitar with lots of treble.
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------0--------0---2----2-2-2-2------------------------
----2--------0-----2----2-2-2-2-------0------0--2-2-2-2
--3--------2-------0----0-0-0-0-----2------0----2-2-2-2
----------------------------------3------2------0-0-0-0
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------0--------0---2----2-2-2-2------------------------
----2--------0-----2----2-2-2-2-------0------0--3-3-3-3
--3--------2-------0----0-0-0-0-----2------0----3-3-3-3
----------------------------------3------2------1-1-1-1
repeat these 2 bars twice
riff 4-(0:50) for this riff lifeson uses some sort of flanger
thing and also throws in a couple rakes.
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-5--7-7--7--5--7-7--7-------5--5--7-7-----5-5-5---5---5
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repeat this riff 4 times
directly riff 4 repeat the intro and riff 2 just like before.
after you repeat riff 2 instead of riff 3, play:
riff 5-(1:45)
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repeat that twice
after riff 5 play riff 3 again twice then play:
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-------------------------------3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--
-------------------------------2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--
--0-2--2--0-2--2--2-2--0-2--2--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--
--0-2--2--0-2--2--2-2--0-2--2--------------------------
--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--------------------------
repeat 4 times then comes the solo:
solo-(2:50) lots of delay sounds cool with this
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-----------17-17-----------------17----17--19-19-19----
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---------------------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--8-8-8----
------19-17-17--16-16--16------------------------------
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---12-12-12-10-10-10----10-------------------------10--
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-10-10h12-12-12b13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-----20b21-21-21-
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-------------------17-17--20-19--19-19b21-21-21-21-21--
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---------------------------------------8--8--8--8--10--
-21-21b19-16-19-16------------------9------------------
-------------------19--19--17--17----------------------
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-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-14-14-15-15-15----------
-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------
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riff 6-(3:25)
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-9-9-9-9---7-9-7---9-9-9-9--7-9-7---9-9-9-9---7-9-7---7-
-9-9-9-9---7-9-7---9-9-9-9--7-9-7---9-9-9-9---7-9-7---7-
-7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-
-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-
--------------------------10-10--10--10-10-10--10-10---
--------------------------10-10--10--10-10-10--10-10---
-7-7-7---7-7--9------------9--9---9---9--9--9---9--9---
-7-7-7---7-7--9--2-2-2-2---9--9---9---9--9--9---9--9---
-7-7-7---7-7--7--0-0-0-0---7--7---7---7--7--7---7--7---
-0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0---0--0--0---0--0---
-10--10-10-10--10-10--10--10-10---10-10--10--10-10-10--
-10--10-10-10--10-10--10--10-10---10-10--10--10-10-10--
--9---9--9--9---9--9---9---9--9----9--9---9---9--9--9--
--9---9--9--9---9--9---9---9--9----9--9---9---9--9--9--
--7---7--7--7---7--7---7---7--7----7--7---7---7--7--7--
--0---0--0--0---0--0---0---0--0----0--0---0---0--0--0--
after riff 6 play riff 4 four times, but instead of
ending on the intro, end on this:
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--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
here there's a bass fill by geddy Then play:
riff 7-(4:08)
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-7-9--9--9-9--7--7-9-9-X--X--X--X-X-X-X----------------
-7-9--9--9-9--7--7-9-9-X--X--X--X-X-X-X----------------
-5-7--7--7-7--5--5-7-7-X--X--X--X-X-X-X----------------
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repeat 5 times then play riffs 2,5,3 and 6(in that order)
end with the intro right after riff 6