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# intro # *=play 8X
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----*---------------*---------------*----------------13-15-13-1513---------|
A---3---------------3---------------3------------//15--------------151315|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
:
# intro2 # 0:08 !all are single notes!
G----------------------0----------------|
D------5--1--0--10--------1--0--10------|
A---3-------------313-------------313-|
E---------------------------------------|
:
# verse # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause
G------%---%---%%---------------------------------------------------|
D----#-%-#-%-#-%%--------------------*-------#---#-----------*------|
A---3--%3--%3--%%---*--------*------6------/8-/10----*-----10-----|
E------%---%---%%3-4--------4-----------------------6---------------|
# verse2 # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause
G---%%--%%--%%--%-------------------/-chord-picks------------------|
D---%%--%%--%%--%-----------65353-----5--6--8---6-------------------|
A---%%3-%%3-%%33%---*------------65666-66-66-666-666--8--8---8-88-8|
E---%%--%%--%%--%3-4--------------------------------6--66-666-6--6--|
# verse3 # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause
G---%%%%%%---------------------------*-------*-------*-------#------|
D---%%%%%%-----------*--------------3-------5-------6-------6----#--|
A---%%%%%%---*------6--------*----------------------------------1---|
E---%%%%%%3-4---------------6---------------------------------------|
# verse4 # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause
G------%---%%%%%%------------------------------------------------#--|
D----#-%-#-%%%%%%--------------------*-------#---#--------------5---|
A---3--%3--%%%%%%---*--------*------6------/8-/10----*-------#------|
E------%---%%%%%%3-4--------4-----------------------6-------6-------|
# verse5 # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause
G---%%--%%--%%%%%--------------------*-------#---#------------------|
D---%%--%%--%%%%%-----------6-5-653-1-------3---5----*-------*------|
A---%%3-%%3-%%%%%---*-------6-----------------------1-------1-------|
E---%%--%%--%%%%%3-4------------------------------------------------|
# verse6 # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause h=hammer-on
G---%%%%%%---------------------------*-------*-------*-------#--h---7h8-|
D---%%%%%%-----------*--------------3-------5-------6-------6---810-----|
A---%%%%%%---*------6--------*------------------------------------------|
E---%%%%%%3-4---------------6-----------------------------------|FAST---|
:
# solo-bg # *=play 7-8X / >
G-------------------------------------------------------------3-357->
D----*-------------------------------*----------------------55-5---->
A---3--------*-------*-------*------6--------*-------*-------------->
E-----------3-------4-------4---------------4-------6--------------->
>solo-bg
>-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>----*-------------------------6-----*------------------------------|
>---3--------*-------*-------6---63-6--------*----------------------|
>-----------3-------4-------4------4--------4-------66-666-6-6-6666-|
:
# verse7 # *=play 7X #=play 3-4X %=pause
G-----4-4-------------------------------------------|
D---55-5-5-----------*---------------*--------------| > Then play verse3. >
A------------*------6--------*------8--------*------|
E---------3-4---------------6---------------6-------|
:
# outro # >
G------------------------------------------------------------------->
D-------5-------5--------------------------3----5------------------->
A---3------3--3---------------------6---------------1--------1---2-->
E-------------------4------4--4---4--------------------------------->
>outro >
>------------------------------------------------------------------>
>-------5--6----8---6---------6-5-------5--6----5-------5--6-----65->
>---3-------------------------------6------------------------------->
>---------------------------------------------------6--------------->
>outro
>-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>-------5--6----8---6-------------------3--5----6---8---------------|
>---3-------------------------------6-------------------------------|
>-----------------------------8-6-4---------------------------------|
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/b/bad_astronaut/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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#1 by devon patterson at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:17 PM EST |
| it's been said before, but not on this site seemingly, but this song seems to be about the ruinous effect on the environment of human pollution. Black Francis said that the inspiration for the song was a sense of anger at the destruction of the natural world, and this is clear from the lyrics... In the first verse some kind of underwater worker is killed by all the trash from N.Y and N.J being dumped in the sea. I think the line "this monkey's gone to heaven" refers to this fellow. Humans are 'monkeys' we evolved from them, and this one has died and gone to heaven. The second verse continues on a broader note, refering to the depletion of the ozone layer ("there's a hole in the sky") and the global warming consequences thereof ("everything's gonna burn...") this is everybody's problem: ("we'll all take turns") and now I think that the line about the monkey going to heaven instead refers to the singer dying due to the collapse of the earths environment. I've no idea how the final verse relates to this, although I like the interpretation given by tenniel above. | |
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