Space Monkey - Placebo
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Verse:
(The timings and rhythm may be wrong but you should get the idea)
G* F G*
e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D-6/333333333333/66666/
A-6/333333333333/66666/
E-4/111111111111/44444/...

G* F G*
Space monkey in the place to be
F G*
Riding in a rocket to a planet of sound
F G*
shooting the moon, playing dominoes in drag
F G*
An increase in population of a hundred percent

Space monkey in the place to be
with a chemical peel and a picture of Mary
out on a limb in the carnival of me
C B
raising the temperature one hundred degrees


Chorus:(tab)

C* C F Eb
e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6666666-|
E----------------------------------------------|

Chorus(chords, shows you where the changes are)

C* C F
we're sown together
Eb
she’s born to mesmer
C* C F
beside, astride her
Eb
I die inside her

Verse 2:
(The timings and rhythm may be wrong but you should get the idea)
G* F G*
e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D-6/333333333333/66666/
A-6/333333333333/66666/
E-4/111111111111/44444/...

space monkey in the place to be
a mass of contradictions in a golden frame
raising the roof in a calamity way
completely meretricious of a poke in the eye

space monkey in the place to be
talk of the town with a Columbian rock
out on a limb in the carnival of me
raising the temperature 100 degrees

Chorus 2 (tab)
C* C F Eb
e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6666666---|
E------------------------------------------------| X2

then
C* C F G G*
e-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/1010101010/111111--|
E---------------------------------------------------------| X2

Chorus 2 (chords):

C* C F
we're sown together
Eb
she’s born to mesmer
C* C F
beside, astride her
Eb
I die inside her
C* C F
its far too sacred
G (G*)
don’t ever fake it
C* C F G (G*)
and don’t don’t don’t let me down

Bridge:

Like you let me down before
Like you let me down before


(Piano part, transcribed for guitar)

e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------13-12--|
D-10-12-13-10--10-12-13-10--10-12-13--10-12-13--10-12-13------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------| x2

space monkey in the place to be
with some free-association and a hole in her head
out on a limb in the carnival of me
raising the temperature 100 degrees

then this:
G* G
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G-1313131313131313/1212121212121212
D-1313131313131313/1212121212121212
A-1111111111111111/1010101010101010 X2 (this can however carry on into
E---------------------------------- the chorus)

Chorus 3 (tab)
C* C F Eb
e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/8888888
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/6666666---|
E------------------------------------------------| X2

then
C* C F G G*
e-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
D-66666666/55555555/101010101010101010/1212121212/131313
A-44444444/33333333/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-/1010101010/111111--|
E---------------------------------------------------------| X2

Chorus 3 (chords):

C* C F
we're sown together
Eb
she’s born to mesmer
C* C F
beside, astride her
Eb
I die inside her
C* C F
its far too sacred
G (G*)
don’t ever fake it
C* C F G (G*)
and don’t don’t don’t let me down

Outro:

like you let me down before
like you let me down before
like you let me down before
like you let me down before
Song info
Space Monkey
Placebo

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