Placebo - Space Monkey Chords & Tabs

 

Space Monkey Chords & Tabs

Placebo Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Space Monkey Tab

   
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/placebo/space_monkey_tab_ver_2.html ]
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