Rush - The Main Monkey Business Chords & Tabs

 

The Main Monkey Business Chords & Tabs

Rush Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

The Main Monkey Business Bass Tab

   
Standard Tuning: E-A-D-G

Intro:

G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-9-9-9-7-7-7--------------------------|
A|----------------------------10-10-10-7-7-7-8~~-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Verse First Time:

G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|x4
D|-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12-10/15-15-15-10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------10-12-10-12-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus Part 1:

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-9-9-9-7--------------------------|
A|-----------------7/14-12-10-10-9-9-7~------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Chorus Part 2:

G|-----------------------------------------|Whole thing x2
D|-10-10-10-9-9-9-7------------------------|
A|-----------------7/14-12-10-10-9-9-8~----|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Verse Second Time:

G|-------------------------|--------------------------|x4
D|-----------------4-5-4---|---------5-------4---4----|
A|-5-7-7-5h7-7-7-5-------5-|-5-7-7-5---5-5-5---5---5--|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|

Intro

Verse First Time

Fill/Bridge:

G|-------------------r-------|--------------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3/5-5-e-5-3/5-|--------------------------|
A|---3---3---3-------s-------|-5-5-0-5-0-5-7-5-0-3-3----|
E|-------------------t-------|-----------------------3\-|

G|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
D|-3-3---3---3---5-5---7-9\-|--------------------------|-3-3---3---3---5-5-|
A|-----3---3---3-----5------|-5-5-0-5-5-5-7-5-0-3-3----|-----3---3---3-----|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------3\-|-------------------|

G|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---/7-5/7-|--------------------------|-3-3---3---3---3-5---7-9\-|
A|-5--------|-5-5-0-5-5-5-7-5-0-3-3----|-----3---3---3-----5------|
E|----------|-----------------------3\-|--------------------------|

Chorus Part 1:

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-9-9-9-7--------------------------|
A|-----------------7/14-12-10-10-9-9-7~------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Chorus Part 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/the_main_monkey_business_btab.html ]
G|-----------------------------------------|Whole thing x2
D|-10-10-10-9-9-9-7------------------------|
A|-----------------7/14-12-10-10-9-9-8~----|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Verse Second Time x7, Then:

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5----|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0--------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-3-3-3------------|

Guitar Solo=Verse Second Time x2

Post-Solo:
G|--------------------r----------12-------|
D|-/14-14-12-14-14-14-e-14-12-14----14-12-|
A|--------------------s-------------------|
E|--------------------t-------------------|

G|---------------------12----14-12----------------------------------------|
D|-14-14-14-14-12-14------14-------14-12--14-14-14-12-14-14-14-12-14-14---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Post-Post-Solo:

E|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-12/-------------|

Verse Second Time x2

Guitar Break

Then you do this thing:

G|-----------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------|---------------------/7-7-/7-7-/7-7--------|
A|-7-5/7-5/7-|--5/7-7-5/7-5-7-7-7-7----------------------|
E|-----------|-------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------/7-7-/7-7-/7-7-|
A|-5/7-7-5/7-5-5/7-----|--5/7-7-5/7-5-5/7-7-7---------------|
E|-------------------7\|------------------------------------|

G|-------------9-9-9---|
D|---------------------|
A|-5/7-7-5/7-5/7-7-7---|
E|---------------------|

Then Verse First Time x2

Then Geddy plays some weird lower octave version of the Verse:

G|------------------------------------------------|x2
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-3/5-5-3/5-5-3/7-7-7-3/5-5-3/5-5----------------|
E|---------------------------------9-7-9-7--------|

Fill/Bridge

Chorus Part 1&2 x2

Post-Solo

Pre-Ending:

G|-------------------------------------14-14-14-12-14-14----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----------------------|

G|-14-14-14-12-14-14--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Ending=Intro


Well, there it is, The Main Monkey Business, in full. If you have questions, comments, 
corrections (even though I'm 99% sure this is 99% correct), feel free to email me at 
Enjoy!