Rush - The Main Monkey Business Chords & Tabs

 

The Main Monkey Business Chords & Tabs

Rush Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

The Main Monkey Business Bass Tab

Rush-The Main Monkey Business
Bass Tab-Standard Tuning
This song really is not complex, just difficult timing-wise.

Intro Riff
|----------------------------|
|-10--10--9-9--7-7--5-5--2/3~|
|---10-----9----7----5-------|
|----------------------------|

Riff 1 x2
|-5h777-5h777-/1010--5h777-5h777---------|
|--------------------------------5h7-5h7-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|-5h777-5h777-/1010--5h777-5h777---------|
|----------------------------------7--7--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

Riff 2 x2
|-----------------------------------|
|-10--10-9-9-7~7-/97--5-5-4-4-2~----|
|---10----9-----7------5---4--------|
|-------------------------------000-|

|-----------------------------------|
|-10--10-9-9-7~7-/97--5-5-4-4-3~5-7-|
|---10----9-----7------5---4--------|
|-----------------------------------|

Riff 3 x4
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------454-------54----4-4---|
|-5h777-5h777----5--5h77--55-5-5-5--|
|-----------------------------------|

Intro Riff

2 Bar Break

3rd Bar Break
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|------12/----|

Riff 1 x2

Riff 4 
|---------------|--------------|
|-3-3--3-/5-5/7-|--------------|
|--3--3-3--5----|-55050575003--|
|---------------|------------3-|

|----------------|--------------|
|33-3--3-/5-/7/10|--------------|
|--3--3-3--5-----|-55050575003--|
|----------------|------------3-|

|---------------|--------------|
|33-3--3-/5-/75-|--------------|
|--3--3-3--5----|-55050575003--|
|---------------|------------3-|

|----------------|
|33-3--3-/5-/7/10|
|--3--3-3--5-----|
|----------------|

Riff 2 x2

Riff 5
|----------------|---------------|
|-5----5-----5-7~|-5--54----4-4--|
|--777--777-7-7--|--77--55-5-5-5-|
|----------------|---------------|

|----------------|---------|
|-5----5-----5-7~|-5--54---|
|--777--777-7-7--|--77--55-|
|----------------|---------|

|----------------|---------------|
|-5----5-----5-7~|-5--54----4-4--|
|--777--777-7-7--|--77--55-5-5-5-|
|----------------|---------------|

|------------------|------------------|
|-5----5-----------|------------------|
|--777--777-5h7777-|--------77-7-7-777|
|------------------|-00-0-0-----------|

Solo Riff x3
|-5----5-----5-5h7-|-5----------------|
|--777--777-7-7----|--777-5-----5-5h7-|
|------------------|-------777-7-7----|
|------------------|------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/the_main_monkey_business_btab_ver_2.html ]
Solo Riff (Last Time)
|-5----5-----5-5h7-|-5----------------|
|--777--777-7-7----|--777-5---5---5-5-|
|------------------|-------7---7---7-7|
|------------------|------------------|

Post-Solo Riff x2
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------7777-|--------------5555-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-55-5-5-55-5-5-----|-55-5-5-33-3-3-----|

Riff 6
|-----------------------------12-----|
|-1414-12h14--1414-12h14--1214--1412-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|-------------------12-12h14-12------|
|-1414-12h14--141214-----------1412--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|
|-1414-12h14--1414-12h14--1414-14/-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

Riff 7
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-00-0--0-0-0-|-00-0--0-0-0-|

|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|
|-00-0--0-0-00|-0--0-0-12/|

Riff 3 x3 (Do not play the fourth time)

3 Bar Break (including the Guitar part during the 
4th time of Riff 3)

Riff 8 
|------------------------------|
|-------4h5p4------------------|
|-5h777------5-5h777-5h777-7-7/|
|------------------------------|

1 bar break

|----------------------|
|----------------999999|
|-5h777-7-5-5h777------|
|----------------------|

|----------------|
|----------------|
|-5h777-7-5-5h7--|
|--------------5/| (early stop)

|----------------------|
|----------------999999|
|-5h777-7-5-5h777------|
|----------------------|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-5h777-7-5-5h777-5-7-|
|---------------------|

Riff 1 x1

Riff 1 (Variation) x1
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5h7-5h7-|
|-3h555-3h555-/88--3h555-3h555--------|
|-------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3h555-3h555-/88--3h555-3h555--------|
|-------------------------------5---5-|

Riff 4 

Riff 2 x2

Riff 6 

Riff 7 (Variation) 
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-00-0--0-0-0-|-00-0--0-0-0-|

|-----------|------------------|
|-----------|1414-14--12h14-14-|
|-----------|------------------|
|-00-0--0-0-|------------------|

|-------------------|
|-1414-14--12h14-14-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|

Intro Riff

Hope this Helps!
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