Topic: "The Monster Song"
So, my niece and nephew were up for Memorial Day weekend and I wrote this little silly song as a kind of "campfire ghost story" type thing. It may be a little graphic, but most nursery rhymes are (i.e. "if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take" or "Ring around the rosie" or "the cradle will rock")
About the guitar... really slow country riff in A (maybe 65-70 bpm).. If this formats right, the tab will be in line with the words..
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In the deep dark hours of the night
There's a monster that'll give you such a fright
And he'll reach out and grab ya; and he'll jump up and get ya
It'll make you want to turn on all the lights
'Cause he's a [F#m]monster; and he's so [A]scary
He's a [F#m]monster; he's so big and [E]hairy
[A]
In the closet or underneath the bed
He'll be waiting to eat the brains out of your head
And he'll reach out and grab ya; or he'll jump up and get ya
When you wake up in the morning, you'll be dead
~ 'Cause he's a [F#m]monster; and he's so [A]scary
~ Yeah, he's a [F#m]monster; he's so big and [E]hairy
[A]
His claws are just as sharp as razor blades
And you won't believe the size of his fangs
And he'll reach up grab ya; he'll jump out and get ya
There'll be no identifying your remains
~ 'Cause he's a [F#m]monster; and he's so [A]scary
~ Yeah, he's a [F#m]monster; he's oh so big and [E]hairy
[A] (speed up to rockabilly tempo - same riff as verse)
I was just [F#m]kidding
There ain't [D]no such thing as [E]monsters. I was just [A]joking; [A/G#]I was just [A/F#]joshing. [A/E]
There ain't [D]no such thing as [E]monsters, any-[A]more.
I was just...[F#m] pulling your leg.
There ain't [D]no such thing as [E]monsters. And if there [A]was, [A/G#]we'd just [A/F#]punch 'em [A/E]
in the [D]nose. (spoken) But it doesn't matter 'cause...
There ain't [D]no such thing as [E]monsters, any-[A]more.
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