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Monterey Tab

by Animals




                               "Monterey"
            (Burdon - Briggs - Weider - Jenkins - McCulloch)

Intro:

	bass:

	(Am)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
	-----5-7-----5-6-|-7---------------|-------0---------|
	-5-7-----5-7-----|-----0-----------|-0-2-3-----3---2-|
	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

	Am      Bm        [8X; continue into verse]
	 v   v   v   v
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	-0---0---2-------|
	-----------0---3-|

Verse 1:

	     Am     Bm       Am      Bm  Am  Bm
	The people came and listened
	 Am           Bm        Am    Bm  Am  Bm
	Some of them came and played
	  F                      Esus4         E
	Others give flowers away, yes they did
	         Am      Bm  Am  Bm
	Down in Monterey
	         Am      Bm  Am  Bm
	Down in Monterey

Verse 2:

	Young gods smiled upon the crowd
	Their music being born of love
	Children danced night and day
	Religion was being born
	Down in Monterey

foo:

	bass [as per verses] w/drums and sound effects:

	     (Am) (Bm)         (Am)     (Bm)     (Am) (Bm) (Am) (Bm)
	The Byrds      and the Airplane      did fly   [w/guiro]
	Oh, Ravi Shanknar's [sic] music made me cry    [w/sitar]
	The Who exploded into fire and light           [w/feedback]
	Hugh Masekela's music was black as night       [w/trumpet]
	The Grateful Dead blew everybody's mind
	Jimi Hendrix, baby believe me, set the world on fire
	His majesty, Prince Jones, smiled as he grooved among the crowd
	Ten thousand electric guitars were groovin' real loud
	You wanna find the truth in life
	Don't pass music by
	And you know   I would not lie
	No, I would not lie
	No, I would not lie
	Down in Monterey

	bass:

	[N.C.]                              Am
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v v v v   v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------|---------|------------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|---------|-----5-7-5-7-5-5--|
	-----------------|-----------------|-0-------|-5-7--------------|
	-0-2---3---4-----|-0-1---2---3---4-|---------|------------------|

	                                       Monterey!

	[instrumental break - sitar solo over Am Bm]

Verse 3:

	Three days of understanding
	Of moving with one another
	Even the cops grooved with us
	Do you believe me, yeah
	Down in Monterey

Coda:

	         Am        Bm  [continue]
	Down in Monterey, yeah
	Down in Monterey
	Down in Monterey, yeah

	Am [N.C.]                       Am [N.C.]
	I think that maybe I'm dreamin'

	 Am      Bm  [continue]
	Monterey
	Monterey
	Down in Monterey
	Down in Monterey
	Did you hear what I say
	Down in Monterey [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers