The Monkees - Listen to the band
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Tuning: E A D G
LISTEN TO THE BAND (Bassline)
As recorded by The Monkees
(From the 1969 Album THE MONKEES PRESENT)
Words and Music by Michael Nesmith
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ray Pohlman - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=174
4/4
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q H Q. E E E E E E E Q
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|---7-9-7---------||
D|-9----8----7--|-9----8----7--|-5----5----7-|-9-------9-7-9\--||
A|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
[Chorus]
Segno $
H Q. E Q H. H Q. E E E Q E E E E
G||--------------|------------|-------------|---7----7-9------|
D||o-5----5----5-|------------|-----------7-|-9---9------9-7--|
A||o-------------|-5--5-------|-7----7------|-----------------|
E||--------------|------------|-------------|-----------------|
H Q. E +E E Q E E Q H Q. E +E E Q E E Q
G|-------------|-------7--7------|--------------|-----7-7--7------||
D|-5----5------|-----7------7----|-5----5----/9-|-(9)--------9-7--||
A|-----------5-|-(5)----------5--|--------------|-----------------||
E|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------||
[1st - 3rd Verses]
H Q. E Q H. H Q. E E E Q E E Q
G|-------------|------------|-------------|---7----7------|
D|-5----5----5-|------------|-----------7-|-9---9----9-7--|
A|-------------|-5--5-------|-7----7------|---------------|
E|-------------|------------|-------------|---------------|
To Coda
H Q. E +E E Q E E Q H Q. E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|-------7--7------|--------------|---7-7-7-7--------||
D|-5----5------|-----7------7----|-----------7--|-9---------9-7-9\-||
A|-----------5-|-(5)----------5--|-7----7-------|------------------||
E|-------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------||
[Interlude]
H Q. E +E E Q Q Q H H E E Q E E Q
G|-------------|----------------|-----------|---------------|
D|-----------4-|-(4)---4--5--6--|-7----7----|-7---7--7---7--|
A|-5----5------|-----5----------|-----------|---7------7----|
E|-------------|----------------|-----------|---------------|
H Q. E +E E Q Q Q H Q. E +E E Q H
G|-------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
D|-----------9-|-(9)----------7--|-9----9----11-|-(11)-9-9--9----|
A|-7----7------|-----10-7--9-----|--------------|----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
1. 2.
Dal Segno al Coda
E E Q H Q. E Q Q Q. E +Q Q
G|-8-----------|---------------||----------------||
D|---9-9--9----|-9----8-8--7--o||-9----8-(8)--7--||
A|-------------|--------------o||----------------||
E|-------------|---------------||----------------||
[Breakdown]
Coda & (fade in)
E E Q H +W H Q. E +E E Q E E Q 3x
G|---7----------|------------||--------------|-------7--7-------||
D|-9---9--\5----|-(5)--------||o-5----5------|-----7------7----o||
A|--------------|------------||o-----------5-|-(5)----------5--o||
E|--------------|------------||--------------|------------------||
[Outro]
W H Q. E +E E Q Q Q H H
G|----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|
D|----------|-------------|-------4--5--6--|-7----7----|
A|----------|-5----5----7-|-(7)-5----------|-----------|
E|----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|
E E Q E E Q H Q. E E E Q Q Q H Q. E
G|---------------|-------------|----------------|-----------8-|
D|-7---7--7---7--|-----------9-|-9-----------7--|-9----9------|
A|---7------7----|-7----7------|---10-7--10-----|-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
+E E Q H E E Q H Q. Q. Q H Q. E
G|-(8)-----------|-8-----------|--------------||--------------|
D|-----9-9--9----|---9-9--9----|-9----8----7--||o-5----5----5-|
A|---------------|-------------|--------------||o-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|--------------||--------------|
Q H Q H Q. E E E E E E E Q H Q. E
G|------------|-------------|---7-----7------|----------------|
D|------------|-----------7-|-9---8-9---9-7--|----------------|
A|-5--5----5--|-7----7------|----------------|-10----10-------|
E|------------|-------------|----------------|-------------10-|
+E E Q E E Q H Q. E E E E E E E E E
G|--------7--7-------|---------------|---7-7-7-7---------||
D|------9------7-----|-------------7-|-9---------9-7-9\-o||
A|-------------------|-10----10------|------------------o||
E|-(10)----------10--|---------------|-------------------||
[Lyrics]
Hey, hey, mercy woman plays a song and no one listens,
I need help I'm falling again.
Play the drum a little louder,
Tell me I can live without her
If I only listen to the band.
Listen to the band!
Weren't they good, they made me happy.
I think I can make it alone.
Oh, mercy woman plays a song and no one listens,
I need help I'm falling again.
Play the drum a little bit louder,
Tell them they can live without her
If they only listen to the band.
Listen to the band!
Now weren't they good, they made me happy.
I think I can make it alone.
Oh, woman plays a song and no one listens,
I need help I'm falling again.
C'mon, play the drums just a little bit louder,
Tell us we can live without her
Now that we have listened to the band.
Listen to the band!
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
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