Biography:
Big Head Todd & the Monsters is a rock band formed in 1986 in Colorado. The band has released eight studio albums since 1989 with their 1993 album Sister Sweetly going well beyond platinum in the US. The band has developed a sizeable live following especially in the Mountain States of the US.
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr, bassist-singer Rob Squires, drummer-singer Brian Nevin and keyboardist-guitarist-singer Jeremy Lawton -- could have begun resting on their laurels back in 1993
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 20:05:47 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Tab: Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Monument in Green
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Monument in Green
>From the album Midnight Radio
Words and Music by Todd Park Mohr
Transcribed by Eric Malm
-INTRO-
C7 C C7 C F9maj7
-VERSE-
C7 C
Well I rode the green across this country.
C7 C
Horses lived and died to take me
F9
Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
C7 C
Blackened face and dirty laundry.
C7 C
Many days since I have eaten.
F9
Found myself a family.
Broke my back so I could feed them.
-CHORUS-
C7 C C7 C
High in the wind.
F9
Standing in the sun.
C7 C C7 C
We're gonna' raise up the heavens.
F9
With a shovel and a gun.
Am
I was so much younger then.
C
I would never ever listen.
Am
I am so much older now.
C
I thought that things would end up different.
Am G
Farewell, lover in green.
-VERSE-
C7 C
Elizabeth she is my lady.
C7 C
Says the prayers and does the learnin'.
F9
Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
C7 C
We took to building up the cities.
C7 C
We built the churches in our cities.
F9
Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.
-REPEAT CHORUS-
-BRIDGE-
Am C Am C
Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
Am C
Oh. She danced so tender.
Am C G
As I held you in the green.
*Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know.
-INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C-
-SPOKEN VERSE-
C7 C C7 C
Well I'm dead now.
F9
My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
C7 C C7
C
I've got children all around me.
F9
I've got grandchildren.
C7 C C7 C
I've got great grandchildren.
F9
I've got great great grandchildren.
C7 C C7
C
Too many for me to remember.
F9
Maybe one of them is you?
-CHORUS-
-chords- C C7 F9 G Am
0 0 0 3 0
3 3 0 2 0
2 2 3 0 2
0 0 2 0 2
1 3 1 3 1
0 0 3 3 0
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 20:05:47 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Tab: Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Monument in Green
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Monument in Green
>From the album Midnight Radio
Words and Music by Todd Park Mohr
Transcribed by Eric Malm
-INTRO-
C7 C C7 C F9maj7
-VERSE-
C7 C
Well I rode the green across this country.
C7 C
Horses lived and died to take me
F9
Men I killed to help me get there, further west I died to take me.
C7 C
Blackened face and dirty laundry.
C7 C
Many days since I have eaten.
F9
Found myself a family.
Broke my back so I could feed them.
-CHORUS-
C7 C C7 C
High in the wind.
F9
Standing in the sun.
C7 C C7 C
We're gonna' raise up the heavens.
F9
With a shovel and a gun.
Am
I was so much younger then.
C
I would never ever listen.
Am
I am so much older now.
C
I thought that things would end up different.
Am G
Farewell, lover in green.
-VERSE-
C7 C
Elizabeth she is my lady.
C7 C
Says the prayers and does the learnin'.
F9
Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
C7 C
We took to building up the cities.
C7 C
We built the churches in our cities.
F9
Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.
-REPEAT CHORUS-
-BRIDGE-
Am C Am C
Oh. She sang hymns that made me cry.
Am C
Oh. She danced so tender.
Am C G
As I held you in the green.
*Bridge ends with a flurry of notes I do not know.
-INTRO CHORDS WITH HARMONICA IN C-
-SPOKEN VERSE-
C7 C C7 C
Well I'm dead now.
F9
My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
C7 C C7
C
I've got children all around me.
F9
I've got grandchildren.
C7 C C7 C
I've got great grandchildren.
F9
I've got great great grandchildren.
C7 C C7
C
Too many for me to remember.
F9
Maybe one of them is you?
-CHORUS-
-chords- C C7 F9 G Am
0 0 0 3 0
3 3 0 2 0
2 2 3 0 2
0 0 2 0 2
1 3 1 3 1
0 0 3 3 0
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