Monster (alternate chords)
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1977

I was just noodling around on the guitar and stumbled across the correct chords to the song Monster from Harbor. I checked out the original chords on this site and it seems in order to get the right sound, you throw the capo on the 2nd fret. By transposing the current chords you come up with the following.

Jason Colannino

Capo 2nd Fret

Fmaj7   Fmaj9   C       Csus2   Em      Am      D7
x-----  ------  x-----  x----x  ------  x-----  xx----
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Fmaj7  Fmaj9  C  Csus2
(Intro)

    Fmaj7     Fmaj9         C         Csus2
The monster exposed himself from underground
Fmaj7       Fmaj9      C               Csus2
Burning his face as he ran through the town
Fmaj7      Fmaj9        Em 
Hoping the patrons just don't hear a sound

Fmaj7            Fmaj9   C              Csus2
Heart, court and harmony just ain't the same
Fmaj7        Fmaj9       C            Csus2
My black and their green playing some games
     Fmaj7         Fmaj9      Em 
I've got all these pictures I just need the frames

C                                Em 
These are the things that you'll never do
Am                      D7
Feeding the wife on the phone
    Fmaj7          Fmaj9       C   Csus2  Fmaj7  Fmaj9  C  Csus2
And there you are, all on your own

Fmaj7           Fmaj9          C           Csus2
Red and blue, I want to like a hole in the head
   Fmaj7         Fmaj9         C             Csus2
It slopes in the middle and is stopping them dead
Fmaj7       Fmaj9           Em 
I'd like to help them; I've already said

C                                Em 
These are the things that you'll never do
Am                     D7
Running away from your home
    Fmaj7          Fmaj9       C   Csus2
And there you are, all on your own
Fmaj7  Fmaj9  C  Csus2  Fmaj7  Fmaj9  C
Mm,           mm.       Mm,           mm.

Click here for the original version of these chords.


Last Revised: 6 March 2011