Song: “Mongoose”
Band: Fu Manchu
Album: California Crossing (2002) track 03
Notes: All guitars are tuned down 1 full step
Tabbed by: denabob
Riff 1:
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Riff 2:
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Intro/Verse 1:
Riff 1 (x10)
Look inside
Day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives
All time
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
The mongoose flies (the mongoose flies)
A G D A
Verse 2:
Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2
Removed from the times
Event for the eyes
Mid-day they gathered one by one
All time
Chorus:
E D A C G
The story lies behind
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
Out on the street they ride
D A
The mongoose flies on by
Riff 1 (x2)
Verse 3:
Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2
Slowly turns
Signals high
What happens next
All time
Chorus:
E D A C G
The story lies behind (the story lies behind)
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
Out on the street they ride (out on the street they ride)
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
The story lies behind (the story lies behind)
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
Out on the street they ride (out on the street they ride)
F C F C F C (power chords played at 8th fret)
Riff 1 (x4)
Verse 4:
Riff 1 – Riff 2 – Riff 1 – Riff 2
Look inside
Day started right
A back road in a dirt town lives
All time
Chorus:
E D A C G
The story lies behind
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
Out on the street they ride
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
The story lies behind (the story lies behind)
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G
Out on the street they ride (out on the street they ride)
D A
The mongoose flies on by
E D A C G D A
E D A C G D A
E D A C G D A
E D A C G F C F C F C (power chords played at 8th fret)