THE DEAD MILKMEN
Jellyfish Heaven

from Bucky Fellini

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)
  From previous tab by: Jeff Blank (jfblank@mtu.edu)


This is my favourite Dead Milkmen song, so I've made a few efforts at
tabbing it. The only reason I hadn't put it up is because I wanted
to get the solo done first, but I kept getting stuck on certain bits
of it. I've got most of it now, I think... At least enough to get
you through the song.

Thanks a lot to Jeff for his tab that kept me going for a while,
but I thought I might have a shot at making it more complete. The
verse is basically the same, but loses the open chords, and I think
sounds better with bar chords. It still has the G, then the high G
similar to Jeff's tab. The chorus also has a couple extra chords in
there.


Intro/Verse:
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Basically it's just important to get the G-highG effect.
You can do it any way: the way shown or actual higher G chords,
such as (xx5787) or even (x10-12-12-12-10).

    G    G  D  C
E--------3--5--3-3---3--3--3----
B--------4--7--5-5---5--5--5----
G---4----5--7--5-5---5--5--5----
D---5----5--7--5-5---5--5--5----
A---5-------5--3-3---3--3--3----
E---3---------------------------

Gotta go somewhere
When you die
So why not see the world
Through jellyfish eyes


Chorus:
------
D                       G         C
Jellyfish Heaven, where jellyfish go
   D                         G         C
To get away from Mormons and drunk Eskimos
Am                       C             D
Jellyfish Heaven... is a lot... like L.A.


verse:
If you're bad
You'll go to hell
And jellyfish will sting you
And your body will swell

chorus:
Jellyfish Heaven, in the big blue sea
Where it's too cold to surf and it's too warm to ski
Jellyfish Heaven... is full of dead... jellyfish

verse:
People always saying
"I won't eat jellyfish
'Cause they ain't got no bones
And you can't make a wish"

verse:
People always shouting
"Don't go swimming near those things!"
But when they're close to dying
You can hear them sing

chorus:
Jellyfish Heaven, is not like Japan
Jellyfish Heaven, is not like Thailand
Jellyfish Heaven... is a lot... like LA


Solo:
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(1:25)
E---3----2--0-----0--------------
B---3-------------1-------0--1---
G---0----------0--0--------------
D---0-------------2--------------  (x2)
A---2-------------3--------------
E---3----------------------------

(1:31)
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B---1-1-0---0-1-0---0-1/3-3-3--1--0--1-0------------------------
G---------2-------2----------------------2--2--0-2-3b--3b-3b----
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------

(1:38)
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G--4b-4b-4b-4b-4b-5b-5b-5b-5b-5b-5b-5b-6b-6b-6b-6b--7b--7b--7b--7b----
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Numbers here are really approximate and way too tricky for me
  to figure out the exact timing. Listen along and you'll hear
  approximately where to switch up to the next note. Just bend all
  the notes beyond recognition and no one will notice!

(1:44)
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G--7---4-5-4-5----7---4-5-4-5---7-7-5-4-5-4----------------------
D-------------------------------------------7-5-7--8b-8b-7-5-7---
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

Sweet jellyfish! (x2)
I've been dazed and confused
For so long it's not true
I wanted a jellyfish
Never bargained for you
Lot's of people talking
Few of them know
Soul of a jellyfish
Was created below!
Papa don't preach!
I'm gonna keep my jellyfish!
I've been tied to the jellyfish

(1:51)
Back to Intro/Verse Riff for the rest of the words.

Tied to the jellyfish (x2)
Oh Lord, I feel like I'm dying....

End on C.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://www.geocities.com/dmtabs/