Queens of the Stone Age: Monsters In The Parasol {3:28}
 From the album: 'Rated R' (Interscope Records)
 © 2000 Interscope Records Inc.
 Written by Josh Homme (Board Stiff Music/BMI) and Mario Lalli (Blood Onion Music/BMI)
 Produced by Josh Homme and Chris Goss

Instrumentation:
 Josh Homme: Guitar & Lead Vocals
 Nick Oliveri: Bass & Backing Vocals
 Gene Trautman: Drums
 Dave Catching: Guitar
 Chris Goss: Backing Vocals

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Tuning: Down 2 Whole Steps to C (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Notes:  'Monsters In The Parasol' is track #6 on 'Rated R'
 

Intro/Verse:
 C|-----------------------------|-----------------||
 G|-----------------------------|-----------------||
Eb|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|---4-4-4-4-4-4---||
Bb|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|---4-4-4-4-4-4---||
 F|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|---2-2-2-2-2-2---||
 C|-----------------------------|-----------------||


Verse Fill 1:
 C|-------||
 G|---4---||
Eb|---6---||
Bb|-------||
 F|-------||
 C|-------||


Verse Fill 2:
 C|-------||
 G|---8---||
Eb|---6---||
Bb|-------||
 F|-------||
 C|-------||


Intro (x1)


Verse Fill 1 (x4) 


Verse:
 The walls are closing in again, oh well
Verse Fill 1
 The walls are closing in again, oh well
Verse Fill 1
 I seen some thing I thought I never saw
 Covered in hair
Verse Fill 1

Verse Fill 2 

 Paul's dad is warped and bubbling, oh well 
Verse Fill 1 
 Paul's dad is warped and bubbling, oh well 
Verse Fill 1 
 And my mind is up here on another wave 
 Covered in hair 


Pre-Chorus:
Guitar 1.
 C|--------------------------||
 G|--------------------------||
Eb|--------------------------||
Bb|---11-10-9-8-9-10-11-10---||
 F|--------------------------||
 C|--------------------------||

Guitar 2.
 C|---------------------|| 
 G|---------------------||
Eb|---------------------||
Bb|---------------------||
 F|---9-8-7-6-7-8-9-8---||
 C|---------------------||

Pre-Chorus: 
 She won't grow 


Riff 1:
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---12-12-12-12-12-12--9-9-9-9-9-9--14-14-14-14-14-14--15-15-15-15-15-15---||
Bb|---12-12-12-12-12-12--9-9-9-9-9-9--14-14-14-14-14-14--15-15-15-15-15-15---||
 F|---10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--13-13-13-13-13-13---||
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Chorus:
Guitar 1.
 C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---13-13-13-13-13--------------------------------13-12-13----------13-12-13---||
Bb|------------------14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12-12----------12-12-12------------||
 F|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2.
 C|------------------------------||
 G|-------------------------11---||
Eb|--------------------9-11------||
Bb|--------11-10---11------------||
 F|---9--------------------------||
 C|------------------------------||

Chorus: 
 You've got a monster (distress) in your parasol (body out) 
 You've got a monster (dwarves, doors?) in your parasol (of course) 
 You've got a monster (displeasure) in your parasol (I told you) 
 You've got a monster (?) in your parasol (xnay) 


Verse Fill 1

Verse Fill 2


Verse: 
 Paul's sister is an alien, oh well 
Verse Fill 1
 Paul's sister is an alien, oh well 
Verse Fill 2
 I seen some things I thought I never saw 
 Covered in hair 


Pre-Chorus: 
 She won't grow 


Chorus: 
 You've got a monster (distress, my pest) in your parasol 
 You've got a monster (drawves) in your parasol (war horse) 
 You've got a monster (displeasure) in your parasol (?) 
 You've got a hole in you I never saw (insane) 
 In your parasol, in your parasol 


Ending:
Guitar 1.
 C|--------------------------||
 G|--------------------------||
Eb|--------------------------||
Bb|---11-10-9-8-9-10-11-10---||
 F|--------------------------||
 C|--------------------------||

Guitar 2.
 C|---------------------||
 G|---------------------||
Eb|---------------------||
Bb|---------------------||
 F|---9-8-7-6-7-8-9-8---||
 C|---------------------||