THE DEAD MILKMEN Big Lizard from Big Lizard In My Backyard Transcribed by: Guitarsurf@aol.com Solo added by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com) This transcription was perfectly correct, but didn't have the solo, and seeing as it was pretty easy I thought I'd have a shot at it. I messed around with the formatting a little as well so I didn't get confused, but again all credit goes to the creators of the original tab. Well, and to the Dead Milkmen of course... Intro: ----- 2 progressions of G F E F C Big Lizard in my backyard G G F# F I can't afford to feed it anymore C Big Lizard in my backyard E Bustin' down my neigbor's door F Well, I bought a big lizard C Only a dollar fifty G Well, that's pretty neat G F# F Yeah it's fucking nifty, but F C I just can't afford to feed it E And you should see the way it shits G F I've got a Big Lizard in my backyard E I can't afford to feed it anymore G F Big Lizard in my backyard E Bustin' down my neigbor's door F C I was knocked outta bed late last night G G F# F I was woken up by the sound of dynamite C I... I went downstairs to find an army man E He said "We gotta blow up the things we don't understand!" F C G There's no more Big Lizard in my backyard G F# F I won't have to feed it anymore C No more Lizard in my backyard E They shipped his ass to El Salvador! Solo: ---- The solo goes over 2 progressions of G, F and E, followed by the "I was knocked out of bed..." bit, then 2 more progressions of G, F and E. I've tried to tab it out with the chords shown above. The lyrics are shown after the solo itself. It's not perfect note for note, but it's pretty good, and will certainly suffice. I think what confuses me is there seems to be an extra guitar playing a few notes here and there. Standard disclaimer: timing is approximate, it's just too hard to get perfectly accurate in tab form. Listen along, you'll do fine. (1:01) G F E G F E E---------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------2----- A----------2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------2-3-3-3-2-3------- E--0-2-3-3-------------------0--0--2-3-3------------------- (1:11) F C G G F# E---------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------- D--2--2--3--2--0-----------0--------0---------------------- A-----------------3--2--3-----2--3-----2--3---------------- E---------------------------------------------------------- I was... (1:17) F C E E------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------- A------2--0--2--0--------------------------------------- E------------------3--2--0-----------------0------------ gotta blow up the things... I was knocked outta bed late last night I was woken up by the sound of dynamite, I I went downstairs to find an army man He said "We gotta blow up the things we don't understand!" (1:22) F C G G F# E---------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------- D-----2--3--2--0-----------0--------0---------------------- A-----------------3--2--3-----2--3-----3--2---------------- E---------------------------------------------------------- (1:27) F C E E------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------- A------2--0--------------------------------------------- E------------3--3--2--3--0------------------------------ G F Big Lizard in my backyard E I can't afford to feed it anymore G F Big Lizard in my backyard E Bustin' down my neighbor's door G Well, I bought a big lizard F Only a dollar fifty E Well, that's pretty neat Yeah it's fucking nifty G F E But I, I just can't afford to feed it End on E. From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project http://dmtabs.deadmilkmen.com/