THE DEAD MILKMEN
Where The Tarantula Lives

from Eat Your Paisley

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


That cool little intro riff was quite difficult to figure out.
I changed this recently so that it's easy to play the E chord
at the start and then straight into the riff.

E--0--2-0----------------
B--0------2-0-2-0-(0)----
G--1------------------1--
D--2---------------------
A--2---------------------
E--0---------------------

Or you could play it the old way I had it, which fits better
with the A chord!!

E--5---------------------
B--5--7-5----------------
G--6------6-4-6-4-(4)----
D--7------------------6--
A--7---------------------
E--5---------------------

Play however you like, whenever necessary throughout the song!
Two guitarists would be nice for this... One for the riff, one
for chords.

And on another note, I think open chords are OK in this song.
In fact, they're preferable. At least for the chorus with the
G-G/F# and C-C/B bits.


Chords: (you should know all of these :P)
------
       EADGBe
    E  022100
    A  x02220
    C  x32010
    D  xx0232
    G  320033
 G/F#  2x0033
  C/B  x20010
Dsus4  xx0233
Dsus2  xx0230


Lyrics:
------

Verse:
E
Holland is ruled by midgets
The Pope owns CBS
The subway cars have been equipped with bars
And they're cloning Rudolph Hess
A
Samantha Fox has gone frigid
The President's been painted green
E
Jesus Christ has been frozen in ice
But he still makes the scene


Chorus:
C
Everybody wants to know what gives
    D                                  G   G/F# G C   C/B C
But I know where the Tarantula lives


verse:
Jim Baker got eaten by wombats
The Fever's spread to town
Ol' Doris Day has been taken away
Has anybody seen my downs?
Popeye got killed in combat
Donny and Marie went punk
B.F. Skinner has eaten my dinner
There's a body in that trunk

chorus:
Everybody wants to know what gives
But I know where the Tarantula lives


Instrumental:
  Basically it's E and G for the most part, with D and C coming in
  near the end. I've tried to display where each chord comes in,
  cause tabbing all of it out would be painful. The timing itself
  is really easy if you just listen to the record.

  It sounds cool if you do little sus variations on the D at the
  end. Try putting D-Dsus4-D-Dsus2-D somewhere in there. There may
  be some variations on the E and G bits as well, but this is as
  far as I got, and I think it sounds just fine.

1:01 - E
1:12 - G
1:16 - E
1:24 - G
1:31 - D C G (x2)


verse:
Uncle Bob caught fire
The protesters are on strike
Mr. Green Jeans is acting obscene
'Cause his Jello has been spiked
Honesty is a liar
The truth is in the sink
Auntie Bess says I must confess
Now what do you all think?

chorus:
Everybody wants to know what gives
But I know where the Tarantula lives (x3)
(I know where)
Everybody wants to know what gives
But I know where the Tarantula lives

G   G/F# G C   C/B C E

End on E.


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