Monitoba Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays582

Monitoba by Frank Black and the Catholics is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Cmaj7, G, F, C, Em7, Am, Bm, D, Em, B, G6, C2 and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			In 6/8 time 

{INTRO} 

   (2 times) 
e--7-h-10--0--|----7-------1--0------ 
b--8-------0--|--8----3----1--1---3-- 
g----------9--|--7----0----2--0---0-- 
d---------10--|-------0----3--2---0--  x2 
a---------10--|-------2----3--3---2-- 
e----------8--|-------3-----------3--   
         Cmaj7        G    F  C   G 

{VERSE} 

G Em7 x2 

{G}Up in {Em7}Manitoba
The {C}sky was very {Am}blue 
The {C}people were a {Am}few 
{G}And nights were never Em7}colder

Once I heard a wailing sound 
The sky had turned to red 
So I got up from my bed 
And I wandered far from town 

	{PRE CHORUS} 

	Bm D 

	{Chorus} 

	{G}I have {C}seen the face of God 
	And I was not {D}afraid 
	{G}I have {C}seen the {Em}face of {C}God 
	And {C}I have {D}dearly {G}paid   Em7 

{VERSE} 

The darkness came right down on me 
There were no more lights to follow 
So I slept inside the hollow 
Of a dead and fallen tree 

Did you know three days I tried 
To wake myself?  But, no 
My flesh had turned to snow 
And i thought that I had died 

        {PRE CHORUS} 
	{Chorus} 
         
        {SOLO} - over Chorus chords 

And though I had it rough 
They got me home in time 
They gave me homemade wine 
But it was not enough 

The cold had made me dumb 
And I was sent away 
These walls are here today 
For fifty years and some 

	{Chorus} x2 

 G Em   G Em   G Em   G 


{OUTRO} - over Chorus x2 (play Bm-D after first time) 

End on G 
     

Yay!  Dave Noisy's first tab contribution! 
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If you want to play that picking rhythm, this is it below. 
Basically the root note changes but the same notes on the 
G, B, e strings are always played. 

  {Example over first verse} 

e---------0--------------0--------------0--------------0----- 
B-------3---3----------3---3----------3---3----------3---3--- 
G-----0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0- 
D------------------------------------------------------------ 
A--------------------------------3--------------0------------ 
E--3--------------0------------------------------------------ 
   G6            Em7            C2              Am7 
   Up  in   Manitoba,       the sky was  very  blue 


e---------0--------------0--------------0---------------0---- 
B-------3---3----------3---3----------3---3-----------3---3-- 
G-----0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0 
D------------------------------------------------------------ 
A--3--------------0------------------------------------------ 
E--------------------------------3---------------0----------- 
    C2             Am7           G6              Em7 
    People were a few,      and nights were never colder 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante