chart-o-tron - The Jamaica Plain Honk Band
Monster Mash
Monster Mashhalloweenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKKzTYIe3QDrums intro (2 bars)
G E- C D
Bridge at “zombies’ were having fun”
C D C D
Back to basic tune
END ON: 4 “Ah Ohh”s, end on G
Lyrics
I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
CHORUS:
He did the mash
He did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
He did the mash
It caught on in a flash
He did the mash
He did the monster mash
(Background chorus is
“Ooooh, tennis shoe, wah-oooh.”)
From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
oom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
CHORUS:
They did the mash......
The zombies were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man
Dracula and his son
The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"
charts
Keyboard/guitar doo wop vamp/intro
Repeat vamp — All instruments
Andrew/soloist
Chorus/call & response — He did the mash
Andrew next verse (over chorus/Aah–ooh)
After 3rd verse: Solo by Domenic
After last verse: Solo by Domenic
Outro: Fade out: 1st vamp loud/forte, 2nd vamp medium/mezzo-forte, last vamp — quiet/piano going to pianissimo
[**We may cut a verse or two — this one is long-winded — And will cut the 3rd non-standard verse that begins “The zombies were all . . .”]
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