Dirty Paws

Of Monsters And Men

My Head Is An Animal (2012)

Chords

Intro Picking

A|---3---1 -----1---1 ---1---1 -----6---6--------------|
E|-3---3-- -1h3---3-- -3---3-- 4---4-4-4---------------|
C|0-0-0-0- 3---3-3-3- 3-3-3-3- ------------------------|
G|-------- ---------- -------- -3h5---5----------------| x 2

Alternatively, you can continue the picking through the first verse 
and then switch to the strumming. 

Cm                         Eb
Jumping up and down the floor
     Eb           G#
My head is an animal
     Cm                   Eb
And once there was an animal
          Eb                  G#
It had a son that mowed the lawn
     Cm              Eb
The son was an okay guy
            Eb         G#
They had a pet dragonfly
     Cm                Eb
The dragonfly it ran away
             Eb                  G#
But it came back with a story to say


Cm Eb Eb G# x 2


     Cm                     Eb
Her dirty paws and furry coat
          Eb                G#
She ran down the forest slope
      Cm                 Eb
The forest of talking trees
               Eb                         G#
They used to sing about the birds and the bees
    Cm                   Eb
The bees had declared a war
                Eb                   G#
The sky wasn't big enough for them all
     Cm                        Eb
The birds they got help from below
            Eb                        G#
From dirty paws and the creatures of snow


Cm Gm7 Eb Eb Cm Gm A# x 2


Cm Eb Eb G# x 2


     Cm                      Eb
And for a while things were cold
            Eb                   G#
They were scared down in their holes
     Cm                     Eb
The forest that once was green
             Eb                         G#
Was colored black by those killing machines
     Cm                 Eb
But she and her furry friends
                Eb               G#
Took down the queen bee and her men
     Cm                    Eb
And that's how the story goes
                  Eb                          G#
The story of the beast with those four dirty paws


Cm Gm7 Eb Eb Cm Gm A# x 4


Cm Eb Eb G# x 4

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Tabs by: yoonycorn

Published: 30 Dec, 2012

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yeahtoast

2013-10-06 19:20:18

Sorry. A, not E.

yeahtoast

2013-10-06 19:18:16

Excellent. Thank you. Though I prefer 1h3 on the E instead of 3h5 on the G. It keeps the plucking pattern more consistent.

yoonycorn

2013-03-26 23:57:47

1h3 means that you keep your finger on 1 and use a different finger to "hammer down" on the 3rd fret. It creates the cool and smooth sound that is heard in the song. Thanks so much! :)

luvinthesun

2013-03-23 02:47:41

In the tab, does like the 1h3 mean that you slide? I did that and it sounds similar to how it sounds in the song. But nice job :) It's the best tab of Dirty Paws on here.

yoonycorn

2013-02-15 22:59:15

Thanks for the comment. The G# chord is confusing but is correct- if you notice there's a 3 on the side, which means the fingering shown starts on the third fret. Glad you liked the tab :)

JustMeCooper

2013-01-29 00:44:22

Very nice, only thing I noticed was that the G# chord example thing is one fret low so that might confuse anyone who didn't already know it. Other than that, nice!