Thank You For The Venom - My Chemical Romance Guitar Cover With Scrolling Tabs

This is a guitar tutorial/cover of Thank You For The Venom by My Chemical Romance with scrolling tabs. The tab is my own interpretation of the song so isn't guaranteed to be accurate.
Full tab available as PDF and Guitar Pro 5 at my website, www.matthewkenworthy.com
Tuning - Standard (EADGBE)
Guitar 1 - Vintage V100
Guitar 2 - Epiphone Les Paul Standard
Amp - Marshall JCM900 (with Shure SM57)
Amp 2 - Line 6 Pod Farm with Metal Pack
Editing - Song Vegas Pro 11
Mixing - Reaper
If you have any other song suggestions, feel free to comment.
Band: My Chemical Romance
Song: Thank You For The Venom
Album: Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
All rights belong to WMG
I recommend playing the video at 60fps so you can play along with the tabs.
Tags: My Chemical Romance, Thank You For The Venom Guitar Tab, Guitar Tutorial, Guitar Cover

[@camide657]

so, it's super simple

[@triangle3806]

blur r Are you quoting Ray?...

[@markoxbn]

Lol

[@mothrealnotfake]

that video is next in my recommended

[@friendlyneighbourhoodnerd]

*flashbacks*

[@BlahBlah-cm1os]

dAMMIT RAY, NO IT'S NOT.

[@xyrenegade]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS DECADE? Jesus christ I have been looking for some accurate cover. All these covers can't seem to feature all the guitar fills. SUBBED MY SOUL

[@user-kk7ti4tx5j]

true

[@skyphlox193]

I want to play guitar but my mom refuses to let me get one so I'm stuck watching covers and instrumentals and this is so cool goddammmit

[@PickledPianoKY99]

Get one electric guitar is pretty quiet if you don't plug it in or if you use headphones. Trust me Im currently playing this at 12.09am with my family fast asleep next door. But obviously if you play it through an amp it's fucking loud lol.

[@masonhoward7826]

Bro get a guitar. For the love of God. DO NOT let your parents silence the rock. I hope you have one 2 years later

[@paolacontreras7188]

Hey sorry for being nosy but did you get a guitar at one point or still no?

[@skyphlox193]

aw man i totally forgot about ever commenting this. i've now been playing for about a year and a half, taking lessons and everything. i'm not all that great at it yet but it's still really fun!

[@jilliannerice3863]

@@skyphlox193 That's so great! Are you playing with acoustic or electric?

[@kaisercarter4015]

You seriously deserve so many more subs, dude.

[@P4RTYP01SON]

The three dislikes are from frank iero, ray toro, and Mikey Way

[@lucasbastos7385]

Punk Iero 4th is from Gerard, now😂

[@13gangyoungin16]

Punk Iero 6th Dislike is from James Dewees (official keyboardist 2012-2013)

[@arabellahazel2907]

12th is because they all created a second account

[@rockmanbret9028]

@@lucasbastos7385 Gee's a sweetheart...

[@ines3737]

MCR IS BACK they all are, honey

[@mickmick3518]

this song, especially the opening and ending is so fun to play

[@stargazernana]

Im watchin this and cryin ur really good dude

[@hiimkat]

OH MER GAWD YOU HAVE FRANKS GUITAR

[@sashabowers6053]

TheInvaderGamer noidsnt thats a vintage not a gibson or epiphone, frank never used vintage giiiiiiitars

[@hiimkat]

Oh cause it looks like the one Frank had but thanks

[@Chop_Suey22]

Sasha Bowers Frank uses a Whilshire Phant-O-Matic he rebooted so yes- technically he does use vintage guitars

[@user-wt7pc7vg5x]

You talking about Pansy? I think it's an epiphone les paul custom

[@kleyarciahatte5790]

Is a Epiphone Les Paul Custom not a Vintage

[@ajhowlter9159]

Jesus this made me so happy to see someone do AWESOME at one of my favorite songs

[@Alexvlogzz]

You did the solo without using your pinkie what the hell

[@themattyk27]

Ha, it hits the 19th fret once. Normally I'll do the run up with the little finger when playing live (or standing up), but it feels more comfortable leaving it out while sitting down.

[@luckyanimates9187]

MattyK Guitar Pure freakin skill. You always amaze me every video xD

[@xskyzel]

THIS IS THE PERFECT COVER! You, sir, have got yourself a subscriber!

[@brittanyleyva9942]

This is absolutely amazing dude wtf 😳

[@imundermonsterattackrightn3662]

Because of you I can play the whole song now (I'm still working on the solo) and I know it's 2019 now but thanks a lot(:

[@pasha-ly4ss]

can ya do it now

[@sxxfti]

hey its 2024, how is it?:)

[@notoriouslyfunky4706]

absolutely glorious playing! thanks so much for sharing

[@dioggi69]

Very bad ass cover. I enjoyed the hell out of it. I could only see a few differences in your version and the true tab. I liked the way you played it much better than the way it is written. Truly bad to the bone. You should have over a million views. Thanks

[@BaconPantz]

This was uploaded on my 13th birthday, and I salute you for that

[@notamilf3338]

AYY I did it thank you ahh! I’ve been learning 3 months but playing a LOT and I finally did it

[@FrankieWithAnE]

I've been dying to learn this song!

[@user-fh5ov4tu2j]

Holy shit i never think that the intro is that difficult im literally gasping.. i was like oh yeah they have that intro but i didnt know its made with guitar (?) anyways ray toro is a legend

[@smokebluntsonn]

Badass song. Bad ass tutorial. Badass axe. Great job bro. This is fuckin awesome all the way around.

[@monikilljoy]

This is just incredible! I'm currently learning this song and I hope one day I'll play it too:)

[@markb.7478]

The tabs don't look right in the first two bars

[@jorelzapata468]

Thanks for this vídeo. I never will play like that, but seeing you i feel like i can

[@Bosc089]

Good job mate 💪🙏

[@feliperojas-doomride]

SWEET tone man

[@mayah7181]

THAT SOLO IS 👌👌👌

[@kyragrayc]

I watched Frank do his part on Instagram and I fell in love with the song even more. Now I’m happy we have a good accurate cover

[@frenplease72]

could you by any chance send me the link?

[@lekai970]

do you still have this video?

[@christophercondry4224]

Awesome, man.

[@varadiveronika192]

Oh my god this is amazing

[@cyanidebloom2301]

I love the fact you used the same exactly guitars of Frank an Ray 💚

[@alextorborg9300]

What pedals are you using?? It sounds perfect

[@VelinSevven]

I'm guessing he's using an OD channel, perhaps a blues driver, I'm not sure if there's proper distortion on this song but it wouldn't hurt to play it with distortion and not just OD

[@tophergonzales6778]

Just scoop the fuck outta mids and don't distort too too much.

[@malamute8257]

Don't scoop your mids, guitar is mids

[@kelso2969]

I’m using a Boss Sd-1 with a Behringer Ultra Metal. sounds good to me

[@usablefiber]

Big Marshall amps have that type of tone, looks like a 900 on the crunch or distortion channel. But very Marshall sound. Might have a boost or light overdrive but sounds to me like the amp doing the heavy lifting. A Marshall dsl amp will get you in the ballpark if looking for something relatively more affordable

[@punkmusicmetal]

Despite your misleading tablature, i figured it out. THanks for taking the time to do it.

[@birthcertificate7223]

Smashed it bro. 👌👏👏👏

[@xx2birds1stonexx45]

I spent hours pauseing and unpauseing this to get the tabs, but that's days less that it would have been to do it by ear, thank you for adding scrolling tabs!

[@xx2birds1stonexx45]

Personal note 1:56

[@littlekenny21]

@@xx2birds1stonexx45 probably a bit late for you now but the tabs are on his website. www.matthewkenworthy.com/tabs/

[@joyjoestar9341]

great cover man

[@ken-kt2iv]

Amazing job

[@NetherrackGirl]

Amazing dude

[@adrianmayorga5502]

It's a great cover!

[@fcbalexis1]

Super cool that you bend the double stops a little

[@antoinettemontano]

i am speechless

[@RSfandude]

Oh this riff 🔥

[@markdanielsampilo4362]

you deserve subscription

[@darwinrucker8488]

Killed it

[@My_Failed_Career]

It really helped thanks

[@CS-ys3ew]

Hell yea. Killer cover - also go team instinct

[@swisscheeseplease97]

This is the coolest riff ever in my humble opinion

[@antonellaaguilera4203]

Awesome!

[@styx8975]

I don’t know how I found this but now I really want to learn to play guitar

[@ghetto3015]

2:13

[@yeah6707]

OMG THANK YOU SM

[@lonelyghost1851]

the guitar change at 2:46 scared the living shit out of me

[@triangle3806]

saturnxdown Same lmao

[@Carlos2312]

What you play on the second figure of the tab is sertainly not what's written there but this was great. Big help for me to learn the song. Thank you.

[@kenyafaviuz5473]

Do moreee🥺🥺 ur awesome

[@markoxbn]

I wanna play like that guy ;-;

[@bagggg445]

that jcm really nails the tone!

[@themattyk27]

Hey, cheers for the comment. I'm actually sending the guitar jack into a DI box, then taking one of the wires to the amp, and putting the other through pod farm. If I remember correctly, this song was mainly the pod farm tone, with a little bit of the JCM 900 to support it.

[@bagggg445]

MattyK Guitar oh really ? Really impressive tone from the pod wow , why didn't you use the jcm mainly? I know Mcr used these quite often

[@themattyk27]

To me the pod farm blends in with the rest of the song a bit better than the JCM. I struggle to make the JCM sound good without either multi-tracking or mixing with another amp, there's always something lacking with it.

[@galacticjuicedaddy1305]

This song still goes hard

[@cadebrown3244]

Why are your tabs not the same as what you are playing?

[@eran8236]

he shows the guitar 2 part but plays part 1 for most of the video if that is what you were confused about.

[@thatperson_whoplaysguitar2455]

@Miles .Cottrill there's a guitar 1 and guitar 2 so it's lead and rhythm respectively, the white guitar is lead and the other is rhythm

[@thatperson_whoplaysguitar2455]

@Miles .Cottrill I've played it all the way through, you have to remember that the timing and when you play each note matters, maybe try using a metronome

[@loganbutler2337]

Can confirm tab is wrong

[@tungrocul5504]

Yep tabs wrong

[@alexwales8914]

At the start, you have notes for both the 4th and 5th strings on the 5th string, which makes it a bit confusing

[@user-kk7ti4tx5j]

yea it is confusing

[@siopaonom961]

WOAH. the start looks hella hard to play flawlessly, but is it? this cover remains as one of my personal favorites. amazing!!

[@themattyk27]

Thank you. I find the intro quite hard to play, I would always have to put my leg up on one of the stage monitors when playing it live, if my guitar was too low my hand would seize up. Same with the chorus as well, there are quite a few stretches in there. I know a lot of people split the chorus into the rhythm and lead parts to make it easier, but I remember Ray would play them together live - obviously he's a lot better than I am!

[@shakabrahhhhh]

@@themattyk27 some of those chords in the chorus r rough for me but im going to try and move down string sizes from 12s n see if it helps

[@ely8001]

Estuvo maravilloso

[@Re_LiNkt]

um, i made it into the first 1k subbed users... easily going to be in the millions soon. 957 is me! ... seriously, sick cover

[@Qwent82]

cool!

[@Qwent82]

cool guitar, men

[@lukaswebb9596]

Great cover! *team instinct ugh*

[@griffo7323]

pokemon t-shirt while playing thank you for the venom? i like this guys' vibe.

[@sussybaka1100]

Damn I wish I had those gloves they’re so cool

[@KD-fo6fj]

it's to fast I replay it every time I can't follow it, btw you're so good . long live man!

[@stargazernana]

Kent David Embile same

[@vakvanya1]

slow it down

[@megananderson4841]

Use the pdf in the description

[@gracemoore9718]

Don’t feel bad😂 always remember that Gerard thought Ray was the greatest guitarist he knew while in the process of starting the band (he said this during Life on The Murder Scene) that keeps me going👍

[@kristiantorres1080]

Team Instinct killing it

[@runi3747]

Jesus that was so fucking good

[@goldMarie6]

Nice 🎸🎼🙏🏼👀

[@karlhungus2115]

This video is overall awesome! Just need to fix the flickering issue of the lead guitar tab for the first 7 second where you can't see anything lol

[@samufer5598]

WOOOW you are soy fucking awesome bro, congratulations ray toro 2

[@calebcaleb5159]

I wish I could play like this

[@pierrotooo]

Good fingers

[@jaden1496]

How long does it take to be able to play this? I've been practicing an hour a day for the past two years. Just wondering how much longer I need to be playing.

[@deathexclusive6706]

Jadoniouse I've been playing for like 2 years and maybe 7 months, a few months ago I just started learning how to play this, I have the intro and main rifs down, the solo is pretty difficult but once you get the hang of it, the rest just kinds flows

[@qwertyki9367]

Can you play it now?

[@jaden1496]

@@qwertyki9367 yes

[@hotman718]

The intro might take a bit. Practice it with a metronome and try to get it clean. Trick is not to go too fast, practice slow and be patient. I think this song can be learned in a few days, it's not that difficult aside from the intro riff. The solo is not too bad. This would take me a few days to learn if I practiced a few hours a day. Might take weeks or months depending on your skill level. Mind you I've been playing for over a decade.

[@lilymorris1342]

RAY TORO YOU BEAST

[@ariladroga]

I love the video, can you play The takedown - Yellow Card. Plz 😭🙏🏼

[@pedro7401]

amazing cover ,hard work i see btw whats the opinion you got on your epiphone les paul standard pro?

[@pip030]

This comment section is just filled with the fandom.

[@deaddreams6668]

hell yeh

[@megananderson4841]

How did you get the track with just the vocals and drums to play along to?

[@radashell5729]

0:03 (these are check points so I can easily restart the video where I want)

[@smileycyrus7082]

How long have you been playing guitar? I'm a beginner I'm going to try this. 😭😂wish me luck.

[@PabloRomero1991]

Awesome thanks for the video and tab! just so you know the intro is a little screwed up it doesnt align with what you play in the first two bars.

[@cabezaa18]

The playing it's okay, but the tabs on the beggining of the main riff are wrong, just saying. It's awesome though

[@chloeparker2494]

i wanna see you doing it better lol

[@antonionsfw]

Chloe Parker he said the tabs are wrong, not his playing.

[@xan.xet.]

Chloe Parker smh read again

[@reddforest4047]

yeah the beginning part sounds a little off??? like it sounds ok in the video but when i tried playing it on my guitar it sounded different ??? idk what i’m doing WRONG

[@axelsink5ix]

Ya, its wrong

[@iiheadshot4523]

What effects are u using for ur tone? Great cover.

[@spooky6741]

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKTHA-

[@welcometobangkok8220]

wow this sounds just like the original

[@siopaonom961]

whta thf cuk this is amazing omfg

[@robcostello5802]

Never gave mcr a chance when I was in high school… now I listen to them all the time and I think the easiest part of this entire song is the solo lol

[@stardust-reverie]

i had this weird visual illusion while i was "playing" the chorus just after the solo where it looked like each of the tabs were going back and forth at different speeds. pretty strange.

[@artvandelay837]

Try doing it all down strokes!

[@mari-wj6nc]

dude great cover tip: (heheh) lmao put the pansy stickers on the guitar

[@guitaristlad1]

Hey man, I've had a white V100 for a few years now and have found that it plays better than any other guitar I've owned before or since then (also has an amazing sound from the wilkinson bridge pickup for such a low priced guitar). How do you think it ranks against the Epi LP?

[@lunarscorpio3987]

Honestly, I haven't owned one before. But I have played both at a guitar store lmao (both guitars were plugged into a Blackstar ID Core 10W). I can say that they both sound good, and though the V100 is pretty great, I'd rather get the Epi. Epiphone has a certain sound that just isn't given by other brands. If you plan on simply just playing at home, then just stick with V100. If you plan on gigging around, then I suggest you invest in the Epiphone.

[@markoxbn]

Miracle whip.. ;-;

[@edengraves500]

o h s i s

[@LancesRoom]

Looks like your action is super low! That is exactly what I am after, do you have any fret buzz and how did you get it so low?

[@natyschwartz5257]

Hi ! Can I use this tutorial with a squier strat ? I know its a very lame question but im just starting out and im not sure.thanks if anyone knows

[@dzydzy101]

0:03

[@tayranhamza2377]

How do you do them pull offs at 2:39 help me pls

[@sashabowers6053]

do u do tutorials? if u do do one for this song plz

[@Atrocity1928]

0:04 We dont need to play 5-7 5 4 2 0 on 4th string, right?