Monkey Man Chords

...MONKEY MAN... by The Specials
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*from 'The Specials' (1979)*


Intro:

(Spoken):

(n.c)
 This one's for the bouncers; big, big Monkey Man.

G, c  D, G (x2)

Chorus 1:

    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.
    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.

Verse 1:

        G
I never saw you, I only heard of you;
c               D          G
 Huggin' up the big monkey man.
        G
I never saw you, I only heard of you;
c               D          G
 Huggin' up the big monkey man.

Verse 2:

     G
It's no lie, it's no lie, them a tell me;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.
     G
It's no lie, it's no lie, them a tell me;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.

Verse 3:

      G
Now I know that, now I understand;
       c         D      G
You're turning a monkey on me.
      G
Now I know that, now I understand;
       c         D      G
You're turning a monkey on me.

Chorus 2:

    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.
    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.

Verse 4:

      G
I was on my way to Banbury Cross,
     c       D         G
Then I see a monkey up-on a white horse.
     G
With rings on he fingers, bells on him toes,
c              D          G
 Sing a little song, wher-ever he be.

            G
'Cos he's a monkey, 'cos he's a monkey,
            c             D             G
'Cos he's a weedy, weedy, weedy, little monkey man.

Chorus 3:

    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.
    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.

Chorus 4:

    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.
    G
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby;
    c              D          G
You huggin' up the big monkey man.

Outro:

G, c  D, G (x2)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       c       D

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx5433  xx5553  xx0232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)