Monkey man    (video)

 

    A - D - F - A (2x)      +  A - D - F - A

 

              C

1. I'm a flea-bit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies,

A                                 D      - A - D

    that's not really true !

               C

    I'm a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer

A                D   - A - D

    like you do.

                 F                                                     G

 I've been bit and I've been tossed around by every she-cat in this town,

A            D               - A - D

    have you babe?

         F

    but I am just a monkey man,

            G                                   A          D      - A - D

    I'm glad you are a monkey woman, too.

 

               C

2. I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored,

A               D               - A - D

    I went along, too.

             C                                                                                   A    - D

    Yes, I'm a sack of broken eggs, I always have an unmade bed,

              A       - D

   don't you?

                 F                                            G

    Well, I hope we're not too messianic or a trifle too satanic,

A - D               A                    - D

         love to play the blues.

   F

    I am just a monkey man,

             G                                              A              - D - A - D

    I’m glad you are a monkey woman, too, babe.

 

+  A - D - A - D (4x)    +  A - D - A - D (6x)    +  C - G - F - G (4x)

 

                A        - D - A - D

+  I'm a monke.......y.            (4x)     +  A - D - A - D (8x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (The Rolling Stones)