...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.
D G
The big monkey man.
G
I never saw you, I only heard of you;
c D G
Huggin' up the big monkey man.
D G
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:
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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
'Cos he's a weedy, weedy, weedy,
G
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
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
