Monkey Man chords by The Rolling Stones

Chords with lyrics

Submitted by: Marianne

        E MajorE
I’m a flea-bit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies
 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4
(that’s not really true)
        E MajorE
I’m a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer
 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4
(like you do)
             A augmentedA
I’ve been bit and I’ve been tossed around
   BB
by every she-cat in this town
  C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4
(have you babe?)
A augmentedA                                  BB
I am just a monkey man I’m glad you are a monkey woman too

 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4

     E MajorE
I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored
 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4
(I went along too)
E MajorE
I’m a sack of broken eggs, I always have an unmade bed
 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4
(don’t you?)
     A augmentedA                                    BB
Well I hope we’re not too Messianic or a trifle too satanic
 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4
(love to play the blues)
A augmentedA                              BB
I am just a monkey man, glad you are a monkey woman too babe

 C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4 16 times

middle eight  E MajorE , B, A, BB 4 times

        C#C#    C#sus4C#sus4   C#C#   C#sus4C#sus4  ad lib
I’m a monkey........etc.

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