Tuning: Standard
Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey (1982)
(Gabriel)
From: "Peter Gabriel [4/Security]"
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MAIN RIFFDm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------1-----0---|----------------|
B|3-3---3-----3-3-|----------------|keyboard
G|2-2---2-----2-2-|----------------|
D|0-0-------------|--0)------------|
A|-------------(3-|3---------------| (bass)
E|----------------|----------------|
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CODA
FF(add9) C6/EC/EDm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-1---3---------|5-5---7---------|1---------------|1---------------|
B|1-1---1---------|5-5---5---------|3---------------|2---------------|
G|2-2---2---------|5-5---5---------|2---------------|3---------------|
D|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|7---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-EDm x-x-0-2-3-1
C x-3-2-0-1-0
Bb x-1-3-3-3-1
F x-x-3-2-1-1
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0
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INTRO (MAIN RIFF]
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| Dm | % | % | % |
VERSE 1DmDm
Cover me when I run
DmDm
Cover me through the fire
Dm
Something knocked me out' the trees
Dm
Now I'm on my knees
DmDm
Cover me, darling please
CHORUSC
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
VERSE 2DmDm
Fox the fox, rat up the rat
DmDm
You can ape the ape, I know about that
Dm
There is one thing you must be sure of
Dm
I can't take any more
Dm
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
CHORUSC
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
MIDDLE 8
DmCDm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning
CDm
(Monkey) Something's burning
C
(Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
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Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
CDm
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF)
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VERSE 3DmDm
Cover me, when I sleep
DmDm
Cover me, when I breathe
Dm
You throw your pearls before the swine
Dm
Make the monkey blind
DmDm
Cover me, darling please
MIDDLE 8
DmCDm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake
CDm
(Monkey) Ground beneath me shake
C
(Monkey) And the news is breaking
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
CDm
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
CODA (see above)
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
Shock the monkey
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
Shock the monkey
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
Dm
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
| F | C/E | Dm [break]
Shock the monkey
Dm [Main Riff] [break]
Shock the monkey to life
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