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Shock The Monkey Chords by Peter Gabriel

Shock The Monkey chords by Peter Gabriel

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey (1982)
(Gabriel)

From: "Peter Gabriel [4/Security]"

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MAIN RIFF
  Dm
  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
  F     F(add9)    C6/E  C/E        Dm
  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-E
Dm    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]
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |


VERSE 1
      Dm        Dm
Cover me when I run
      Dm             Dm
Cover me through the fire
Dm
Something knocked me out' the trees
Dm
 Now I'm on my knees
      Dm          Dm
Cover me, darling please


CHORUS
                    C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
                                   Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey

VERSE 2
        Dm              Dm
Fox the fox, rat up the rat
                Dm                Dm
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


CHORUS
                    C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
                                   Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey


MIDDLE 8
               Dm      C                        Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning
    C                        Dm
(Monkey) Something's burning
    C
(Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
| Bb | % |
       Shock!
| Bb | % |
       Shock!
| Bb | % |
       Shock!
C                     Dm
 Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey


INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF)
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |


VERSE 3
      Dm         Dm
Cover me, when I sleep
      Dm         Dm
Cover me, when I breathe
    Dm
You throw your pearls before the swine
Dm
 Make the monkey blind
      Dm          Dm
Cover me, darling please


MIDDLE 8
               Dm      C                     Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake
    C                      Dm
(Monkey) Ground beneath me shake
    C
(Monkey) And the news is breaking
| Bb | % |
       Shock!
| Bb | % |
       Shock!
| Bb | % |
       Shock!
C                     Dm
 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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