Chords with lyrics
[Intro]
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D MajorD 
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[Verse 1]
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Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
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They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
E MajorE D MajorD
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
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For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
E MajorE D MajorD
Tweeter was a Boy Scout, 'course he went to Viet Nam
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Found out the hard way nobody gives a damn
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Thought that they'd find freedom just across the Jersey line
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Hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99
[Chorus]
E MajorE
When the walls came down
D MajorD
All the way to hell
A augmentedA
Never saw them when they standin
E MajorE
Never saw them when they fell
[Verse 1]
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The undercover cop, he never liked the Monkey Man
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Even back in high school, wanted to see him in the can
E MajorE D MajorD
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill
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Made secret plans with the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
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It was out on Thunder Road, Tweeter at the wheel
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Pulled into paradise, you could hear the tires squeal
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It was Jan who'd told him many times "It was you to me who'd taught:
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In Kingston everything's legal as long as you don't get caught"
[Chorus]
E MajorE
When the walls came down
D MajorD
All the way to hell
A augmentedA
Never saw them when they standin
E MajorE
Never saw them when they fell
[Verse 2]
E MajorE D MajorD
Some place by Riway prison they ran out of gas
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The undercover cop cornered 'em, said "You didn't think that this could last"
E MajorE D MajorD
Jan jumped up out of bed said "There's some place I gotta go"
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She took the gun out of the drawer, and said "It's best that you don't know"
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An ambulance rolled up, State Trooper close behind
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Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
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The undercover cop was found face down in a field
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The Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield
[Chorus]
E MajorE
When the walls came down
D MajorD
All the way to hell
A augmentedA
Never saw them when they standin
E MajorE
Never saw them when they fell
[Bridge]
E MajorE A augmentedA 
G+G E MajorE A augmentedA G+G
E MajorE A augmentedA G+G E MajorE A augmentedA G+G
E MajorE
[Verse 3]
E MajorE D MajorD
The town of Jersey City is quieting down again
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I'm sitting in a gambling club called The Lion's Den
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The TV set is blown up, every bit of it is gone
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Ever since the night when they showed that the Monkey Man was on
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Maybe I'll go to Florida, get myself some sun
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There ain't no more opportunity here and everything's been done
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Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan
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Sometimes I don't think about nothin' but the Monkey Man
[Chorus]
E MajorE
When the walls came down
D MajorD
All the way to hell
A augmentedA
Never saw them when they standin
E MajorE
Never saw them when they fell
[Outro]
E MajorE A augmentedA G+G E MajorE A augmentedA G+G
Other versions of Tweeter And The Monkey Man
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Tweeter and the monkey man by Headstones
