Punish The Monkey chords by Mark Knopfler

Chords with lyrics

Intro: DmDm

Verse
DmDm
They're driving long nails into coffins
DmDm
You've been having sleepless nights
DmDm
You've gone as quiet as a church mouse
DmDm
And checking on your rights
DmDm
The boss has hung you out to dry

Bb majorBb            Asus4Asus4
  And it looks as though
           DmDm  Bb majorBb A minorAm
They'll punish the monkey
G minorGm              DmDm Dm/C
  And let the organ grinder go

Instrumental
DmDm Dm/C DmDm

Verse
Bb majorBb      A minorAm       DmDm
  You've been talking to a lawyer
Bb majorBb             DmDm
  Are you going to pretend
Bb majorBb A minorAm          DmDm
  That you and your employer
Bb majorBb       A minorAm
 Are still the best of friends?
Bb majorBb   A minorAm      DmDm
 Somebody's going to take the fall
Bb majorBb            A augmentedA
 There's your quid pro quo

             DmDm Bb majorBb
They'll punish the monkey
G minorGm C majorC      DmDm  Bb majorBb
 Punish the monkey, yeah
G minorGm   C majorC        DmDm Bb majorBb
 They'll unish the monkey
G minorGm             DmDm
 And let the organ grinder go

Bridge
F/CF/C        Bb majorBb   F/CF/C
  Here comes a police man
     Bb majorBb   F/CF/C
He won't be side-tracked
           Bb majorBb   C majorC
He's asking about a smoking gun
   DmDm Bb majorBb   A augmentedA
He's after the facts

Solo
Bb majorBb A minorAm DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm (x2)
Bb majorBb A minorAm DmDm Bb majorBb Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
DmDm Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm

Verse
Bb majorBb   A minorAm         DmDm
 It's a quiet life from here on in
Bb majorBb             DmDm
 You've dropped your poison cup
Bb majorBb  A minorAm       DmDm
 The telephone is ringing
Bb majorBb        A minorAm
 But you're not picking up
Bb majorBb     A minorAm      DmDm
 Time's up, Sir Lord Flunkey
Bb majorBb         A augmentedA
And everybody knows

             DmDm Bb majorBb
They'll punish the monkey
G minorGm C majorC      DmDm  Bb majorBb
 Punish the monkey, yeah
G minorGm   C majorC        DmDm Bb majorBb
 They'll unish the monkey
G minorGm             DmDm
 And let the organ grinder go
               Bb majorBb G minorGm
Oh, they'll punish the monkey
C majorC        DmDm  Bb majorBb
 Punish the monkey, yeah
G minorGm C majorC       DmDm Bb majorBb
  Punish the monkey
G minorGm            DmDm
And let the organ grinder go

Bridge
DmDm
Oh, punish the monkey
DmDm
Punish the monkey
DmDm
Punish the monkey
DmDm
Yeah, they'll punish the monkey

Outro
DmDm