Punish The Monkey Chords by Mark Knopfler

Punish The Monkey chords by Mark Knopfler

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro: Dm

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

Bb                       Asus4
   And it looks as though
                      Dm   Bb  Am
They'll punish the monkey
Gm                           Dm  Dm/C
   And let the organ grinder go

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Instrumental
Dm Dm/C Dm

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

                         Dm Bb
They'll punish the monkey
Gm  C           Dm   Bb
  Punish the monkey, yeah
Gm     C               Dm  Bb
  They'll unish the monkey
Gm                          Dm
  And let the organ grinder go

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

Solo
Bb Am Dm Bb Dm (x2)
Bb Am Dm Bb Asus4 A
Dm Bb Gm Dm

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

                         Dm Bb
They'll punish the monkey
Gm  C           Dm   Bb
  Punish the monkey, yeah
Gm     C               Dm  Bb
  They'll unish the monkey
Gm                          Dm
  And let the organ grinder go
                             Bb Gm
Oh, they'll punish the monkey
C               Dm   Bb
  Punish the monkey, yeah
Gm  C             Dm  Bb
    Punish the monkey
Gm                        Dm
And let the organ grinder go

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

Outro
Dm

Last updated: December 5, 2017

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