Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: F#F#
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse:
F#F# | C#5C#5 F#5F#5 ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA –-0h|1-1-2---4---2-0h|----------------|----------------|1-1-2---1-------|----------------|
F#--0-|--0-0---0---0-0-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--0-0---2---2/--/7---------------|
BB ----h2---4---5---4---|----------------|----------------h2---4---2---2/--/7---------------|
F#----|0-----0---0-----|----------------|----------------|0-----0-0-------|----------------|
C#----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#D#|0---0---0-0-----|--0-0---0-------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA |0---0---0-0---0-|--0-0-0-0-0---0h|1-1-x---1-----0h|----------------|
F#F#|0---0---0-0---0-|--0-0-0---0---0-|--0-x---0---0-0-|--------%-------|
BB |0-----0-0-------|0---0---0---0---h2---x---2-------|----------------|
F#F#|----------------|----------------|0-----0---0-----|----------------|
C#C#|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# C#7C#7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#D#|--2-2---2-2-----|--0-0---0-0-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A augmentedA |--2-2---2-2---2-|--0-0---0-0---0h|1-1-x---1-----0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-0h|
F#F#|--2-2---2-2---2-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-x---0---0-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
BB |--2-2---2-2-----|0-----0-----0---h2---x---2-------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---|
F#F#|2-----2-----2---|----------------|0-----0---0-----|----------------|
C#C#|0-----0-----0---|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
C#-F#-B-F#-A-D#
F#F# x- 0- 2-0- 1-x
B7B7 x- x- 0-0- 0-0
C#7C#7 0- 2- 2-2- 2-2
C#5C#5 x- x- 2-2- x-x
F#5F#5 x- x- 7-7- x-x
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Intro:
| F#F# | % |
(riff: see tab)
| F#F# | % | % | % |
Verse 1:
F#F#
Salesman talking to me tried to run me up a creek
F#F# C#5C#5 F#5F#5
Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week, oh- oh
(break)
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# | C#7C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, uh-uh-huh
Verse 2:
F#F#
Blonde haired, good looking trying to get me hooked
F#F# C#5C#5 F#5F#5
Wants me to marry, settle down and get a home and write a book, oh- oh
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# | C#7C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh
Verse 3:
F#F#
Pay phone, something wrong, dial gone
F#F# C#5C#5 F#5F#5
Well me ought to sue the operator for telling me a tale, oh- oh
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# | C#7C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh
Solo:
| F#F# | % | % | % |
| B7B7 | % | F#F# | % |
| C#7C#7 | B7B7 | F#F# | C#C# |
Verse 4:
F#F#
Been to Vietnam, been a fighting in the war
F#F# C#5C#5 F#5F#5
Army bar, army chow, army clothes, army car, oh- oh
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# | C#7C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh
Verse 5:
F#F#
Working in the filling station, too many tasks
F#F# C#5C#5 F#5F#5
“Wipe the window, check the tires, check the oil, a dollar gas!”, oh- oh
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# | C#7C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh
Verse 6:
F#F#
Blonde haired, good looking trying to get me hooked
F#F# C#5C#5 F#5F#5
Wants me to marry, settle down and get a home and and write a book, oh- oh
Chorus:
B7B7 F#F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7C#7 B7B7 F#F# | C#7C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh
Outro:
F#F# F#F# :
Too much monkey business, ah-ha-huh
F#F# F#F# :
Too much monkey business, ah-ha-huh
(repeat and fade)