Too Much Monkey Business tab by Elvis Presley

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse:
       F#                                                           | C#5  F#5 ]
       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A –-0h|1-1-2---4---2-0h|----------------|----------------|1-1-2---1-------|----------------|
F#--0-|--0-0---0---0-0-|--------%-------|--------%-------|--0-0---2---2/--/7---------------|
B ----h2---4---5---4---|----------------|----------------h2---4---2---2/--/7---------------|
F#----|0-----0---0-----|----------------|----------------|0-----0-0-------|----------------|
C#----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Chorus:
   B7                                F#
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#|0---0---0-0-----|--0-0---0-------|----------------|----------------|
A |0---0---0-0---0-|--0-0-0-0-0---0h|1-1-x---1-----0h|----------------|
F#|0---0---0-0---0-|--0-0-0---0---0-|--0-x---0---0-0-|--------%-------|
B |0-----0-0-------|0---0---0---0---h2---x---2-------|----------------|
F#|----------------|----------------|0-----0---0-----|----------------|
C#|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  C#7              B7               F#               C#7
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#|--2-2---2-2-----|--0-0---0-0-----|----------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A |--2-2---2-2---2-|--0-0---0-0---0h|1-1-x---1-----0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-0h|
F#|--2-2---2-2---2-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-x---0---0-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
B |--2-2---2-2-----|0-----0-----0---h2---x---2-------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---|
F#|2-----2-----2---|----------------|0-----0---0-----|----------------|
C#|0-----0-----0---|----------------|----------------|0---------------|


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CHORDS
      C#-F#-B-F#-A-D#
F#    x- 0- 2-0- 1-x
B7    x- x- 0-0- 0-0
C#7   0- 2- 2-2- 2-2

C#5   x- x- 2-2- x-x
F#5   x- x- 7-7- x-x

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Intro:
| F# | % |
(riff: see tab)
| F# | % | % | % |

Verse 1:
F#
Salesman talking to me tried to run me up a creek
             F#                                              C#5 F#5
Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week, oh- oh
                                                               (break)


Chorus:
                B7                        F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7                          B7                F#         | C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, uh-uh-huh


Verse 2:
F#
Blonde haired, good looking trying to get me hooked
            F#                                                  C#5 F#5
Wants me to marry, settle down and get a home and write a book, oh- oh


Chorus:
                B7                        F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7                          B7                F#         | C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh


Verse 3:
F#
Pay phone, something wrong, dial gone
        F#                                               C#5 F#5
Well me ought to sue the operator for telling me a tale, oh- oh


Chorus:
                B7                        F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7                          B7                F#         | C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh


Solo:
| F# | % | % | % |
| B7 | % | F# | % |
| C#7 | B7 | F# | C# |


Verse 4:
F#
Been to Vietnam, been a fighting in the war
     F#                                      C#5 F#5
Army bar, army chow, army clothes, army car, oh- oh


Chorus:
                B7                        F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7                          B7                F#         | C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh


Verse 5:
F#
Working in the filling station, too many tasks
          F#                                                      C#5 F#5
“Wipe the window, check the tires, check the oil, a dollar gas!”, oh- oh


Chorus:
                B7                        F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7                          B7                F#         | C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh


Verse 6:
F#
Blonde haired, good looking trying to get me hooked
            F#                                                      C#5 F#5
Wants me to marry, settle down and get a home and and write a book, oh- oh


Chorus:
                B7                        F#
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
C#7                          B7                F#         | C#7 |
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in, ah-ha-huh


Outro:
F#                                 F# :
 Too much monkey business, ah-ha-huh
F#                                 F# :
 Too much monkey business, ah-ha-huh
(repeat and fade)