The Smartest Monkeys chords by XTC

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: A

The main riff here is:

e---------
B---------
G-6-5-----
D-6-6-7-6-
A-4-4-7-7-
E-----5-5-

These chords will be presented as C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7

Intro:

C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7

Verse:
    C#5  C#maj7  A5       Amaj7                C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
Well man created the cardboard box to sleep in it
    C#5  C#maj7    A5     Amaj7      C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
And man converted the newspaper to a blanket

          F#maj7                  Emaj7
Well you have to admit that he's come a long way
      Em7                   Dmaj7
Since swinging about in the trees

Chorus:
          Bm       D     E
We're the smartest monkeys
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys
     Bm          D
The evidence is all around
A              E
Our brains are bigger
E
This we've found
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys

Verse:
     C#5  C#maj7        A5          Amaj7                C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
Well man discovered the park bench could make a transition
        C#5      C#maj7     A5    Amaj7             C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
And the rubbish tip makes a valid form of nutrition
       F#maj7
With discoveries like these
Emaj7
Civilisation agrees
   Em7                      Dmaj7
To give itself a pat on the back

Chorus:
          Bm       D     E
We're the smartest monkeys
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys
    Bm          D
The evolution's plain to see
A                  E
We're the dominant of the species
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys

Bridge:
C#5

C#5 B5
C#5 B5

Solo:
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7

Chorus:
          Bm       D     E
We're the smartest monkeys
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys

Verse:
     C#5       C#maj7            A5
We brought the caveman from the stoneage
        Amaj7                    C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
To the subways of the modern world
C#5      C#maj7          A5
How they pack so many in
      Amaj7                      C#5 C#maj7 A5 Amaj7
Quick call the Guinness Book of Records

          F#maj7                  Emaj7
Well you have to admit that he's come a long way
      Em7                   Dmaj7
Since swinging about in the trees

Chorus:
          Bm       D     E
We're the smartest monkeys
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys
     Bm          D
The evidence is all around
A              E
Our brains are bigger
E
This we've found
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys

     Bm       D     E
The smartest monkeys
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys
    Bm          D
The evolution's plain to see
A                  E
We're the dominant of the species
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys

Bm D A E
Bm D A E

     Bm          D
The evidence is all around
A              E
Our brains are bigger
E
This we've found
     Bm      D     E
The smartest monkeys

Outro:
Bm D A E
Bm D A E
Bm D A E
Bm D A E