Bad Monkey chords by Richard Thompson
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 1
One (D major) thing
always leads to another
In life and love they say. (A major)
You got too close and now
That boy's gonna (D major) make you rue the day.
You grab his ankles when he flies,
Catch him when (G major) (A major) he falls.
Here's the thing to say to him
Before (D major) you climb the walls:
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Verse 2
Said shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad Monkey! (E major)
(G major) One day you're up,
next day you're down,
(F major) Why do you monkey my heart around?
Said shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad Monkey! (E major)
(G major) I'm not comin' on the (F major) roller
Interlude 1
coaster with you.
(D major) (G major) (F major) (D major)
Verse 3
I see (D major) your nerves are jangled, honey,
You're a walking emotional (A major) wreck.
He's dealing you some jokers
Off the bot (D major) tom of the deck.
He goes from joy to suicide
About 15 times a day. (A major)
Here's the thing (E major) to (A major) scream out loud
(D major) From 100 miles away.
Verse 4
Said shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad Monkey! (E major)
(G major) One day you're up,
next day you're down,
(F major) Why do you monkey my heart around?
I said shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad Monkey! (E major)
(G major) I'm not comin' on the (F major) roller coaster with you. (D major)
Interlude 2
(E major) (G major)
(F major) (D major) (E major) (E minor) (G major) (F major)
(D major) (A major)
(D major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 5
Where's (D major) the joy in a boy who dribbles
When he drinks his tea. (A major)
I've seen better manners from
A baby (D major) chimpanzee.
On fairground rides you grip the sides,
And scream (G major) un til (D major) (A major) you're blue.
You'll be screaming the rest of your life
If (D major) he gets hold with you.
Verse 6
Said shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad (E major) Monkey!
(G major) One day you're up next
day you're down,
(F major) Why do you monkey my heart around?
I said (E major) shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad Monkey! (E major)
(G major) I'm not comin' on the (F major) roller
coaster with you.
(D major)
Verse 7
Shame, shame, shame,
Shame, shame on you, you Bad (E major) Monkey!
(G major) One day you're up next
day you're down,
(F major) Why do you monkey my heart around?
I said shame, (D major) shame on you,
you Bad Monkey! (E major)
(G major) I'm not comin' on the
(F major) roller coaster with you. (D major)
I said (G major) I'm not comin' on
the roller (F major) coaster with you. (D major)
No, no, no,
(G major) I'm not comin' on the (F major) roller coaster with you.
Outro 1
(D major) (E major) (G major)
(F major) (D major) (E major) (D major) (G major)
(F major) (D major) (E major)
(G major) (F major) (D major) (E major)
(G major) (F major) (D major) (E major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (F major) (D major) (E major) (D major)
(G major) (F major) (D major)
(A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Bad Monkey
Richard Thompson
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