Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
G
C
F
C
Softly,
softly catches the monkey,
Dm
D
my daddy said you will see.
C
F
C
cause that monkey is the father indeed.
Eb
Ab
Eb
I don't want that monkey in my business
Ab
Eb
Ab
I don't want you,
Eb
Ab
the monkey, in my business
Eb
Ab
Eb
I don't want you, the monkey,
F
Bb
F
And I can't spend a penny to feel this
C
F
While I'm sitting in this old chair
C
F
How to stomp that monkey's tail
Ah -ha
Eb
Ab
Don't want a monkey in
Eb
Ab
my business
Eb
Ab
Don't want you to monkey
Eb
Ab
in my business, no, no
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Somebody monkey in my business
Bb
F
C
And I can't get away for sure
Now I'm gonna get out
of here in a year or ten
F
C
monkey off of my back
F
Eb
When you get through,
Ab
Eb
Ab
monk ain't in my business
Ab
Eb
monk ain't in my business
Ab
Eb
Ab
A man told me that crime don't pay,
Eb
Ab
and when you play, you got to pay
Eb
Ab
You'll be a loser until
Eb
Ab
you're dying gay
Eb
Ab
You're playing a losing game,
Eb
Ab
and then you lose, you lose a lot
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
See where this monkey got me in this fight
Bb
F
Bb
You know that somehow I know
I ain't gonna mess around no more,
Eb
Ab
I ain't gonna monkey in that business.
Bb
F
C
I ain't gon' monkey no more.
Bb
F
C
I ain't gon' mon key no more.
Could softly, softly catch the monkey.
daddy had it wrong.
C
F
C
But that monkey keep on followin' me
Eb
Ab
Don't want no monkey in my business, no
Eb
Ab
Long as a monkey isn't into my business
Bb
F
He don't feel that monkey
Bb
F
Cause the way that I feel
I couldn't get much alone
in a little cowboy
Eb
Ab
Don't want a little monkey in my bed you
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