Don't Want No Monkey In My Business chords by Dr. John
Verse 1
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Softly,
softly catches the monkey,
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my daddy said you will see.
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Sure seems like you're heading wrong,
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C
cause that monkey is the father indeed.
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Eb
I don't want that monkey in my business
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Eb
Ab
I don't want you,
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Ab
the monkey, in my business
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Ab
Eb
I don't want you, the monkey,
Ab
in my business
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You're the bad that drives me crazy
F
Bb
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And I can't spend a penny to feel this
C
Softly, softly
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Can't af ford to buy that
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While I'm sitting in this old chair
C
Ain't got no room
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Except to catch the doily and the doily
C
F
How to stomp that monkey's tail
Ah -ha
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Ab
Don't want a monkey in
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Ab
my business
Eb
Ab
Don't want you to monkey
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in my business, no, no
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Somebody monkey in my business
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F
C
And I can't get away for sure
Now I'm gonna get out
of here in a year or ten
D
When I get through this old cotton sack
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I'm not real mean, but listen
C
Jim I'm gonna hamper this
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C
monkey off of my back
F
Eb
When you get through,
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Ab
monk ain't in my business
Eb
When you get through,
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monk ain't in my business
Ab
Eb
Ab
A man told me that crime don't pay,
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and when you play, you got to pay
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You'll be a loser until
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you're dying gay
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You're playing a losing game,
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and then you lose, you lose a lot
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Ab
Eb
Ab
See where this monkey got me in this fight
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F
Bb
You know that somehow I know
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And when I get out,
I ain't gonna mess around no more,
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Ab
I ain't gonna monkey in that business.
Eb
I ain't gonna monkey no
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more in that business.
Eb
I ain't gonna tie down,
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I ain't gonna tie up.
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I'm gonna leave you alone,
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I'm gonna give you all up.
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I ain't gon' monkey no more.
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I ain't gon' mon key no more.
Could softly, softly catch the monkey.
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My daddy said, son, you see.
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And it sure seemed like
daddy had it wrong.
C
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C
But that monkey keep on followin' me
Eb
And I don't want no monkey
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in my business
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Ab
Don't want no monkey in my business, no
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Ab
Long as a monkey isn't into my business
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F
He don't feel that monkey
C
one of us have to go
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Cause I don't want a little
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monkey in my bed
Eb
Got my old monkey legged
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up on my back
Eb
Don't want a monkey in
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my bed no more
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
Don't Want No Monkey In My Business
Dr. John
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