Key: Db major•
Verse 1
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Ab
Db
Gb
Db
Softly,
softly catches the monkey,
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Eb
my daddy said you will see.
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Gb
Db
cause that monkey is the father indeed.
E
A
E
I don't want that monkey in my business
A
E
A
I don't want you,
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A
the monkey, in my business
E
A
E
I don't want you, the monkey,
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Cb
Gb
And I can't spend a penny to feel this
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Gb
While I'm sitting in this old chair
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Gb
How to stomp that monkey's tail
Ah -ha
E
A
Don't want a monkey in
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A
my business
E
A
Don't want you to monkey
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A
in my business, no, no
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A
E
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Somebody monkey in my business
B
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C#
And I can't get away for sure
Now I'm gonna get out
of here in a year or ten
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C#
monkey off of my back
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E
When you get through,
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E
A
monk ain't in my business
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E
monk ain't in my business
A
E
A
A man told me that crime don't pay,
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A
and when you play, you got to pay
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A
You'll be a loser until
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A
you're dying gay
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You're playing a losing game,
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A
and then you lose, you lose a lot
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E
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See where this monkey got me in this fight
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F#
B
You know that somehow I know
I ain't gonna mess around no more,
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A
I ain't gonna monkey in that business.
B
F#
Db
I ain't gon' monkey no more.
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Gb
Db
I ain't gon' mon key no more.
Could softly, softly catch the monkey.
daddy had it wrong.
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Gb
Db
But that monkey keep on followin' me
E
A
Don't want no monkey in my business, no
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A
Long as a monkey isn't into my business
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F#
He don't feel that monkey
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Cause the way that I feel
I couldn't get much alone
in a little cowboy
E
A
Don't want a little monkey in my bed you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDb Ab Gb Ebm Eb...
Db
Ab
Gb
Ebm
Eb
E
A
B
F#
Cb
C#
D#
Capo: 1
Transpose: 0
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