Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head original guitar chords by
Gorillaz

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Verse 1
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Once upon a time
at the foot of a great mountain
There was a town
where the people known as happy folk lived
Their very existence a mystery
to the rest of the world
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Am Am 
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Obscured, as it    was, by great clouds
Here they played out their peaceful lives
Innocent of the litany of excess and violence
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that was growing in the world below
To live in harmony
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with the spirit of the mountain

Chorus 1
called Monkey was enough
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E E 
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Then one day,
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E E 
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strange folk arrived in the town
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E E 
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They came in camouflage
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hidden behind dark glasses,
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but no one noticed them
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C C 
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They only saw shadows, you see,
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F F 
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without the truth to the eyes
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The happy folk were blind

Bridge 1
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G G 
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Falling out of aeroplanes
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G G 
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and hi  ding out in holes
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G G 
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Waiting for the sunset to come,
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G G 
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people going home
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G G 
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Jump out from behind them
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G G 
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and shoot them in the head
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G G 
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Now everybody dancing
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G G 
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the dance of the dead
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G G 
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The dance of the dead,
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G G 
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the dance of the dead

Interlude 1

Am

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G

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Am

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G

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Am

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Verse 2
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In time, the strange folk found their way
into the higher reaches of the mountain
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And it was there
that they found the caves
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of unimaginable sincerity and beauty
By chance, they stumbled upon the place
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Am Am 
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where all good souls come to rest

Chorus 2
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The strange folk, they coveted the jewels
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in these caves above all things
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F F 
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And soon they began to mine the mountain
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Am Am 
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It's rich seam
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E E 
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fueling the chaos of their own world
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G G 
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Meanwhile, down in the town,
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the happy folk slept restlessly
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Their dreams invaded by shadowy
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figures digging away at their souls

Verse 3
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Every day, people would wake
and stare at the mountain
Why was it bringing
darkness into their lives?
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And as the strange folk
mined deeper and deeper into the mountain
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Holes began to    appear
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Bringing with them a cold and bitter wind
that chilled the very soul of the Monkey
For the first time, the happy folk felt fearful
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For they knew that soon
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the monkey would stir from it's deep sleep

Verse 4
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Then there came a sound, distant first,
that grew into castrophany so immense
That it could be heard far away in space
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There were no screams, there was no time
The mountain called Monkey had spoken
There was only fire, and then
Nothing

Outro 1
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Oh little town in USA,
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Em Em 
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the time has come to see
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There's nothing you believe you want
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E E 
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But where were you
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G G 
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F F 
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E E 
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when it all came down on me?
Did you call me out?

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