Key: C minor
Intro 1
G#m
C#m
D#
G#m
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G#m
C#m
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G#m
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They prosecuted some
Verse 1
G#m
poor sucker in these United States
For teaching that man
descended from the apes
C#m
They coulda settled that case
without a fuss or fight
G#m
If they'd seen me chasin' you, sugar,
through the jungle last night
D#
They'da called in that jury
and a one two three said
G#m
Part man, part monkey, definitely
Interlude 1
G#m
D#
Verse 2
G#m
Well the church bell rings
from the corner steeple
Man in a monkey suit swears
he'll do no evil
C#m
Offers his lover's prayer but his soul lies
G#m
Dark and driftin' and unsatisfied
D#
Well hey bartender, tell me whaddaya see
G#m
Part man, part monkey, looks like to me
D#
Verse 3
C#m
Well the night is dark, the moon is full
G#m
The flowers of romance exert their pull
C#m
We talk awhile, my fingers slip
D#
G#m
C#m
G#m
I'm hard and crackling like a
D#
G#m
C#m
whip
Interlude 2
C#m
G#m
D#
C#m
G#m
D#
Verse 4
G#m
Well did God make man in a
breath of holy fire
Or did he crawl on up out of
the muck and mire
C#m
Well the man on the street believes
what the bible tells him so
G#m
Well you can ask me, mister,
because I know
D#
Tell them soul-suckin' preachers
preachers to come on down and see
G#m
C
G#m
D#
Part man, part monkey, baby that's me
Outro 1
G#m
C#m
D#
G#m
D#
G#m
C#m
D#
G#m
D#
G#m
C#m
D#
G#m
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G#m
C#m
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