Signifying Monkey  (1949)

Signifying Monkey (1949) easy guitar chords by Willie Dixon

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  • Intro 1
    G
    C
    G
    C

    G
    C
    Am
    C
    Am

    G
    C

    Verse 1
    Am

    You
    C
    Am
    C
    G

    call yourself the jungle king
    Am
    C
    G

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    F

    You call yourself the jungle king
    G
    C
    G

    I found out you ain't a doggone thing
    Verse 2
    C
    Am

    Said the Monkey to the Lion on
    Dm
    G

    the bright summer day,
    C

    "There's a big,
    Am
    Dm
    G

    bad cat livin' down the way
    C
    Am

    He talked about your folks
    F
    G

    in a heck of a way
    C
    G

    A lot of other things I'm afraid to say"
    Verse 3
    C
    Am
    Dm

    The Lion jumps up all full of rage
    G
    C
    Am

    Like a Harlem cat that's
    Dm
    G

    blown his gauge
    C

    He meets the Elephant in the
    F

    front of the tree
    C
    G

    He says, "Now big boy it's you or me"
    Verse 4
    G
    C
    Am

    The Elephant looks him from
    Dm
    G

    the corner of his eyes
    C

    "You better find someone
    Am
    Dm
    G

    to fight your size"
    C

    The Lion jumps up and
    G
    F
    G

    makes a fancy pass
    Am
    C

    But the Elephant knock
    G
    C
    G

    s him over in the grass
    Verse 5
    C
    Am
    Dm
    G

    They fought all night and they fought all day
    C
    Am

    I don't know how the Lion,
    C
    G

    well he got away
    C
    Am

    He come back through the jungle
    F

    more dead than alive
    G
    C

    And that's when the Monkey
    G
    C

    really started his jive
    Verse 6
    C
    Am
    G

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    Am
    G

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    Am
    F

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    G
    Am
    G
    C

    I found out you ain't a doggone thing
    Interlude 1
    C
    Am
    C
    G
    C
    Am
    C
    F

    C
    Am
    C
    Cm
    G
    F
    C

    G
    C
    Am
    G
    Am

    G
    C
    Am
    C
    G
    C


    Verse 7
    C
    Am

    Well he waked up his temper when
    F

    he jumpin' up and down
    C

    And his foot missed the limb and
    Am
    G

    his head hit the ground
    C
    Am

    Like a bolt of light'ning
    F

    and a streak of heat
    C
    G
    C
    G

    The Lion was on him with all four feet
    Verse 8
    C
    Am

    But the Monkey looks up from
    Dm
    G

    the corner of his eye
    C
    Am
    C
    G

    Says, "Now Mr. Lion, I apologize"
    C
    Am
    F

    The Monkey on his back stud
    G

    ies up a scheme
    C
    G

    He's tryin' to trick that jungle king
    Verse 9
    C
    Am
    Dm

    "Be bad with me, I wish you would
    G
    Am
    C
    G

    I'd tear you up all over the wood"
    C
    Am
    F

    The Lion jumps up, squares off for a fight
    G

    But the Monkey jumped
    C
    C

    completely out of sight
    G
    C
    Am
    F

    "So if you bother me again
    C
    G

    I'll turn you over to my Elephant friend"
    Verse 10
    C
    Am
    Dm
    G

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    Am
    G

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    F

    You call yourself the jungle king
    C
    Am

    I found out you ain't a
    C

    doggone thing
    Outro 1
    C
    Am
    Am

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