Signifying Monkey (1949)
Signifying Monkey (1949)

Signifying Monkey (1949) easy guitar chords by Willie Dixon

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    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    You 

    call 
    your
    self 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    You 
    call 
    yourself 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    You 
    call 
    yourself 
    the jungle 
    king 

    I 
    found 
    out 
    you 
    ain't 
    a 
    doggone 
    thing 

    Verse 2
    Said 
    the 
    Monkey 
    to 
    the 
    Lion 
    on 

    the 
    bright 
    summer 
    day, 

    "There's 
    a 
    big, 

    bad 
    cat 
    livin' 
    down 
    the 
    way 

    He 
    talked 
    about 
    your 
    folks 

    in 
    a 
    heck 
    of 
    a way 

    A 
    lot 
    of 
    other 
    things 
    I'm 
    afraid 
    to 
    say" 

    Verse 3
    The 
    Lion 
    jumps 
    up 
    all 
    full 
    of 
    rage 

    Like 
    a 
    Harlem 
    cat 
    that's 

    blown 
    his 
    gauge 

    He 
    meets 
    the 
    Elephant 
    in 
    the 

    front 
    of 
    the 
    tree 

    He says, 
    "Now 
    big 
    boy 
    it's 
    you 
    or 
    me" 

    Verse 4
    The 
    Elephant 
    look
    s him 
    from 

    the 
    corner 
    of 
    his 
    eyes 

    "You 
    better 
    find 
    someone 

    to 
    fight 
    your 
    size" 

    The 
    Lion 
    jumps 
    up 
    and 

    makes 
    a 
    fancy 
    pass 

    But 
    the 
    Elephant 
    knock

    s him 
    over 
    in 
    the 
    grass 

    Verse 5
    They 
    fought 
    all 
    night 
    and 
    they 
    fought 
    all 
    day 

    I 
    don't 
    know 
    how 
    the 
    Lion, 

    well 
    he 
    got 
    away 

    He 
    come 
    back 
    through 
    the jungle 

    more 
    dead 
    than 
    alive 

    And 
    that's 
    when 
    the 
    Monkey 

    really 
    started 
    his 
    jive 

    Verse 6
    You 
    call 
    your
    self 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    You 
    call 
    your
    self 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    You 
    call 
    your
    self 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    I 
    found 
    out 
    you 
    ain't 
    a 
    doggone 
    thing 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 7
    Well 
    he 
    waked 
    up 
    his 
    temper 
    when 

    he jumpin' 
    up 
    and 
    down 

    And 
    his 
    foot 
    missed 
    the limb 
    and 

    his 
    head 
    hit 
    the 
    ground 

    Like 
    a 
    bolt 
    of 
    light'n
    ing 

    and 
    a streak 
    of 
    heat 

    The 
    Lion 
    was 
    on 
    him 
    with 
    all 
    four 
    feet 

    Verse 8
    But 
    the 
    Monkey 
    looks 
    up 
    from 

    the 
    corner 
    of 
    his 
    eye 

    Says, 
    "Now 
    Mr. 
    Lion, 
    I 
    apolo
    gize" 

    The 
    Monkey 
    on 
    his 
    back 
    stud

    ies 
    up 
    a 
    scheme 

    He's 
    tryin' 
    to 
    trick 
    that 
    jungle 
    king 

    Verse 9
    "Be 
    bad 
    with 
    me, 
    I 
    wish 
    you 
    would 

    I'd 
    tear 
    you 
    up 
    all 
    over 
    the 
    wood" 

    The 
    Lion 
    jumps 
    up, 
    squares 
    off 
    for 
    a fight 

    But 
    the 
    Monkey 
    jumped 

    com
    pletely 
    out 
    of 
    sight 

    "So 
    if 
    you 
    bother 
    me 
    again 

    I'll 
    turn 
    you 
    over 
    to 
    my 
    Elephant 
    friend" 

    Verse 10
    You 
    call 
    yourself 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    You 
    call 
    yourself 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    You 
    call 
    yourself 
    the 
    jungle 
    king 

    I 
    found 
    out 
    you 
    ain't 
    a 

    doggone 
    thing 

    Outro 1

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