Key: C major
Verse 1
C
A
The buzzard took a monkey
D
G
for a ride in the air
C
A
The monkey thought that everything
Ab
G
was out of the square
C
Am
The buzzard tried to throw that
D
Ebdim
G
monkey off his back
C
Em
A
The monkey grabbed his neck
Ab
G
C
and said, now listen Jack
E
F
Straighten up and fly right
Gaug
C
Am
D
Straighten up and stay right
G
C
E
F
C
Straighten up and fly right
Ebdim
Dm
Cool down, Papa,
Gsus4
G
C
F
Ain't no use in diving,
G
C
F
Cm
D
G
what's the use in jiving?
C
F
C
Ebdim
Straighten up and fly right,
C
G
E
G
The buzzard told the monkey,
D
E
you are choking me,
A
G
release your hold and I will set you free.
A
D
The monkey looked the buzzard
Ab
A
Am
D
dead in the eye
Ab
G
but it sounds like a lie.
C
F
Straighten up and fly right
Gsus4
C
Ebdim
D
Straighten up and stay right
G
C
Em
C
F
Straighten up and fly right
Fm
Ebdim
Dm
Pull down, papa,
D
G
C
F
G
C
Ebdim
don't you blow your top
C
D
Gsus4
C
F
Ebdim
Dm
C
Oh
F
Ab
G
C
F
Baug
C
Cm
C
D
G
C
F
F#dim
Dm
F
Dm
Ab
G
C
E
The buzzard told the monkey,
you are choking me
A
G
A
Release your hold and I will set you free
right dead in the eye
Dm
G
And said, your story's touching,
Ab
G
but it sounds like a lie
C
F
Straighten up and fly right
G
C
D
Straighten up and stay right
G
C
F
C
Straighten up and fly right
Ebdim
Dm
C
F
G
Dm
Cool down papa
C
Fm
Dm
F
Cool down papa, cool down papa
Dm
F
G
Don't you blow
Outro 1
your top
Ebdim
Dm
C
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