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Tweeter And The Monkey Man chords by
The Traveling Wilburys
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4.8 (5)
Key: A minor•
Intro 1
Am
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Verse 1
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Tweeter and the Monkey Man
G
G

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were hard up for cash
F
F

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They stayed up all night
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selling cocaine and hash

To an undercover cop
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G

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who had a sister named Jan
F
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For reasons unexplained
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she loved the Monkey Man


Tweeter was a Boy Scout
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G

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'fore she went to Vietnam
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And found out the hard way,
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nobody gives a damn

They knew that they found freedom
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G

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just across the Jersey line
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So they hopped into a stolen car,
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took Highway 99
Chorus 1
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And the walls came down
Em
Em

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All the way to hell
D
D

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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell
Verse 2
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Am

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The undercover cop
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G

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never liked the Monkey Man
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Even back in childhood
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he wanted to see him in the can

Jan got married at fourteen
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G

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to a racketeer named Bill
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She made secret calls to the Monkey Man
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from a mansion on the hill

It was out on Thunder Road,
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G

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Tweeter at the wheel
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They crashed into paradise,
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they could hear them tires squeal

The undercover cop pulled up and said
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"Everyone of you is a liar
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If you don't surrender now
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it's gonna go down to the wire"
Chorus 2
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And the walls came down
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All the way to hell
D
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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An ambulance rolled up,
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G

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a state-trooper close behind
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Tweeter took his gun away
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and messed up his mind

The undercover cop was left
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tied up to a tree
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Near the souvenir stand,
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by the old abandoned factory


Next day the undercover cop was
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hot in pursuit
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He was taking the whole thing personal,
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he didn't care about the loot

Jan had told him many times,
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"It was you to me who taught
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In Jersey anything's legal
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as long as you don't get caught"
Chorus 3
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And the walls came down
Em
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All the way to hell
D
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell
Interlude 2
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D
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Verse 4
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Some place by Rahwey Prison
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they ran out of gas
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The undercover cop had cornered them, said
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"Boy, you didn't think this could last?"

Jan jumped out of bed,
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said, "There's someplace I gotta go"
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She took the gun out of the drawer,
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said, "It's best that you don't know."

The undercover cop was found
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face down in a field
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The Monkey Man was on the river bridge,
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using Tweeter as a shield

Jan said to the Monkey Man,
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"I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
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I knew him long before
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he became a Jersey Girl"
Chorus 4
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And the walls came down
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell
Interlude 3
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D
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Verse 5
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Now the town of Jersey City
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is quieting down again
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I'm sitting in a gambling club
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called the Lion's Den

The TV set was blown up,
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every bit of it is gone
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Ever since the nightly news showed
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that the Monkey Man was on

I guess I'll go to Florida
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and get myself some sun
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There ain't no more opportunity here,
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everything's been done

Sometimes I think of Tweeter,
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sometimes I think of Jan
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Sometimes I don't think about nothing
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but the Monkey Man
Chorus 5
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And the walls came down
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell

And the walls came down
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All the way to hell
D
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell
Outro 1
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The original key of Tweeter And The Monkey Man by The Traveling Wilburys is A minor.

The primary chords used in Tweeter And The Monkey Man are Am, G, F, Em, D.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Am, G, F, Em, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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The tempo of Tweeter And The Monkey Man is approximately 110 beats per minute.

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