Tweeter And The Monkey Man chords by
The Traveling Wilburys

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Tweeter and the Monkey Man
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were hard up for cash
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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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who had a sister named Jan
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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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'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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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

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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

Verse 2
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The undercover cop
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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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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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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

Am

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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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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

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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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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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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
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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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