Tweeter And The Monkey Man chords by The Traveling Wilburys (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(A minor) (A minor) (A minor) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Tweeter and the Monkey Man
were (G major) hard up for cash
They (F major) stayed up all night
selling (A minor) cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop
who had a (G major) sister named Jan
For (F major) reasons unexplained
she loved (A minor) the Monkey Man
Tweeter was a Boy Scout
'fore she (G major) went to Vietnam
And (F major) found out the hard way,
no (A minor) body gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom
just a (G major) cross the Jersey line
So they (F major) hopped into a stolen car,
took (A minor) Highway 99
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Chorus 1
And the (A minor) walls came down
(E minor7) All the way to hell
Never (D major) saw them when they're standing
Never (A minor) saw them when they fell
Verse 2
(A minor) The undercover cop
(G major) never liked the Monkey Man
(F major) Even back in childhood
he wanted to see (A minor) him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen
to a (G major) racketeer named Bill
She made (F major) secret calls to the Monkey Man
from a (A minor) mansion on the hill
It was out on Thunder Road,
(G major) Tweeter at the wheel
They crashed (F major) into paradise,
they could (A minor) hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and said
(G major) "Everyone of you is a liar
If you (F major) don't surrender now
it's gonna (A minor) go down to the wire"
Chorus 2
And the (A minor) walls came down
(E minor7) All the way to hell
Never (D major) saw them when they're standing
Never (A minor) saw them when they fell
Interlude 1
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
Verse 3
An (A minor) ambulance rolled up,
a state- (G major) trooper close behind
(F major) Tweeter took his gun away
and (A minor) messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left
(G major) tied up to a tree
Near the (F major) souvenir stand,
by the old aban (A minor) doned factory
Next day the undercover cop was
(G major) hot in pursuit
He was (F major) taking the whole thing personal,
he didn't (A minor) care about the loot
Jan had told him many times,
"It was (G major) you to me who taught
In (F major) Jersey anything's legal
as (A minor) long as you don't get caught"
Chorus 3
And the (A minor) walls came down
(E minor7) All the way to hell
Never (D major) saw them when they're standing
Never (A minor) saw them when they fell
Interlude 2
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
Verse 4
Some place (A minor) by Rahwey Prison
they (G major) ran out of gas
The under (F major) cover cop had cornered them, said
"Boy, (A minor) you didn't think this could last?"
Jan jumped out of bed,
said, "There's (G major) someplace I gotta go"
She (F major) took the gun out of the drawer,
said, "It's (A minor) best that you don't know."
The undercover cop was found
face (G major) down in a field
The Monkey (F major) Man was on the river bridge,
using (A minor) Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man,
"I'm not (G major) fooled by Tweeter's curl
I (F major) knew him long before
he became (A minor) a Jersey Girl"
Chorus 4
And the (A minor) walls came down
(E minor7) All the way to hell
Never (D major) saw them when they're standing
Never (A minor) saw them when they fell
Interlude 3
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
Verse 5
Now the (A minor) town of Jersey City
is quiet (G major) ing down again
I'm (F major) sitting in a gambling club
called (A minor) the Lion's Den
The TV set was blown up,
every (G major) bit of it is gone
Ever (F major) since the nightly news showed
that the (A minor) Monkey Man was on
I guess I'll go to Florida
and get (G major) myself some sun
There ain't (F major) no more opportunity here,
(A minor) everything's been done
Sometimes I think of Tweeter,
some (G major) times I think of Jan
Some (F major) times I don't think about nothing
but the (A minor) Monkey Man
Chorus 5
And the (A minor) walls came down
(E minor7) All the way to hell
Never (D major) saw them when they're standing
Never (A minor) saw them when they fell
And the walls came down
(E minor7) All the way to hell
Never (D major) saw them when they're standing
Never (A minor) saw them when they fell
Outro 1
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(A minor) (D major) (A minor)
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Tweeter And The Monkey Man
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