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Tweeter And The Monkey Man by Traveling Wilburys - Guitar Chords
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The Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter and the Monkey Man
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Lead Guitar
[Riff 1] [Intro]
Am Am
3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e --------|----------------|----------------|
B --------|----------------|----------------|
G --------|----------------|----------------|
D --------|----------------|----------------|
A --------|3---------------|----------------|
E --0/3-5-|----5-3-5-5-----|----------------|
[Riff 2] link between first chorus and second verse
Am
3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e --------|----------------|----------------|
B --------|----------------|----------------|
G --------|----------------|----------------|
D --------|----------------|----------------|
A --------|3-3-------------|----------------|
E --0/3-5-|----5-5-3-3-0-0-|----------------|
[Riff 1 + chord change in second bar] [Interlude] / [Outro]
Am D D Am
3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e --------|----------------|2-2---0---------|
B --------|----------------|3-3---1---------|
G --------|----------------|2-2---2---------|
D --------|----------------|0-0---2---------|
A --------|3---------------|------0---------|
E --0/3-5-|----5-3-5-5-----|----------------|
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Acoustic Guitar: chords with riff
[Riff 1 + chord change in second bar] [Interlude] / [Outro]
Am D D Am
3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e --------|0---------------|------0---------|
B --------|1---------------|3-3---1---------|
G --------|2---------------|2-2---2---------|
D --------|2---------------|0-0---2---------|
A ------0-|3---0---0-0-----|------0---------|
E --0-3---|------3---------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| Am | % | % | % |
[Riff 1] [Riff 1]
[Verse]
Am G
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
F Am
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
Am G
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
F Am
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
Am G
Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
Fmaj7 Am
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn
Am G
They knew that they found freedom just across that Jersey line
Fmaj7 Am
So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99
[Chorus]
Am Em7
And the walls came down, all the way to hell
D
Never saw them when they're standing
Am Am
Never saw them when they fell [Riff 2]
[Verse]
Am G
The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
F Am
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Am G
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill
F Am
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
Am G
It was out on thunder road Tweeter at the wheel
Fmaj7 Am
They crashed into paradise you could hear them tires squeal
Am G
The undercover cop pulled up said: "Everyone of you is a liar
Fmaj7 Am
If you don't surrender now, it's gonna go down to the wire."
[Chorus]
Am Em7
And the walls came down, all the way to hell
D
Never saw them when they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
| Am | D D Am | Am | D D Am |
[Riff 1] [Riff 1]
[Verse]
Am G
An ambulance rolled up a state trooper close behind
F Am
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
Am G
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
F Am
Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory
Am G
Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
Fmaj7 Am
He was taking the whole thing personal, he ... didn't care about the loot
Am G
Jan had told him many times: "It was you to me who taught
Fmaj7 Am
In Jersey anything's legal as long as you dont get caught."
[Chorus]
Am Em7
And the walls came down, all the way to hell
D
Never saw them when they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
[Interlude]
| Am | D D Am | Am | D D Am |
[Riff 1] [Riff 1]
[Verse]
Am G
Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
F Am
The undercover cop had cornered them said: "Boy, you didn't think that this could last!"
Am G
Jan jumped up out of bed said: "There's someplace I gotta go!"
F Am
She took a gun out of the drawer and said: "It's best if you don't know."
Am G
The undercover cop was found face down in a field
F Am
The Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield
Am G
Jan said to the Monkey Man: "I'm not fooled by Tweeters curl
F Am
I knew it long before he ever became a Jersey girl."
[Chorus]
Am Em7
Then the walls came down, all the way to hell
D
Never saw them when they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
[Interlude]
| Am | D D Am | Am | D D Am |
[Riff 1] [Riff 1]
[Verse]
Am G
Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
F Am
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
Am G
The TV set was blown up, every bit of it is gone
F Am
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on
Am G
I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sun
Fmaj7 Am
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done
Am G
Sometime I think of Tweeter, sometime I think of Jan
Fmaj7 Am
Sometimes I think of nothing but the Monkey Man
[Chorus]
Am Em7
Then the walls came down, all the way to hell
D
Never saw them when they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
[Chorus]
Am Em7
And the walls came down, all the way to hell
D
Never saw them when they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
[Outro]
| Am | D D Am | Am | D D Am |
[Riff 1] [Riff 1]
(repeat and fade)
We also have 11 songs by Traveling Wilburys
- Congratulations
- Dirty World
- End Of The Line
- Handle With Care
- Heading For The Light
- Inside Out
- Last Night
- Nobodys Child
- Not Alone Any More
- Rattled
- Tweeter And The Monkey Man
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