Key: A
Introduction:
Am
Way down in the Congo land lived a happy chimpanzee
C G7 D G
She loved a monkey with a long tail lordy how she loved him
Am
Each night he would find her there swingin' in the coconut tree
G7 D7 G
And the monkey gay at the break of day loved to hear his chimpie say
C
Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab said the chimpie to the monk
G7
Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab said the monkey to the chimp
C
All night long they'd chatter away all day long they were happy and gay
D7 G7
Swingin' and singin' in their honky tonky way
C
Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab means monk I love but you
E7 Am
Aba daba dab in monkey talk means chimp I love you too
F C A7
Then the big baboon one night in June he married them and very soon
D7 G7 C
They went upon their aba daba honeymoon
Other versions