Key: D
Introduction:
Dm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
CODA
F C6/E C/E Dm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
INTRO (MAIN RIFF
Dm
verse 1
Dm
Cover me when I run
Dm
Cover me through the fire
Dm
Something knocked me out' the trees
Dm
Now I'm on my knees
Dm
Cover me, darling please
C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
verse 2
Dm
Fox the fox, rat up the rat
Dm
You can ape the ape, I know about that
Dm
There is one thing you must be sure of
Dm
I can't take any more
Dm
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
MIDDLE 8
Dm C Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning
C Dm
(Monkey) Something's burning
C
(Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
Bb
Shock!
Bb
Shock!
Bb
Shock!
C Dm
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF)
Dm
verse 3
Dm
Cover me, when I sleep
Dm
Cover me, when I breathe
Dm
You throw your pearls before the swine
Dm
Make the monkey blind
Dm
Cover me, darling please
MIDDLE 8
Dm C Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake
C Dm
(Monkey) Ground beneath me shake
C
(Monkey) And the news is breaking
Bb
Shock!
Bb
Shock!
Bb
Shock!
C Dm
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
CODA (see above)
F C/E Dm
Shock the monkey
F C/E Dm
Shock the monkey
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
Dm
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
F C/E Dm
Shock the monkey