Key: A
Introduction: A E
E
Everywhere has a wheeler and dealer
E A
Raised in the back streets of town
E B
Everywhere has a spieler who's a clown
verse 2
E
Every haunt has a hustler and bustler
E A
Born with the tongue of a snake
E B
Every haunt has a muscler on the make
B A B
And them kind of monkeys can't swing
A B
And them birdies can't sing
A B
If them pigs could fly
E
Maybe they'd fly away from me
A B
And them kind of monkeys can't swing
A B
And them birdies can't sing
A B
If them pigs could fly
E
Maybe they'd fly away from me
Break: A E (x4)
E
Everywhere has a ducker and diver
E A
Doing his best to impress
E B
Everywhere has a skiver in a mess
verse 4
E
And every place has a joker at poker
E A
Born with a marked deck of cards
E B
Every place has a smoker in the yards
B A B
And them kind of monkeys can't swing
A B
And them birdies can't sing
A B
If them pigs could fly
E
Maybe they'd fly away from me
A B
And them kind of monkeys can't swing, uh, uh, uh
A B
And them birdies can't sing
A B
If them pigs could fly
E
Maybe they'd fly away from me
Solo
F F# G G#A A# B C C# D D#E
E A (x2)
B A B
Oh, them kind of monkeys can't swing
A B
And them birdies can't sing
A B
If them pigs could fly
E
Maybe they'd fly away from me
A B
And them kind of a-monkeys can't swing
A B
And them a-birdies can't sing
A B
If them pigs could fly
E
Maybe they'd fly away from me
Outro