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Tweeter and the Monkeyman by Headstones Starts with drums for 1 bar, then chords (clean) for 1 bar E D A E (Chord progression same for verse & chorus)
ETweeter and the monkey man wereD hard up for cash AThey stayed up all night sellingE cocaine and hash ETo an undercover cop who had a Dsister named Jan AFor Reasons unexplained she lEoved the monkey man
*Full drums, 2nd guitar comes in
ETweeter was a boyscout coz he wDent to Vietnam AFound out the hard way nobEody gives a damn EThey knew that they found freedom just acrossD the Jersey line ASo they hopped into a stolen car tEook Highway 99
EAnd the walls came downE DAll the way to hell D ANever saw them when they're standinAg ENever saw them when they fellE
E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7--/--2| *Same chords as before, single guitar and drum beat only The undercover cop never liked the monkey man Even back in High School wanted to see him in the can Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill She made secret plans to the monkey man from a mansion on the hill *Full drums, both guitars It was out on Thunder Road, Tweeter at the wheel Pulled into paradise, you could hear the tires squeal It was Jan who'd told him many times "It was you to me who'd taught: In Kingston everything's legal as long as you don't get caught" And the walls came down All the way to hell Never saw them when they standing Never saw them when they fell |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------5-----------------------| |----5---7-5-7-----------------| |--7---------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7--/--2| *Single guitar, drum beat only Some place by Riway prison they ran out of gas The undercover cop cornered 'em, said "You didn't think that this could last" Jan jumped up out of bed said "There's some place I gotta go" She took the gun out of the drawer, and said "It's best that you don't know" *Full drums, both guitars An ambulance rolled up, State Trooper close behind Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind The undercover cop was found face down in a field The Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield And the walls came down All the way to hell Never saw them when they standing Never saw them when they fell RIFF 2 (x4) guitar1 guitar2 A A A G |--------------|------------------| x x x 3 |--------------|------------------| 2 2 2 2 |--------------|------------------| 2 2 2 0 |------5b------|-------10b--------| 2 2 2 0 |----5---7-5-7-|----10----12-10-12| 0 0 0 3 |--7-----------|-12---------------| x x x 3 E E E E E E E E E E E E E *Drum beat only, single guitar The town of Jersey City is quieting down again I'm sitting in a gambling club called The Lion's Den The TV set is blown up, every bit of it is gone Ever since the night when they showed that the Monkey Man was on *Full drums, both guitars Maybe I'll go to Florida, get myself some sun There ain't no more opportunity here and everythings been done Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan Sometimes I don't think about nothin' but the Monkey Man And the walls came down All the way to hell Never saw them when they standing Never saw them when they fell RIFF 2 x4, hold on G chord