...MONKEY MAN... by The Specials ----------------................ *from 'The Specials' (1979)* Intro: (Spoken): (n.C) This one's for the bouncers; big, big Monkey Man. G, C D, G (x2) Chorus 1:

Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman. Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman.

Verse 1:

I never ^Gsaw you, I only heard of you; ^C Huggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman. I never ^Gsaw you, I only heard of you; ^C Huggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman.

Verse 2:

It's ^Gno lie, it's no lie, them a tell me; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman. It's ^Gno lie, it's no lie, them a tell me; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman.

Verse 3:

Now I ^Gknow that, now I understand; You're ^Cturning a ^Dmonkey ^Gon me. Now I ^Gknow that, now I understand; You're ^Cturning a ^Dmonkey ^Gon me.

Chorus 2:

Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman. Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman.

Verse 4:

I was ^Gon my way to Banbury Cross, Then ^CI see a ^Dmonkey up-^Gon a white horse. With ^Grings on he fingers, bells on him toes, ^C Sing a little ^Dsong, wher-^Gever he be.

'Cos he's a ^Gmonkey, 'cos he's a monkey, 'Cos he's a ^Cweedy, weedy, ^Dweedy, little ^Gmonkey man.

Chorus 3:

Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman. Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman.

Chorus 4:

Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman. Aye ^Gaye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Chuggin' up the ^Dbig monkey ^Gman.

Outro: G, C D, G (x2) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G C D EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 355433 x35553 x57775 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Specials - Monkey man