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

Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman. Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman.

Verse 1:

I never ^Csaw you, I only heard of you; ^F Huggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman. I never ^Csaw you, I only heard of you; ^F Huggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman.

Verse 2:

It's ^Cno lie, it's no lie, them a tell me; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman. It's ^Cno lie, it's no lie, them a tell me; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman.

Verse 3:

Now I ^Cknow that, now I understand; You're ^Fturning a ^Gmonkey ^Con me. Now I ^Cknow that, now I understand; You're ^Fturning a ^Gmonkey ^Con me.

Chorus 2:

Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman. Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman.

Verse 4:

I was ^Con my way to Banbury Cross, Then ^FI see a ^Gmonkey up-^Con a white horse. With ^Crings on he fingers, bells on him toes, ^F Sing a little ^Gsong, wher-^Cever he be.

'Cos he's a ^Cmonkey, 'cos he's a monkey, 'Cos he's a ^Fweedy, weedy, ^Gweedy, little ^Cmonkey man.

Chorus 3:

Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman. Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman.

Chorus 4:

Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman. Aye ^Caye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; You ^Fhuggin' up the ^Gbig monkey ^Cman.

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

Specials - Monkey man