MAIN RIFF 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e ------1-----0--- ---------------- B 3-3---3-----3-3- ---------------- keyboard G 2-2---2-----2-2- ---------------- D 0-0------------- --0)------------ A -------------(3- 3--------------- (bass) E ---------------- ---------------- CODA 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e 1-1---3--------- 5-5---7--------- 1--------------- 1--------------- B 1-1---1--------- 5-5---5--------- 3--------------- 2--------------- G 2-2---2--------- 5-5---5--------- 2--------------- 3--------------- D 3--------------- ---------------- 0--------------- 0--------------- A ---------------- 7--------------- ---------------- ---------------- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- INTRO (MAIN RIFF verse 1 Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knocked me out' the trees Now I'm on my knees Cover me, darling please Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey verse 2 Fox the fox, rat up the rat You can ape the ape, I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take any more Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey MIDDLE 8 Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning (Monkey) Something's burning (Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning Shock! Shock! Shock! Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF) verse 3 Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please MIDDLE 8 Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake (Monkey) Ground beneath me shake (Monkey) And the news is breaking Shock! Shock! Shock! Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey CODA (see above) Shock the monkey Shock the monkey Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!) Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!) break Shock the monkey
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