Jethro Tull – Steel Monkey (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
from “Crest of a Knave” (1987)
[Intro]
Bm D A Bm E A x2
[Verse 1]
E5 G As the moon slips up, and the sun sets down E5 C A I'm a highrise jockey, and I'm heaven-bound E5 G Do the workboot shuffle, loose brains from brawn E5 C A I'm a monkey puzzle and the lid is on
[Chorus 1]
C#m D#m Can you guess my name? Can you guess my trade? E F# I'm going to catch you anyway C#m D#m You might be right, I'll give you guesses three E F# Feel me climbing up your knee Bm D Guess what I am - I'm a steel monkey
[Instrumental 1]
Bm D G
Bm D
Bm D G
[Verse 2]
E5 G Now some men hustle and some just think E5 C A And some go running before you blink E5 G And some look up and some look down E5 C A From three hundred feet above the ground
[Chorus 2]
C#m D#m Can you guess my name? And can you guess my trade? E F# I won't rest before the world is made C#m D#m Arm in arm the angels fly E F# Keep me from falling out the sky Am F G Steel monkey Am F G Steel monkey Am F G Am F G Steel monkey
[Instrumental 2]
Bm D A
Bm E A
Bm D
Bm D G
[Verse 3]
E5 G I work in the thunder and I work in the rain E5 C A I work at my drinking and I feel no pain E5 G I work on women, if they want me to E5 C A You can have me climb all over you
[Chorus 3]
C#m D#m Now, have you guessed my name? And have you guessed my trade? E F# I'm cheap at the money I get paid C#m D#m In the sulphur city, where men are men E F# We bolt those beams then climb again Bm D Steel monkey
[Instrumental 3]
Bm D G
Bm D Bm D G x4