Jethro Tull – Steel Monkey (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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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