Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – Mickeys Monkey (Guitar)

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...MICKEY'S MONKEY... by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ---------------------.................................. *from 'The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey' (1963)* Intro:
(n.C)
 Alright is everybody ready? Alright now, here we go...
A one, a two, a one, two, three, four. (with Drums):
(n.C)
 Lum de lum de la lye, (lum de lum de la lye).
Lum de lum de la lye, (lum de lum de la lye). Interlude: C7, F (x4) Verse 1:
     C7                         F           C7  F
This cat named Mickey came from out of town,

        C7                        F          C7  F
He been spreadin' this new dance, all around.

       C7                 F        C7  F
And in just a matter of a few days,

     C7                   F             C7  F
This dance became the new teenage craze.
Verse 2:
    C7                              F          C7  F
The people see him dancin', they be-gin to see,

C7                    F            C7  F
 See this cat do that Monkey thing.

     C7                  F   C7  F
It's really something to see,

     C7                  F                 C7  F
This cat named Mickey's, doin' that Monkey.
Chorus 1:
          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,

       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).

          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,

       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).
Bridge 1:
C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,

C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).

C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,

C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).
Interlude: C7 C7, F (x4) Bridge 2:
C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,

C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).

C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,

C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).
Verse 3:
C7           F           C7                    F
 Monkey see, monkey do, (lum de lum de la lye),

C7                     F            C7                    F
 C'mon, you can do The Monkey too, (lum de lum de la lye).
Chorus 2:
          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,

       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).

          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,

       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).
Bridge 3:
C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,

C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).

C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,

C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).
Coda:
       C7
Do The Monkey, (do the Monkey), Mickey's Monkey, (Mickey's Monkey).
Do The Monkey, (do the Monkey), Mickey's Monkey, (Mickey's Monkey). (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C7 F EADGBE EADGBE x35353 133211 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])