The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man (Guitar)

Key

Versions (4)

Auto-scroll

Chords

Monkey Man transcribed by John Goddard [Verse 1]

               E
I'm a flea-bit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies

 C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4
(that's not really true)

               E
I'm a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer

 C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4
(like you do)

                         A
I've been bit and I've been tossed around

     B
by every she-cat in this town

    C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4
(have you babe?)

[Chorus]

A                                                                    B
I am just a monkey man I'm glad you are a monkey woman too

[Instrumental] C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 [Verse 2]

         E
I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored

 C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4
(I went along too)

E
I'm a sack of broken eggs, I always have an unmade bed

 C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4
(don't you?)

          A                                                                        B
Well I hope we're not too Messianic or a trifle too satanic

 C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4
(love to play the blues)

[Chorus]

A                                                            B
I am just a monkey man, glad you are a monkey woman too babe

[Instrumental] C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 (x16) [Middle Eight] E B A B E B A B E B A B E B A B

               C#       C#sus4      C#     C#sus4   ad lib
I'm a monkey........etc.