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- Verse1[Am]Tweeter and the Monkey Man were [G]hard up for cashThey [F]stayed up all night selling [Am]cocaine and hash
- To an undercover cop who had a [G]sister named JanFor [F]reasons unexplained she loved the [Am]Monkey Man.
- Same chord progression throughout..Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
- And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn (good line)They knew that they found freedom just across that Jersey lineSo they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99
- Chorus:[still Am]And the walls came down.. [Em]All the way to hell..
- Never [D7]saw them when they're standingNever [Am]saw them when they fell
- (chorus 2,3,4 play riff, then D Am after this)Verse 2
- The undercover cop never liked the Monkey ManEven back in childhood he wanted to see him in the canJan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named Bill
- She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hillIt was out on thunder road -Tweeter at the wheel
- They crashed into paradise -you could hear them tires squealThe undercover cop pulled up said "Everyone of you is a liar...If you dont surrender now, it's gonna go down to the wire
- Chorus
- Verse 3An ambulance rolled up -a state trooper close behindTweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind (better line, eh?)
- The undercover cop was left tied up to a treeNear the souvenir stand by tha old abandoned factory
- Next day the undercover cop was hot in (sic, he sings "in hot") pursuitHe was taking the whole thing personal,He didn't care about the loot
- Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taughtIn Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught
- ChorusVerse 4Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
- The undercover cop had cornered them said "Boy. you didn'tthink that this could last"Jan jumped out of bed said "There's someplace I gotta go"
- She took a gun out of the drawer and said "It's best if you don't know"The undercover cop was found face down in a field
- The Monkey Man on the river bank using Tweeter as a shieldJan said to the Monkey Man "I'm not fooled by Tweeters curlI knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl" (!it's gettin' complicated)
- Chorus
- Verse 5Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down againI'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
- The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is goneEver since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on
- I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sunThere ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been doneSometime I think of Tweeter, some time I think of Jan
- Sometime I think of nothing but the Monkey ManChorus, repeat and fade
- Here's a few of my own things:Intro riff (and chorus) in ch. Little chorus fill
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- In some choruses, play two strokese---------------------------------------------------
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