Chords for 16 Tons of Monkeys -- Tonio K

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[F] I've _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
been working in a coal mine, _ [Fm]
on top of the [Bb] world. _ _
[F] I've been watching the [Bbm] horizon, _ _ [F] I've been watching all the [Eb] girls.
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[F] I've been counting on a [Bb] miracle, _ _ [F]
I've been carrying a [Bb] gun.
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I've been slipping in the [Bb] darkness, _ _ [F]
in the moonday [Eb] sun.
[Bb] And it's a hard lesson.
[C] _ _ _ I [F] got 16 [Bb] tons of questions for [F] the teacher.
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[F] I got 16 [Bb] tons of monkeys on [F] my back.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ I [F] got 16 [Bb] tons without a doubt for [F] the future.
_ _ [Bb] _ 16 tons.
[F] It's a wonder that [Bb] I've managed to [F] survive the [Bb] silent wreckage of [F] my past.
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I've been [F] laughing on the [Bb] inside.
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I've been living with the pain.
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I've been working with the system. _ _
I've been waiting in the [Eb] rain.
[Bb] I'm a born [F] swimmer.
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I've been [F] looking for an [Bb] answer.
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I've been looking for the [Bb] love. _
[F] I've been standing in the [Bb] quicksand, _ sinking down but looking [Eb] up.
[Bb] I need a lightsaber.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ I [F] got 16 [Bb] tons of questions [F] for the teacher.
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[F] I got 16 [Bb] tons of monkeys on [F] my back.
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I got [F] _ 16 [Bb] tons without a doubt for [F] the future.
_ _ [Bb] _ 16 tons.
[F] It's a wonder [Bb] that I've managed to [F] survive the [Bb] silent wreckage of [F] my past. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ You take a little baby and you fill it up with fear. _
[Eb] And applying the insecurity, and you sell him [C] _ cigarettes and beer.
He's a [F] time [C] swimmer.
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And he'll shovel [G] in the nonsense, shovel on the lies, [Bb] drugs and information, guns and bad advice.
_ _ _ Meet your new [Fm] neighbor. _ _ _ _
He's [F] got 16 [Bb] tons of questions [F] for the teacher.
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[F] He's got 16 [Bb] tons of monkeys [F] on his back.
_ [Bb] _ 16 tons.
[F] He's got 16 [Bb] tons of doubt about [F] his future.
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[F] It's a wonder [Bb] that we've managed to [F] _ survive the [Bb] silent _ wreckage of [F] our past.
16 [Bb] tons.
_ About [F] the future.
_ [Bb] _ 16 [Eb] tons.
I [F] got 16 [Bb] tons of monkeys [F] on my back.
_ [Bb] _ 16 tons.
I [F] got 16 [Bb] tons of doubt about [F] the future.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ 16 tons.
It's [F] a wonder [Bb] that I've managed to [F] survive the [Bb] silent wreckage of my [F] past.
16 [Bb] tons. _ _
[F] About the future.
_ [Bb] _ 16 tons.
I [F] got 16 tons [Bb] of monkeys [F] on my back.
_ [Bb] _ 16 tons.
I got [F] 16 tons of doubt about [Cm] the [F] future.
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