Chords for Oscar Brown Jr Signifyin' Monkey
Tempo:
69.9 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
C
Gm
D
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] [Am] [Dm] [C] [D] [C]
Say [F] that the signifying monkey do line one day.
Hey, there's a great big elephant down the way
Going around [G] talking.
I'm sorry to say about your [Abm] mama.
You know [Gm] scandalous way
Yeah, talk about your mama your [Bb] grandma, too
And he don't show so much [Fm] respect you [E] now you weren't yet
And I still am glad cuz what he said about y [Abm]'all mama [Dm] made me mad
[Gm] Signifying monkey [Bb] [Dm] stay up in your [E] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but [D] you better not monkey [C] with me
[E] The lion said yeah, well I'll [C] fix him up
Tear that elephant limb from limb
Then [D] he shook the jungle with a mighty [C] roar [D] took off [Abm] like a shot [Gm] from a .44
He found the elephant with a tall grass grows and [C] said I come to punch you in your long nose
[D] The [E] elephant looked at the lion in surprise and said boy you better go pick on somebody
[Bb] of size but the lion wouldn't [E] listen
He made a pass [Bb] the elephant [C] slapped him down in the grass
The lion roared and sprung from the ground [D] and that's when [F] that elephant [C] really went to town
I mean he whipped [Bb] that lion [C] for the rest of the day and I [Dm] still don't see how [Eb] the lion got away
But he [Dm] dragged on more [Ebm] dead than [D] alive and that's when that monkey [Abm] started his [E] signifying job
[Dm] Signifying monkey stay up in your tree
You are always lying and [Bb] signifying [E] but you better [Fm] not monkey [Ab] with me
The monkey looked down and said oh [Eb] wait [D] what is this beef up mess I [C] see is that you lion
Do [D] tell man he [Abm] whipped your head [Bb] do off fairly well
Give you a beating and [C] rub a nothing you supposed to be king of the jungle
Ain't that sort of stuff you big overgrown pussy cat don't you [G] roar
Hop [F] down there and [Gm] whip you some more
[Dm] The monkey got to laughing and jumping up and down but his foot missed [C] the limb
And he plunged to the ground
[Dm] The lion [Gm] was on him with all [D] four feet gone
Grinding [F] that monkey [Gm] a hamburger meat
[F] The monkey looked up with tears in his eyes and said please [Gm] Mr.
Lion I apologize
[F] I meant no harm please [Eb] let me go
And I'll tell [Dbm] you something you really need [D] to know
[Bb] [C] Signifying monkey [Gm] stay up in your tree
You are [Dm] always lying [Bb] and signifying but you better [Dm] not monkey with me
The lion [Gm] stepped back to hear what he'd [F] say
And that monkey scattered up a tree and got [G] away
What I wanted to tell you the monkey hollered then
Is if [Dm] you fool with me [Bb] I'll set the elephant on you again
[Gm] The lion just shook his head and said you child
If you and your monkey [A] children want to keep alive
[Gm] Up in them trees is where you better stay
[Dm] And that's where [G] they are to [Gm] this very [Dm] day
Signifying [C] monkey [Dm] stay up in your [Gm] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but you better not
No [D] you better
[Bb] [Fm] You are [A] always [Bb] lying and [C] signifying but you better not monkey [F] with me
[N]
Say [F] that the signifying monkey do line one day.
Hey, there's a great big elephant down the way
Going around [G] talking.
I'm sorry to say about your [Abm] mama.
You know [Gm] scandalous way
Yeah, talk about your mama your [Bb] grandma, too
And he don't show so much [Fm] respect you [E] now you weren't yet
And I still am glad cuz what he said about y [Abm]'all mama [Dm] made me mad
[Gm] Signifying monkey [Bb] [Dm] stay up in your [E] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but [D] you better not monkey [C] with me
[E] The lion said yeah, well I'll [C] fix him up
Tear that elephant limb from limb
Then [D] he shook the jungle with a mighty [C] roar [D] took off [Abm] like a shot [Gm] from a .44
He found the elephant with a tall grass grows and [C] said I come to punch you in your long nose
[D] The [E] elephant looked at the lion in surprise and said boy you better go pick on somebody
[Bb] of size but the lion wouldn't [E] listen
He made a pass [Bb] the elephant [C] slapped him down in the grass
The lion roared and sprung from the ground [D] and that's when [F] that elephant [C] really went to town
I mean he whipped [Bb] that lion [C] for the rest of the day and I [Dm] still don't see how [Eb] the lion got away
But he [Dm] dragged on more [Ebm] dead than [D] alive and that's when that monkey [Abm] started his [E] signifying job
[Dm] Signifying monkey stay up in your tree
You are always lying and [Bb] signifying [E] but you better [Fm] not monkey [Ab] with me
The monkey looked down and said oh [Eb] wait [D] what is this beef up mess I [C] see is that you lion
Do [D] tell man he [Abm] whipped your head [Bb] do off fairly well
Give you a beating and [C] rub a nothing you supposed to be king of the jungle
Ain't that sort of stuff you big overgrown pussy cat don't you [G] roar
Hop [F] down there and [Gm] whip you some more
[Dm] The monkey got to laughing and jumping up and down but his foot missed [C] the limb
And he plunged to the ground
[Dm] The lion [Gm] was on him with all [D] four feet gone
Grinding [F] that monkey [Gm] a hamburger meat
[F] The monkey looked up with tears in his eyes and said please [Gm] Mr.
Lion I apologize
[F] I meant no harm please [Eb] let me go
And I'll tell [Dbm] you something you really need [D] to know
[Bb] [C] Signifying monkey [Gm] stay up in your tree
You are [Dm] always lying [Bb] and signifying but you better [Dm] not monkey with me
The lion [Gm] stepped back to hear what he'd [F] say
And that monkey scattered up a tree and got [G] away
What I wanted to tell you the monkey hollered then
Is if [Dm] you fool with me [Bb] I'll set the elephant on you again
[Gm] The lion just shook his head and said you child
If you and your monkey [A] children want to keep alive
[Gm] Up in them trees is where you better stay
[Dm] And that's where [G] they are to [Gm] this very [Dm] day
Signifying [C] monkey [Dm] stay up in your [Gm] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but you better not
No [D] you better
[Bb] [Fm] You are [A] always [Bb] lying and [C] signifying but you better not monkey [F] with me
[N]
Key:
Dm
C
Gm
D
Bb
Dm
C
Gm
[Fm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [C]
Say [F] that the signifying monkey do line one day.
Hey, there's a great big elephant down the way
Going around [G] talking.
I'm sorry to say about your [Abm] mama.
You know [Gm] scandalous way
Yeah, talk about your mama your [Bb] grandma, too
And he don't show so much [Fm] respect you [E] now you weren't yet
And I still am glad cuz what he said about y [Abm]'all mama [Dm] made me mad
_ [Gm] Signifying monkey [Bb] [Dm] stay up in your [E] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but [D] you better not monkey [C] with me
[E] The lion said yeah, well I'll [C] fix him up
Tear that elephant limb from limb
Then [D] he shook the jungle with a mighty [C] roar [D] took off [Abm] like a shot [Gm] from a .44
He found the elephant with a tall grass grows and [C] said I come to punch you in your long nose
[D] The [E] elephant looked at the lion in surprise and said boy you better go pick on somebody
[Bb] of size but the lion wouldn't [E] listen
He made a pass [Bb] the elephant [C] slapped him down in the grass
The lion roared and sprung from the ground [D] and that's when [F] that elephant [C] really went to town
I mean he whipped [Bb] that lion [C] for the rest of the day and I [Dm] still don't see how [Eb] the lion got away
But he [Dm] dragged on more [Ebm] dead than [D] alive and that's when that monkey [Abm] started his [E] signifying job
[Dm] Signifying monkey stay up in your tree
You are always lying and [Bb] signifying [E] but you better [Fm] not monkey [Ab] with me
The monkey looked down and said oh [Eb] wait [D] what is this beef up mess I [C] see is that you lion
Do [D] tell man he [Abm] whipped your head [Bb] do off fairly well
Give you a beating and [C] rub a nothing you supposed to be king of the jungle
Ain't that sort of stuff you big overgrown pussy cat don't you [G] roar
Hop [F] down there and [Gm] whip you some more
[Dm] The monkey got to laughing and jumping up and down but his foot missed [C] the limb
And he plunged to the ground
[Dm] The lion [Gm] was on him with all [D] four feet gone
Grinding [F] that monkey [Gm] a hamburger meat
[F] The monkey looked up with tears in his eyes and said please [Gm] Mr.
Lion I apologize
[F] I meant no harm please [Eb] let me go
And I'll tell [Dbm] you something you really need [D] to know
_ [Bb] _ [C] Signifying monkey [Gm] stay up in your tree
You are [Dm] always lying [Bb] and signifying but you better [Dm] not monkey with me
The lion [Gm] stepped back to hear what he'd [F] say
And that monkey scattered up a tree and got [G] away
What I wanted to tell you the monkey hollered then
Is if [Dm] you fool with me [Bb] I'll set the elephant on you again
[Gm] The lion just shook his head and said you child
If you and your monkey [A] children want to keep alive
[Gm] Up in them trees is where you better stay
[Dm] And that's where [G] they are to [Gm] this very [Dm] day
Signifying [C] monkey [Dm] stay up in your [Gm] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but you better not
No [D] you better
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] You are [A] always [Bb] lying and [C] signifying but you better not monkey [F] with me
_ _ _ [N] _
Say [F] that the signifying monkey do line one day.
Hey, there's a great big elephant down the way
Going around [G] talking.
I'm sorry to say about your [Abm] mama.
You know [Gm] scandalous way
Yeah, talk about your mama your [Bb] grandma, too
And he don't show so much [Fm] respect you [E] now you weren't yet
And I still am glad cuz what he said about y [Abm]'all mama [Dm] made me mad
_ [Gm] Signifying monkey [Bb] [Dm] stay up in your [E] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but [D] you better not monkey [C] with me
[E] The lion said yeah, well I'll [C] fix him up
Tear that elephant limb from limb
Then [D] he shook the jungle with a mighty [C] roar [D] took off [Abm] like a shot [Gm] from a .44
He found the elephant with a tall grass grows and [C] said I come to punch you in your long nose
[D] The [E] elephant looked at the lion in surprise and said boy you better go pick on somebody
[Bb] of size but the lion wouldn't [E] listen
He made a pass [Bb] the elephant [C] slapped him down in the grass
The lion roared and sprung from the ground [D] and that's when [F] that elephant [C] really went to town
I mean he whipped [Bb] that lion [C] for the rest of the day and I [Dm] still don't see how [Eb] the lion got away
But he [Dm] dragged on more [Ebm] dead than [D] alive and that's when that monkey [Abm] started his [E] signifying job
[Dm] Signifying monkey stay up in your tree
You are always lying and [Bb] signifying [E] but you better [Fm] not monkey [Ab] with me
The monkey looked down and said oh [Eb] wait [D] what is this beef up mess I [C] see is that you lion
Do [D] tell man he [Abm] whipped your head [Bb] do off fairly well
Give you a beating and [C] rub a nothing you supposed to be king of the jungle
Ain't that sort of stuff you big overgrown pussy cat don't you [G] roar
Hop [F] down there and [Gm] whip you some more
[Dm] The monkey got to laughing and jumping up and down but his foot missed [C] the limb
And he plunged to the ground
[Dm] The lion [Gm] was on him with all [D] four feet gone
Grinding [F] that monkey [Gm] a hamburger meat
[F] The monkey looked up with tears in his eyes and said please [Gm] Mr.
Lion I apologize
[F] I meant no harm please [Eb] let me go
And I'll tell [Dbm] you something you really need [D] to know
_ [Bb] _ [C] Signifying monkey [Gm] stay up in your tree
You are [Dm] always lying [Bb] and signifying but you better [Dm] not monkey with me
The lion [Gm] stepped back to hear what he'd [F] say
And that monkey scattered up a tree and got [G] away
What I wanted to tell you the monkey hollered then
Is if [Dm] you fool with me [Bb] I'll set the elephant on you again
[Gm] The lion just shook his head and said you child
If you and your monkey [A] children want to keep alive
[Gm] Up in them trees is where you better stay
[Dm] And that's where [G] they are to [Gm] this very [Dm] day
Signifying [C] monkey [Dm] stay up in your [Gm] tree
You are [Dm] always lying and signifying but you better not
No [D] you better
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] You are [A] always [Bb] lying and [C] signifying but you better not monkey [F] with me
_ _ _ [N] _