Punish The Monkey Chords by Mark Knopfler

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You're driving long nails into coffins
_ You've been having sleepless nights
You're gone as quiet as a church mouse
_ Been checking on your rights
_ The boss has hung you out to dry
[Bb] _ And it [B] looks as [A] though
He'll punish [Dm] the monkey
[Bb] _ [F] [Gm] And let the organ [Dm] grinder go _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [Am] You've been talking [Dm] to a lawyer _
[Bb] Are you [Dm] gonna pretend
That [Bb] _ _ [Am] you and [Dm] your employer _
[Bb] Are _ still [Am] the best of friends
[Bb] _ _ [Am] Somebody's [D] gonna take her fall
[Bb] But as you [Dm] quit [A] pro quo
He'll punish [Dm] the monkey
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Punish [Dm] the monkey, [Bb] yeah
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Punish [Dm] the monkey
_ [Gm] And let the organ [D] grinder go
_ _ Here _
_ [F] _ _ comes [Bb] a _ [F]
policeman
_ He [Bb] won't be [F]
sidetracked
He's asking about [Bb] a smoking [C]
gun
[Dm] He's [Bb] after _ [A] the _ man
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] It's a quiet [D] life from here [Dm] on in
[Bb] _ You've dropped [Dm] your poison cup
The _ _ _ telephone is ringing
_ _ [Bb] _ But [Dm] you're [Am] not picking [Bb] up
[Am] Time's upset, [D] Lord [Dm] Flunky
_ [Bb] And _ [B] everybody [A] knows
[Dm] Punish the monkey
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_ [Gm] Punish [C] _ [Dm] the monkey, [Bb]
yeah
[Gm] _ [C] Punish [Dm] the monkey
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[Gm] And let the [Dm] organ grinder go _
_ He'll punish the monkey
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_ [Gm] _ _ [C] Punish [Dm] the monkey, [Bb]
yeah
_ [C] Punish [Dm] the monkey
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_ [Gm] And let the organ [D] grinder go _
_ He'll punish the monkey _
_ _ _ [Dm] Punish the monkey _
_ Punish _ the monkey _
He'll _ punish the monkey _
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