Chords for Signifyin' Monkey

[D] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ [E] _
[Dm] Said the signifying monkey to the [Am] lion one day.
Hey, there's a great big elephant down the [D] way
Going around [G] talking.
I'm [Am] sorry to say about your [Abm] mama in [C] a scandalous [F] way
Yes, talking about [G] your mama [Dbm] and your grandma too, and he don't show so much respect for you
Now you [Bb] weren't sharing.
[C] I sure [E] am glad cuz what he said about your [Abm] mama made [Dm] me mad
_ [Gm] Signifying monkey, [Dm] stay up in your [E] tree.
You are [Dm] always lion and signifying but [D] you better not monkey with [C] me
[Gm] The lion said yeah, well I'll fix him.
I'll tear that elephant [Bb] limb from limb
Then he shook the jungle with a mighty roar.
[Dm] Took off like a [Abm] shark from a [Gm] 44
[Bb] He found the elephant where the tall grass grows and said I come to punch you in your long [C] nose
[Gb] The elephant looked at the [Bb] lion in surprise [D] and said boy you better [F] go pick on [E] somebody of [Bb] size
But the lion wouldn't listen.
[E] He made a [A] pass.
[Bb] The elephant [C] slapped him down in the grass
The lion roared and sprung from the ground.
[Gm] That's when [F] that elephant [E] really went to town
[Dm] I mean he whipped that lion [Gm] for the rest of [C] the day and [F] I still [E] don't see how the lion got away
But [Dm] he dragged on on more [Bb] dead than [Cm] alive.
[Dm] That's when that monkey started [E] his signifying jive
[Dm] Signifying [F] [Am] monkey, [D] stay up in your tree.
You [Dm] are always lion and [Bb]
signifying but you [E] better not [D] monkey with [Dm] me
The monkey looked down and said, [Bb] oh wait, [D] what is this people [Bb] mess I see?
Is that you lion?
Do tell, [Dm] man he whipped [Abm] your head to [E] a fatty well.
[Dm] Give you a beating and we'll [Gb] rub for nothing
You [C] supposed to be king of the jungle.
[Bb] Ain't that some stuff you [Fm] big overgrown pussy [Bb] cat.
Don't you [C] roar
[F] I'll hop down and whip you [Gm] some more.
[Dm] The monkey got to laughing and jumping up and down but his foot missed the limb
[C] And he plunged to the ground.
[Dm] The lion was [Gm] only with all four [Dm] feet gone.
Grr, that [F] monkey a hand [Gm] but me
The monkey looked up with tears in his [D] eyes and said please [Cm] Mr.
Lion I [Dm] apologize I meant [A] no harm
Please let [Eb] me go and I'll tell you [Dbm] something you [E] really need to know
[Dm] Signifying [Gm] [C] monkey, [Dm] stay up in [Bb] your tree.
[Gm] You are [F] always lion [Bb] and signifying [E] but you better not monkey [Dm] with me
The lion [Bb] stepped back to hear what he'd [D] seen and that monkey scampered up a tree and got away
What I [Gm] wanted to tell you, the monkey hollered then, [Dm] is if you fool with me I'll stick the elephant [Dbm] on you again
[Bb] The lion just shook his [Gm] head and said [A] you jive.
If [Bb] you and your monkey children [A] want to keep alive
[Bb] Up in them trees is where you [E] better stay and [Bb] that's where they [F] are to [E] this very [Dm] day _
[Bb] Signifying monkey, [C] [Dm] stay up in your [E] tree.
You are [A] always [Dm] lion and [Gm] [F] signifying but you [Dm] better not _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] _