Chords for Travelling Wilburys - Tweeter And The Monkey Man

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_ Tweeter and the Monkey Man [G] were hot up for cash.
[F] They stayed up all night [Am] selling cocaine and hash.
Though an undercover cop who [G] had a sister named Jan,
[F] For reasons unexplained she [Am] loved the Monkey Man.
Tweeter was a Boy Scout, [G] but she went to Vietnam,
[F] And found out the hard way [Am] nobody gets a damn.
They knew that they'd find freedom [G] just across the Jersey line,
[F] So they hopped into a stolen [Am] car from Highway 99. _
And the walls came down, _ _ _
_ [Em] all the way to hell. _ _ _
[D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
_ _ _ _ [A] The undercover [G] cop never liked the Monkey Man.
[F] Even back in childhood he wanted [Am] to see him in the can.
Jan got married at 14 [G] to a rat called Jim named Bill.
[F] She made secret calls to the Monkey [Am] Man from a mansion on the hill.
It was out on Thunder Road, [G] Tweeter had the wheel.
[F] They crashed into paradise, [Am] they could hear them tires squeal.
The undercover cop pulled up and [G] said, everyone is a liar.
[F] If you don't surrender now, [Am] it's gonna go down to the wire.
And the walls came down, _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell. _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ An ambulance rolled up, [G] a straight trooper closed behind.
[F] Tweeter took his gun away [Am] and messed up his mind.
The undercover cop was left [G] tied up to a tree,
[F] Near the souvenir stand by the [Am] old abandoned factory.
_ Next day the undercover cop [G] was a hot in pursuit.
[F] He was taking the whole thing personal, he [Am] didn't care about loot.
_ Jan had told him many times, [G] it was you to me who taught.
[F] There's Jersey and it's legal [Am] as long as you don't get caught.
And the walls came down, _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell. _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ Some place by a railway prison, [G] they ran out of gas.
[F] The undercover cop had cornered them and said,
[Am] Huh, you didn't think that this could last.
Jan jumped over the bed, [G] said there's some place I gotta go.
[F] She took her gun out of the drawer [Am] and said, it's best if you don't know.
The undercover cop was found [G] face down in a field.
[F] The monkey man was on the river [Am] bridge using Tweeter as a shield.
Jan said, little monkey man, [G] I'm not fooled by Tweeter's girl.
[F] I knew him long before he [Am] ever became a Jersey girl.
And the walls came down, _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ Now the town of Jersey City [G] is quieting down again.
[F] I'm still in a gambling [Am] club called a lion's den.
The TV set was blown [G] up, every bit of it is gone.
[F] Ever since the nightly news [Am] show that the monkey man was on.
I guess I'll go to Florida [G] and get myself some sun.
[F] There ain't no more opportunity [Am] here, everything's been done.
Sometimes I think of Tweeter, [G] sometimes I think of Jan.
[F] Sometimes I don't think about [Am] nothing but the monkey man.
And the walls came down, _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
And the walls came down, _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, never [Am] saw them when they fell. _ _ _
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