Tweeter And The Monkey Man Chords by The Traveling Wilburys

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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 cash.
To 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] once he went to Vietnam.
[F] And found out the hard [Am] way nobody get her down.
They knew that they'd find freedom just [G] across the Jersey line.
So [F] they hopped into a stolen car [Am] 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.
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ [Am] The undercover [G] cop never liked the monkey man.
[F] Even back in childhood he wanted [Am] to see him in the camp.
Jan got married at 14 [G] to a wreck of a chimney bill.
[F] She made secret talk to the monkey man [Am] 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 it's [Am] 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] _ [Am] _ _ 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 [Am] by the old abandoned factory.
_ Next day the undercover cop was [G] hot in pursuit.
[F] He was taking the whole thing personal, he [Am] didn't care about the loot.
_ Jan had told him many times [G] it was you to me who taught.
[F] The Jersey ending's [Am] legal 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 was cornered and said, [Am] you didn't think that this could last.
Jan jumped up out of bed, [G] said there's some place I gotta go.
[F] She took a gun out of the drawer [Am] and said it's best that you don't know.
The undercover cop was found [G] face down in a field.
[F] The monkey man was on the river bridge [Am] using Tweeter as a shield.
Jan said to the monkey man, [G] I'm not cool about you this girl.
[F] I knew him long before he ever [Am] 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 up, [G] every bit of it is gone.
[F] Ever since the nightly news show [Am] 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 nothing [Am] 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.
_ _ _ Never [D] saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell. _ _ _
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