VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by PulsePioneer
To learn Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey chords with lyrics, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: D, C, Dm, F, C, D, F, Dm, F. Start with a comfortable 36 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 74. With an eye on the song's key F, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.
Dm _ _
F _
D _ _ _
F _
Eb _ .
_
Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ me.
D _
Am When
F I run.
C _ .
Bb _
Dm Cover me.
_
A Through the
Dm fire.
_ .
_ Something knocking at the trees.
You know I'm on my knees.
Cover
Am me.
Darling,
Fm please.
Dm _ .
_
C Monkey.
Monkey.
Monkey.
Monkey.
Dm Monkey.
_ _
G Dm Monkey.
F _
Gm _ .
Dm Monkey.
Monster.
Monster.
_ _ _ _ .
Monkey.
Animal monkey.
I _ _ _ _ .
G D can
F _
Dm _ _ _ _ _ .
launch.
And _ jump.
And jump.
Hey, hey, hey,
C monkey, monkey, monkey.
Don't
Dm you know you're gonna shock the monkey?.
Hey, hey, shock the monkey.
Hey, hey,
D hey, _
C monkey.
_ .
Wheels keep
Dm turning.
_
D _ _
C _
F _ _ .
C D Something's burning.
_ _ _
C Fm Monkey, don't like it, but I guess I'll
Bb burn it.
_ _ _ Shock, _ shock, _ _
C shock.
What's
Dm wrong, keep it up, monkey?.
_ _ _
F _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
D Cover
F me
Dm _ when I sleep.
_ .
Cover me _ when I
F breathe.
Dm _ .
_
C So don't
G pass me on this
Dm swine, Mr.
Monkey.
Cover me, _ darling,
F please.
C.
G Hey, hey,
D hey, monkey.
C _ _ .
Too
Dm much at stake, _ my monkey.
Mermaid,
D you're in the sea.
_ _
C _ And the news is
Bb breaking.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
C What's
Dm the monkey think of,
F monkey?.
_
C _ _
Dm Shock the monkey.
_
F _ _
Am _ _
Dm _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
C Shock
Gm the monkey.
_
Dm Shell of the morning
A sun….
Dm Shell of
C the morning sun….
Dm Shell of
C the morning sun….
Shell
F the morning sun… _ _ .
_ _ _
Am _
Dm Shell of _
F the morning sun… _ _ .