Monkey In The Middle Chords by Chuck Prophet

_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ One,
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_ _ _ _ two, [G] three.
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_ [C] _ I [Gm] _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] was born a [Bb] little apple seed.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Nobody seemed [Bb] to notice [F] me. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] Stealing kisses [Bb] in the dark
[F] to sister's heart.
[C] _ Teleport, I [G] was a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never got [C] caught.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] From the pump and dump
to [Bb] the bait and [F] switch. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] I can do them all
with [Bb] a flick of a [F] wrist. _
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Even as I
plumped [Bb] down on the [F] farm.
I never met a beast [C] I couldn't chomp.
I [G] was a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never got [F] caught. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] I was a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never got [F] caught.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] St.
_ [Bb] Petersburg's
a funky town.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] There's money to be made
if [Bb] you ask _ [F] around.
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_ Microfilm,
[Bb] disco [F] tax,
cash in [C] hand and jobless [Gm] jacks.
I was a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never got [F] _
caught.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] In the Pajaro the Nile
[Bb] with an iron _ [F] fist.
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Folks, they just couldn't [Bb] handle [F] it. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] They hunted down
[Bb] my river [F] queen.
Nobody laid [C] a hand on me.
I [Gm] was a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never got [F] caught.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] I was a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never got _ [F]
caught.
_ _ [C] _ _ Watch [G] me now!
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I [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] came _
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into [Bb] this world unknown.
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_ _ [C] _ _ I [G] seen so many [Bb] people
come and go.
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_ _ [C] _ _ I [Gm] got no gray [Bb] hairs
on my head.
[F] I kept my cool [C] to the bitter
and [Gm] I was a monkey in the [Bb] middle
and I never got caught.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Let Jesus
make [Bb] your dying [F] bed. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I got [Bb] other plans instead.
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Take the reaper
[Bb] off his [F] ramps.
I can [C] shut my own lot out.
[G] I'm a monkey in the [Bb] middle
and I never get [F] caught. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] I'm a monkey in the middle
[Bb] and I never get [F] caught.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] Watch me now!
_ [Bb] Now!
_ _ [F] Now! _
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_ Alright! _ _ _ _ _
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