Chords for Chuck Berry , Keith Richards,Robert Cray...Too Much Monkey Business

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81.5 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Eb

C

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chuck Berry , Keith Richards,Robert Cray...Too Much Monkey Business chords
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As a matter of fact, he's right at the age I was when I started out.
Beautiful, mellow, ripe, 29-ish, you know?
And he, as a matter of fact, this dude even looks like me.
Let's bring him out.
Robert Gray.
Robert's gonna do Brown Eyed Handsome Man.
Yo.
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Eb] Oh, arrested on charges of unemployment.
He was sitting in the witness stand.
The judge's wife [Ab] phoned the district attorney, [Bb] said,
Free that brown [Eb]-eyed man.
You want your [Bb] job, you better free that brown [Eb]-eyed man.
Flying across the desert in a TWA, saw a woman walking across the sand.
Walking 30 [Ab] miles in roots, upon [Bb] meeting me, that brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
[Bbm] Destination was a brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
Way back in history, now 3,000 years, in fact, ever since the world began.
There's been a whole lot of [Ab] good women's shit, [Bb] cheers about a brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
A lot of trouble, he's [Bb] a brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
Everybody!
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb] [D]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Cm]
[Ab] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] Old Venus was a beautiful lady.
She had the world in the palm of her hand.
She lost both [Ab] her arms in a wrestling [Bb] match.
But when a brown [Eb]-eyed handsome, she called [Bb] him one,
just a brown [Eb]-eyed handsome man.
Two, three, the count.
Nobody ought to hit a high flyer into the stands.
Round and [Ab] third and headed for [Bb] home, it was a brown-eyed handsome [Eb] man.
And won [Bb] the game, it was a brown [Eb]-eyed handsome man.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[N] Robert Gray, ladies and gentlemen.
[C]
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F] Running to and fro, hard-working at the [B] mill, never failing.
The mail boy, you get a [Bb] rotten bill.
Too much monkey business.
[F] Too much monkey business.
[Gm] Too much monkey business for me to [Dm] be involved in.
[C] [A] There's a talk of me trying to run me up a creek,
so you can ride, go on, try it, you can pay me next [Bb] week.
Too much monkey business.
[F] Too much monkey business.
[C] Too much monkey business for me to be [F] involved in.
[C]
[N] Blond hair, good looking, trying to get him hooked, want him to marry,
get a home and settle down and write [Bb] a book.
Too much monkey business.
[Dm] [F] Too much monkey business.
[C] Too much monkey business for me to be [F] involved in.
Go, Keith, go, go, go!
[G]
[F] [Fm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Db]
[Ab]
[Bb]
[Fm] [E] [Cm] [Fm]
[Bb] Same thing every day, getting up, going to school,
no need for you [Fm] complaining, your objections overruled.
Too much monkey business.
Too [F] much monkey business.
Too [C] much monkey business for me to [F] be [Db] involved in.
[F] Hey, phone [Fm] something wrong, down, gone, will mail,
or the suite operator, she telling me a tale.
Too [Bb] much monkey business.
[F] Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for [C] me to be [F] involved in.
[C] In the Yokohama, [B] been a fighting in the war,
Army vote, Army shout, Army close, Army [Fm] call, ah!
[Bb] Too [F] much monkey [C] business.
Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be [F] involved in.
[C] [Fm] Working in a filling station, too many tasks,
wipe the windows, check the tires, check the oil, no gas, ha!
Too much [Bb] monkey business.
[F] [Fm] Too much monkey business.
[C] Too much monkey business for me to be involved [Dm] in.
[F]
[Bbm] [D] [F] Riding along [G] in my automobile,
my baby beside me at the wheel,
I saw her kiss [C] at the turn of a mile,
my curiosity [G] running wild,
rude, and I [D] swam the radio.
Well, [G] don't be thinking of place to go,
riding along in my automobile,
[Am] I said, she's telling the [G] way I feel.
So I whipped [C] softly and sincere,
she leaned and put [G] something in my ear.
Cruising [D] more and [Dm] driving slow,
[G] with no particular place to go.
[Dm] [C]
[G]
[D] [G]
Riding along the Kokomo,
[Gm] [G] with no particular place to go.
[G] The night was young and the moon [F] was gold,
[Bb] [C] we went and sat at [G] the tennis roll,
the two new [D] men on the way out go,
I [G] took my fastener safety belt,
riding along in that colorful boot,
still trying to get that belt to loop,
all the way [C] home to my health friend,
safety belt, [G] you're good for us,
cruising and [D] playing the radio,
with no particular [G] place to go.
One more, one more.
[D] [G]
[Gm] That's all, folks.
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To jam and learn Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: Ab, Bb, Eb, Ab, D, G, C and G. Ease into the song by practicing at 40 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 82 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Eb Major.

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As a matter of fact, he's right at the age I was when I started out.
Beautiful, mellow, ripe, 29-ish, you know?
And he, as a matter of fact, this dude even looks like me.
Let's bring him out.
Robert Gray. _ _
Robert's gonna do Brown Eyed Handsome Man. _ _ _
_ _ _ Yo.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Eb] _ _ Oh, arrested on charges of unemployment.
He was sitting in the witness stand.
The judge's wife [Ab] phoned the district attorney, [Bb] said,
Free that brown [Eb]-eyed man.
You want your [Bb] job, you better free that brown [Eb]-eyed man.
Flying across the desert in a TWA, saw a woman walking across the sand.
Walking 30 [Ab] miles in roots, upon [Bb] meeting me, that brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
[Bbm] Destination was a brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
Way back in history, now 3,000 years, in fact, ever since the world began.
There's been a whole lot of [Ab] good women's shit, [Bb] cheers about a brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
A lot of trouble, he's [Bb] a brown-eyed [Eb] handsome man.
Everybody!
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ Old Venus was a beautiful lady.
She had the world in the palm of her hand.
She lost both [Ab] her arms in a wrestling [Bb] match.
But when a brown [Eb]-eyed handsome, she called [Bb] him one,
just a brown [Eb]-eyed handsome man.
Two, three, the count.
Nobody ought to hit a high flyer into the stands.
Round and [Ab] third and headed for [Bb] home, it was a brown-eyed handsome [Eb] man.
And won [Bb] the game, it was a brown [Eb]-eyed handsome man. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] Robert Gray, ladies and gentlemen.
[C] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [F] Running to and fro, hard-working at the [B] mill, never failing.
The mail boy, you get a [Bb] rotten bill.
Too much monkey business.
[F] Too much monkey business.
[Gm] Too much monkey business for me to [Dm] be involved in. _
[C] [A] There's a talk of me trying to run me up a creek,
so you can ride, go on, try it, you can pay me next [Bb] week.
Too much monkey business.
[F] Too much monkey business.
[C] Too much monkey business for me to be [F] involved in.
_ [C] _
[N] Blond hair, good looking, trying to get him hooked, want him to marry,
get a home and settle down and write [Bb] a book.
Too much monkey business.
[Dm] [F] Too much monkey business.
[C] Too much monkey business for me to be [F] involved in.
Go, Keith, go, go, go!
_ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ [E] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] Same thing every day, getting up, going to school,
no need for you [Fm] complaining, your objections overruled.
Too much monkey business.
Too [F] much monkey business.
Too [C] much monkey business for me to [F] be [Db] involved in.
_ _ [F] Hey, phone [Fm] something wrong, down, gone, will mail,
or the suite operator, she telling me a tale.
Too [Bb] much monkey business.
[F] Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for [C] me to be [F] involved in.
_ [C] In the Yokohama, [B] been a fighting in the war,
Army vote, Army shout, Army close, Army [Fm] call, ah!
_ [Bb] Too [F] much monkey [C] business.
Too much monkey business.
Too much monkey business for me to be [F] involved in. _
[C] _ [Fm] Working in a filling station, too many tasks,
wipe the windows, check the tires, check the oil, no gas, ha!
Too much [Bb] monkey business.
_ [F] [Fm] Too much monkey business.
[C] Too much monkey business for me to be involved [Dm] in.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [D] [F] Riding along [G] in my automobile,
_ my baby beside me at the wheel,
I saw her kiss [C] at the turn of a mile,
my curiosity [G] running wild,
rude, and I [D] swam the radio.
Well, [G] don't be thinking of place to go,
_ riding along in my automobile,
[Am] I said, she's telling the [G] way I feel.
So I whipped [C] softly and sincere,
she leaned and put [G] something in my ear.
Cruising [D] more and [Dm] driving slow,
[G] with no particular place to go. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Riding along the Kokomo,
[Gm] [G] with no particular place to go.
[G] The night was young and the moon [F] was gold,
[Bb] [C] we went and sat at [G] the tennis roll,
the two new [D] men on the way out go,
I [G] took my fastener safety belt,
riding along in that colorful boot,
still trying to get that belt to loop,
all the way [C] home to my health friend,
safety belt, [G] you're good for us,
cruising and [D] playing the radio,
with no particular [G] place to go.
One more, one more. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] That's all, folks. _ _

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