Chords for Chuck Berry , Keith Richards,Robert Cray...Too Much Monkey Business
Tempo:
81.5 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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.
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.
Key:
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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. _ _
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. _ _