Punish The Monkey Chords by Mark Knopfler

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_ Driving long nails into coffins, _ _ you've been having sleepless nights.
_ _ Gone as quiet as a church mouse, _ _ been checking on your eyes.
_ _ The boss has hung you out to dry, [Bb] _ and it looks [A] as though
he'll punish the monkey _ [Gm] and let the organ [Dm] grinder go. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [Am] You've been talking [Dm] to a lawyer, _
_ [Bb] _ are you gonna [D] pretend _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] that you and [Dm] your employer _
_ [Bb] _ are still [Am] the best of friends?
[Bb] _ _ [Am] Somebody's [D] gonna take the [Bb] fall, unless you quit.
[A] _ He'll punish [Dm] the monkey, [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C]
punish [Dm] the monkey, [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] punish [Dm] the monkey
_ [Gm] and let the organ [D] grinder go. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ Here comes [Bb] a [F] police man, he [Bb] won't be [F]
sidetracked.
He's asking about [Bb] a smoking [C]
gun, [Dm] he's [Bb] after _ [A] the bag.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] It's a quiet [Dm] life from here on in, _ [Bb] _ you've dropped your [Dm] poison cup.
_ [Bb] _ [Am] The [Dm] telephone is ringing, _ _ [Bb] _ but you're [Am] not picking up.
[Bb] _ [Am] Time's up, stand [Dm] up flunky, _ _ [Bb] and everybody [A] knows
he'll punish [Dm] the monkey, [Bb] _
_ [Gm] punish [C] _ [Dm] the [Bb] monkey, _
_ [Gm] punish [C] _ [Dm] the monkey _
[Gm] and let the [Dm] organ grinder go. _
_ He'll punish the monkey, [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ punish [Dm] the [Bb] monkey, _ _ punish [C] _ [Dm] the monkey
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[Gm] and let the organ [Dm] grinder go. _
_ _ He'll punish the monkey, _ _ _ _ punish the monkey, _ _ _ _ punish the monkey _
He'll _ punish the monkey. _
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