Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter And The Monkey Man Chords

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_ Tweeter and the monkey [G] man were hot up for cash.
[F] They stayed up all night [Am] selling cocaine and hash.
To an undercover cop who [G] had a sister named Jan.
[F] For reasons unexplained she [Am] loved the monkey man.
Tweeter was a boy scout [G] before she went to Vietnam.
[F] And found out the hard way [Am] nobody gets her down.
They knew that they'd find freedom [G] just across the Jersey line.
So [F] they hopped into a stolen [Am] car from Highway 99. _
And the walls came down _ _ _
_ [Em] all the way to hell. _ _ _
[D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
_ _ _ _ The undercover [G] cop never liked the monkey man.
[F] Even back in childhood he wanted [Am] to see him in the can.
Jan got married at 14 [G] to a rat that she didn't even feel.
[F] She made secret talk to the monkey [Am] man from a mansion on the hill.
It was out on Thunder Road, [G] Tweeter and the wheel.
[F] They crashed into paradise, [Am] they could hear them tires squeal.
The [A] undercover cop pulled up and [G] said, everyone of you's a liar.
[F] If you don't surrender now, all of [Am] us are going to go down to the wire.
And the walls came down _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Am] An ambulance rolled up, [G] a straight trooper clothed behind.
[F] Tweeter took his gun away [Am] and messed up his mind.
The undercover cop was left [G] tied up to a tree.
[F] Near the souvenir stand by the old [A] abandoned factory.
_ Next day the undercover cop was [G] a hot in pursuit.
[F] He was taking a hold in personal heat, [Am] didn't care about loot.
_ Jan had told him many times, [G] it was you to me who taught.
[F] There's a jersey and it's legal [Am] as long as you don't get caught.
And the walls came down _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
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_ _ [Am] _ _ Some place by a railway prison, [G] they ran out of gas.
[F] The undercover cop had cornered him and said, [Am] you didn't think you'd get this good lad.
Jan jumped up out of bed and [G] said, there's some place I gotta go.
[F] She took her gun out of the drawer [Am] and said, it's best if you don't know.
The undercover cop was found [G] face down in a field.
[F] The monkey man was on the river bridge [Am] using Tweeter as a shield.
Jan said, you're the monkey man, [G] I'm not fooled by Tweeter's girl.
[F] I knew him long before he ever [Am] became a jersey girl.
And the walls came down _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell. _ _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ Now the town of Jersey City is quieting [G] down again.
[F] I'm selling a gambling club [Am] called a lion's den.
The TV set was blown up, [G] every bit of it is gone.
[F] Ever since the nightly news show [Am] that the monkey man was on.
I guess I'll go to Florida [G] and get myself some sun.
[F] There ain't no more opportunity [Am] here if everything's been done.
Sometimes I think of Tweeter, [G] sometimes I think of Jan.
[F] Sometimes I don't think about nothing [Am] but the monkey man.
And the walls came down _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell.
And the walls came down _ _ _ _ [Em] all the way to hell.
_ _ _ [D] Never saw them when they're standing, [Am] never saw them when they fell. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Yee-haw!
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