{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1862648,"song":"Monkey On Your Back","artist":"Aldo Nova","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11415040-monkey-on-your-back-chords-by-aldo-nova/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1862648?type=chord","rating":4.60093,"votes":3,"content":"\r\nIntro: ( [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] ) x3  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  ( [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] ) x3  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet me tell you a story,         about two kids in the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee they both have a problem with life, and it isn't very pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's a kid called Timmy,         he used to be pretty witty[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut then too many rides on the horse, got him hooked and it's a pity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause now he's got a monkey, he's got a monkey can't fight it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMonkey, on his back he can't deny it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMonkey, he found a dragon that bites, a hole in his arm at night (where all the money goes)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    NC\r\nMonkey, monkey on his back, dirty monkey, monkey on his back, a dirty monkey[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude: ( [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] ) x3  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  ( [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] ) x3  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell there's a girl called Sally,        she walks the streets in the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe works down on the corner every night, gives her money up to Willy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou see her man's Big Willy,          and when he met her she was pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut he gave her a habit that she didn't want, now that's a pity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause now she's got a monkey, she's got a monkey can't fight it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMonkey, she's gotta walk the streets to buy it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMonkey, she found a dragon that bites, a hole in her arm at night (where all the money goes)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    NC\r\nMonkey, monkey on her back, dirty monkey, monkey on her back, a dirty monkey[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo/sounds: [ch]Em[/ch]   ( [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] ) x2\r\n\r\nBridge:  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell now listen everybody,         cause there's a moral to the story[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nClean up your act, get the monkey off your back, or you'll be sorry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeep yourself clean,        cause the monkey plays mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nHe'll put a knife in your back[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]               \r\nThen the man in the black, will show you a dragon that bites (and you'll wind up with a)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMonkey, monkey on your back, dirty monkey, monkey on your back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n Example chords/riffs:\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ne---------------------------------------------------------------\r\nB---------------------------------------------------------------\r\nG-------0-----2-------------------------------------------------\r\nD-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------\r\nA-2-2-2--h2-2---2-----------------------------------------------\r\nE-0-0-0-----0---------------------------------------------------[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: ( Em  G Em A Em ) x3  Em  A D  ( Em  G Em A Em ) x3  A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude: ( Em  G Em A Em ) x3  Em  A D  ( Em  G Em A Em ) x3  A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo/sounds: Em   ( Em  D A D A G Em ) x2\n\nBridge:  E  F# G G# A A# B D  E A A# B C B E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 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