{"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":2111441,"song":"The Monkey That Became President","artist":"Tom T. 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dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt first he didn't seem to be intelligent at all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEach time he'd start to walk about he'd stumble and he'd fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMy first impression was to be a most mistaken thought[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLord a mighty whats this little hairy monkey wrought?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                                               \r\nBecause I witnessed his departure from his mothers womb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Bm7[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI felt inclined to check his progress every afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOne day the keeper of the zoo called in the live TV[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrankly said I think you'll be amazed at what you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe monkey walked and talked and waved his arms about his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the corner was a stack of books that he had read[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAn educated monkey said the papers cross the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was more than weary sociologists could stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh his fame was universal he was on the carson show[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Bm7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\npeople talked about him kindly everywhere he'd go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHis insight was amazing his philosophy was fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe became a politician welcomed everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis wit was not to be compared with any mind intact[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd lace a phrase with irony and blend it all with fact[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nConservatives applauded and the liberals were entranced[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bigots and the intergrationists were in his camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNobody dared to meet him in an open press debate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was nomonated by the folks from every state[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYes a monkey was the president though maybe not the first[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand there was peace and harmony throughout the universe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe dream I had last night has been related as it came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs for interpretation well it's really very plain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwould you rather have a monkey up in Washington DC[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr have those people making monkeys out of you and me[/tab]","plain_text":"The Monkey That Became President\nTom T Hall\ncapo 1st fret\n\n[Intro]\nD  A  D  A\n\n[Verse]","chords":["D","A","G","Bm7","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}