{"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":414253,"song":"Martin Was A Monkey","artist":"Jay Foreman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11559258-martin-was-a-monkey-chords-by-jay-foreman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/414253?type=chord","rating":4.23314,"votes":3,"content":"(Capo 4th fret)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nMartin was a monkey[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe lived in London zoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe had a monkey tyre[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a monkey tree branch too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Martin wasn't happy there[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe sat and dreamt all day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAbout the thing he wanted most[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA skiing holiday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe'd shoot off down the mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd whizz across the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe'd slalom in between the flags[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't wait to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he never did go skiing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't go because[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMartin was a monkey[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a monkey's what he was.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe told his friends about it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThey thought that it was daft[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nThey laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd laughed and laughed and laughed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he left his branch, he left his tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe leapt apon the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nBut he couldn't leave the cage[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBecause a lock was on the door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe talked to the zookeepers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe asked to be set free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut nobody would listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n'Cos they couldn't speak monkey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe never did go skiing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't go because[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMartin was a monkey[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a monkey's what he was.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe stood and looked out from the cage[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt simply wasn't fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhy did he have to stay inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen skiing was out there?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut that's the way life was[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there was nothing he could do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nIt seemed that all things had a place[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd his was in the zoo.[/tab]\r\n   \r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nSo Martin never got his dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe simply sat and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe spent his life in London Zoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nUntil the day he died.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe never did go skiing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't go because[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMartin was a monkey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a monkey's what he was.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a monkey's what he was.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a monkey's what he was.[/tab]","plain_text":"(Capo 4th fret)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC    Fmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC    Fmaj7","chords":["C","Fmaj7","Am","G","D/F#","G7","A","Dm7","Gm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}