{"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":577783,"song":"Monkey To Man","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11570436-monkey-to-man-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/577783?type=chord","rating":4.69363,"votes":5,"content":"ELVIS COSTELLO\r\nMONKEY TO MAN\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff\r\nE -----0-2-0-----0--|\r\nB -0-3-------3-3----|\r\nG ------------------|\r\nD ------------------|\r\nA ------------------|\r\nE ------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dsus[/ch] xx0332\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nA long time ago, our point of view[/tab]\r\nWas broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew\r\nAnd now the world is full of sorrow and pain\r\nAnd it's time for us to speak up again\r\n\r\nYou're slack and sorry\r\nSuch an arrogant brood\r\nThe only purpose you serve is to bring us our food\r\nWe sit here staring at your pomp and pout\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n   Outside the bars we use for keeping you out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n    You've taken everything that you wanted[/tab]\r\nBroke it up and plundered it and hunted\r\nEver since we said it\r\nYou went and took the credit\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt's been     headed this way since the world began[/tab]\r\nWhen a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n            Monkey to Man[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Every time man struggles and fails[/tab]\r\nHe makes up some kind of fairytales\r\nAfter all of the misery that he has caused\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe      denies he's descended from the dinosaurs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n    Points up to heaven with cathedral spires[/tab]\r\nAll the time indulging in his base desires\r\nEver since we said it\r\nHe went and took the credit\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt's been      headed this way since the world began[/tab]\r\nWhen a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n            Monkey to Man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Big     and useless as he has become[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith his       crying statues and his flying bomb[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Goes    'round acting like the chosen one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\n      Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes[/tab]\r\nHoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes\r\nFills up the air with his pride and praise\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe's a      big disgrace to our beastly ways[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n    In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts[/tab]\r\nMan uses words to dress up his vile instincts\r\nEver since we said it\r\nHe went and took the credit\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt's been     headed this way since the world began[/tab]\r\nWhen a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man\r\n\r\nRepeat Riff To Fade.","plain_text":"ELVIS COSTELLO\nMONKEY TO MAN\n\n\n\n\nDsus xx0332\n\n\nWas broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew\nAnd now the world is full of sorrow and pain\nAnd it's time for us to speak up again\n\nYou're slack and sorry\nSuch an arrogant brood\nThe only purpose you serve is to bring us our food\nWe sit here staring at your pomp and pout\n\n\n\nBroke it up and plundered it and hunted\nEver since we said it\nYou went and took the credit\n\nWhen a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man\n\n\n\nRiff\n\n\nHe makes up some kind of fairytales\nAfter all of the misery that he has caused\n\n\n\nAll the time indulging in his base desires\nEver since we said it\nHe went and took the credit\n\nWhen a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes\nFills up the air with his pride and praise\n\n\n\nMan uses words to dress up his vile instincts\nEver since we said it\nHe went and took the credit\n\nWhen a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man\n\nRepeat Riff To Fade.","chords":["E","B","G","D","A","Dsus","A7","B7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}