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Monkey

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Okay, so this is my first contribution. Please comment if anything is wrong.
Chords used:
Aadd9: 577600
Bm: 799777
C: x35553
D: x57775
E5: 079900
Intro
|  Aadd9|  Aadd9|  Bm| Aadd9  
|  Aadd9|  Aadd9|  Bm| Aadd9  
|  C   D|  E5|
|  C   D|  E5| (play last chord once, then launch into the first verse)
Aadd9Oh my darling I was born when I met you
If you don't mind now would I lie cuz could I get Bmyou
To re-design and re-deliver me aAadd9gain
I'll be your baby and I'll be your father
Your little brother won't be no bother
Just bBmorn in autumn, came and I am Aadd9here
CI see you saw me in the Dmirror in hE5alf
                         C                     D   E5(play once)
it's so exciting that we both just laugh and laugh
Aadd9The other night you were away I missed you so bad
I found me doing something desperate I was so sadBm  
I swear I held my own hand pretending it was yAadd9ours
Oh my monkey love is funny when it's so strong
And it's so strong and it goes on for so, so longBm  
And it's long and strong and funny and it Aadd9pours 
CI see you saw me in the Dmirror in hE5alf
                       C            D      E5(play once before ripping
it's so exciting that we both just laugh and laugh   into the outro)
The outro starts with two downstrokes on D(5) and basically consists of playing the E5 
chord over and over with two downstrokes on either D5 (x577xx), G5 (x101212xx) or 
occasionally C5 (x355xx) and D5 at the end of each bar. Make it up as you go along or 
play something like this:
 D   E   G   E   D   E  C- D   E   G   E  C- D   E   G   E   G   E   G   E   E   E  E  
Easy-peasy!

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Monkey

by Kurt Vile

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Aadd9

Okay, so this is my first contribution. Please comment if anything is wrong.

Chords used:

Aadd9

: 577600

: 799777

: x35553

: x57775

: 079900

Intro

Aadd9 Aadd9 Bm Aadd9

| | | |

Aadd9 Aadd9 Bm Aadd9

| | | |

C D E5

| | |

C D E5

| | | (play last chord once, then launch into the first verse)

Aadd9

Oh my darling I was born when I met you

If you don't mind now would I lie cuz could I get you

Aadd9

To re-design and re-deliver me again

I'll be your baby and I'll be your father

Your little brother won't be no bother

Bm Aadd9

Just born in autumn, came and I am here

C D E5

I see you saw me in the mirror in half

C D E5

(play once)

it's so exciting that we both just laugh and laugh

Aadd9

The other night you were away I missed you so bad

I found me doing something desperate I was so sad

Aadd9

I swear I held my own hand pretending it was yours

Oh my monkey love is funny when it's so strong

And it's so strong and it goes on for so, so long

Aadd9

And it's long and strong and funny and it pours

C D E5

I see you saw me in the mirror in half

C D E5

(play once before ripping

it's so exciting that we both just laugh and laugh into the outro)

The outro starts with two downstrokes on D(5) and basically consists of playing the E5

chord over and over with two downstrokes on either D5 (x577xx), G5 (x101212xx) or

occasionally C5 (x355xx) and D5 at the end of each bar. Make it up as you go along or

play something like this:

D E G E D E C D E G E C D E G E G E G E E E E

- -

Easy-peasy!

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