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ELVIS COSTELLO
MONKEY TO MAN
Riff
E -----0-2-0-----0--|
B -0-3-------3-3----|
G ------------------|
D ------------------|
A ------------------|
E ------------------|
 Dsusxx0332
EA long time ago, our point of view
Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew
And now the world is full of sorrow and pain
And it's time for us to speak up again
You're slack and sorry
Such an arrogant brood
The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food
We sit here staring at your pomp and pout
   A7Outside the bars we use for keeping you out
    B7You've taken everything that you wanted
Broke it up and plundered it and hunted
Ever since we said it
You went and took the credit
It's been     A7headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
    E      E7     A   B7Monkey to Man
Riff
   EEvery time man struggles and fails
He makes up some kind of fairytales
After all of the misery that he has caused
He      A7denies he's descended from the dinosaurs
    B7Points up to heaven with cathedral spires
All the time indulging in his base desires
Ever since we said it
He went and took the credit
It's been      A7headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
    E      E7     A   B7Monkey to Man
   DBig     Aand useless as he has become
With his     D    Acrying statues and his flying bomb
   DGoes    A'round acting like the chosen one
      DsusExcuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin
   EHe hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes
Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes
Fills up the air with his pride and praise
He's a      A7big disgrace to our beastly ways
    B7In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts
Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts
Ever since we said it
He went and took the credit
It's been     A7headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
Repeat Riff To Fade.

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Monkey To Man

by Elvis Costello

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Dsus

ELVIS COSTELLO

MONKEY TO MAN

Riff

E -----0-2-0-----0--|

B -0-3-------3-3----|

G ------------------|

D ------------------|

A ------------------|

E ------------------|

Dsus

xx0332

A long time ago, our point of view

Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew

And now the world is full of sorrow and pain

And it's time for us to speak up again

You're slack and sorry

Such an arrogant brood

The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food

We sit here staring at your pomp and pout

Outside the bars we use for keeping you out

You've taken everything that you wanted

Broke it up and plundered it and hunted

Ever since we said it

You went and took the credit

It's been headed this way since the world began

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man

E E7 A B7

Monkey to Man

Riff

Every time man struggles and fails

He makes up some kind of fairytales

After all of the misery that he has caused

He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs

Points up to heaven with cathedral spires

All the time indulging in his base desires

Ever since we said it

He went and took the credit

It's been headed this way since the world began

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man

E E7 A B7

Monkey to Man

D A

Big and useless as he has become

D A

With his crying statues and his flying bomb

D A

Goes 'round acting like the chosen one

Dsus

Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin

He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes

Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes

Fills up the air with his pride and praise

He's a big disgrace to our beastly ways

In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts

Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts

Ever since we said it

He went and took the credit

It's been headed this way since the world began

When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man

Repeat Riff To Fade.

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