Time: 4/4
Key: G
[Intro]
|| B7 | E | A | D ||
[Verse 1]
D G
Tiger and a monkey went to war
A D
The monkey rode in on a labrador
B7
The tiger came on roller skates
E
Skids and fancy figure eights
A D
Juggling a dozen plates or more
[Verse 2]
D G
Strutting cocky to the n'th degree
A D
Monkey brought his field artillery
B7
Look at what the tiger brought
E
Some ante-bellum cannon shot
A D
Engraved with Louisiana filigree
[Chorus]
G F#
Round and round and round again we go
G A D
Round and round and round again you know
G
You're sweet as a buttercup
F#
With the gold side up
A
Don't ever think of leaving till you go
[Verse 3]
D G
Blackbird sitting on a daisy chain
A D
Says maybe you should come out of the rain
B7
Why don't you just postpone your war
E
Clothe your hungry, feed your poor
A D
Before you take your sword up once again
[Instrumental]
|| D | G | A | D ||
|| B7 | E | A | D ||
[Chorus]
G F#
Round and round and round again we go
G A D
Round and round and round again you know
G
You're sweet as a buttercup
F#
With the gold side up
A
Don't ever think of leaving till you go
[Verse 4]
D G
Well now I've told you everything I know
A D
But that never shut me up before
B7
Been dealing down the line
E
Crooked decks and loaded dice
A D
How far do you think your luck may go?
[Verse 5]
D G
Come and kiss me quick oh Molly Dee
A D
One for you another one for me
B7
We'll make love upon the fence
E
Barring fatal accidents
A D
Show how one and one can still make three
[Tag]
B7
You're sweet as a buttercup
E
With the gold side up
A D
Don't ever think of leaving till you go
(Chord chart)
[Verse]
|| D | G | A | D ||
|| B7 | E | A | D ||
[Chorus]
|| G | F# | G A | D ||
|| G | F# | A | A ||