The Specials foi uma banda formada em 1977 em Coventry, Inglaterra. Eles misturavam elementos do mod e do ska e criaram um novo som que se tornaria conhecido como Two Tone. Eles ficaram famosos mais por seus compactos do que por álbums, como “Ghost Town”, “Too Much Too Young” e sua estréia com “Gangsters”. A banda era formada por Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Roddy Radiation, John Bradbury, Sir Horace Gentleman, Lynval Golding e Neville Staples.
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...MONKEY MAN... by The Specials ----------------................
*from 'The Specials' (1979)*
Intro:
(Spoken):
(n.C) This one's for the bouncers; big, big Monkey Man.
G, CD, G (x2)
Chorus 1:
G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man. G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man.
Verse 1:
G I never saw you, I only heard of you; CDG Huggin' up the big monkey man. G I never saw you, I only heard of you; CDG Huggin' up the big monkey man.
Verse 2:
G It's no lie, it's no lie, them a tell me; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man. G It's no lie, it's no lie, them a tell me; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man.
Verse 3:
G Now I know that, now I understand; CDG You're turning a monkey on me. G Now I know that, now I understand; CDG You're turning a monkey on me.
Chorus 2:
G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man. G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man.
Verse 4:
G I was on my way to Banbury Cross, CDG Then I see a monkey up-on a white horse. G With rings on he fingers, bells on him toes, CDG Sing a little song, wher-ever he be.
G 'Cos he's a monkey, 'cos he's a monkey, CDG 'Cos he's a weedy, weedy, weedy, little monkey man.
Chorus 3:
G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man. G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man.
Chorus 4:
G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man. G Aye aye aye, aye aye aye, tell you baby; CDG You huggin' up the big monkey man.
Outro:
G, CD, G (x2)
CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
GCD
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 355433 x35553 x57775
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])