Tweeter And The Monkey Man

Intro: E  D  A  E 

verse 1 

E                               D 
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash 
     A                           E 
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash 
E                              D 
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan 
    A                       E  
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man 
E                                   D 
Tweeter was a Boy Scout, 'course he went to Viet Nam 
A                      E 
Found out the hard way nobody gives a damn 
E                                     D 
Thought that they'd find freedom just across the Jersey line 
A                              E 
Hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99 

E 
When the walls came down 
D 
All the way to hell 
      A 
Never saw them when they standin 
      E 
Never saw them when they fell 

verse 1 

E                            D 
The undercover cop, he never liked the Monkey Man 
A                                   E 
Even back in high school, wanted to see him in the can 
E                                D 
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill 
    A                                        E 
Made secret plans with the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill 
E                           D 
It was out on Thunder Road, Tweeter at the wheel 
A                               E 
Pulled into paradise, you could hear the tires squeal 
E                                            D 
It was Jan who'd told him many times "It was you to me who'd taught: 
   A                              E          
In Kingston everything's legal as long as you don't get caught" 

E 
When the walls came down 
D 
All the way to hell 
      A 
Never saw them when they standin 
      E 
Never saw them when they fell 

verse 2 

E                               D 
Some place by Riway prison they ran out of gas 
    A                                             E 
The undercover cop cornered 'em, said "You didn't think that this could last" 
E                                           D 
Jan jumped up out of bed said "There's some place I gotta go" 
    A                                              E 
She took the gun out of the drawer, and said "It's best that you don't know" 
E                             D 
An ambulance rolled up, State Trooper close behind 
A                             E 
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind 
E                                 D 
The undercover cop was found face down in a field 
    A                                        E 
The Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield 

E 
When the walls came down 
D 
All the way to hell 
      A 
Never saw them when they standin 
      E 
Never saw them when they fell 

Bridge 

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verse 3 

E                          D 
The town of Jersey City is quieting down again 
    A                          E 
I'm sitting in a gambling club called The Lion's Den 
E                             D 
The TV set is blown up, every bit of it is gone 
     A                                         E 
Ever since the night when they showed that the Monkey Man was on 
E                         D 
Maybe I'll go to Florida, get myself some sun 
      A                                  E 
There ain't no more opportunity here and everything's been done 
E                                 D 
Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan 
    A                                 E 
Sometimes I don't think about nothin' but the Monkey Man 

E 
When the walls came down 
D 
All the way to hell 
      A 
Never saw them when they standin 
      E 
Never saw them when they fell 

Outro 

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