13th Floor Elevators – Monkey Island chords

Intro Bass:

     D         G            E||---------------------------|B||---------------------------|G||---------------------------|D||---------7--5-----7--------|A||---5-----------------------|E||---------------------------|

Chorus:

 D          G          D        GLiving home on monkey island, baby
 D            G           D        GRight in the middle of a zoo
 D          G          D        GLiving home on monkey island, baby
   C                     A7Pretend to be a monkey, too


Verse 1:

     G              BbWell, here I am on monkey island 
G                   BbHiding behind a rock
    G                      BbI'm all dressed up with my monkey suit
    C                          A7Pretending to be something I'm not


(Chorus)


Verse 2:

       G                           BbWell there's one thing about these monkeys, baby
 G                    BbThey don't know I'm around
 G                              BbBut that's pretty good, 'cause if they knew
        C                       A7They'll probably come and put me down


(Chorus)


Verse 3:

        G                   BbWith my paisley tie and my one button suit
      G                    BbI'm about as close as I can get
    G               BbI guess I must be doing okay
           G                      Bb'Cause they haven't come and got me yet


(Chorus)

(End)