Chuck Berry, Too Much Monkey Business (1956)
Key: :[F] (w: Chuck Berry)
VERSE 1:
[F open] Runnin' to-and-fro
hard
[F open] workin' at the mill
Never
[F open] fail in the mail
yeah,
[F open] come a rotten bill
CHORUS:
[Bb7] Too much monkey business
[F] too much monkey business
[C7] Too much monkey business
for
[Bb7] me to be involved
[F] in
[C7]
VERSE 2:
[F open] Salesman talkin' to me
[F open] tryin' to run me up a creek
Say, "You can
[F open] buy go on 'n try it
you can
[F open] pay me next week."
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VERSE 3:
[F open] Blond hair, good lookin'
[F open] tryin' to get me hooked
Want me to
[F open] marry, get a home
settle
[F open] down, write a book
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 4:
[F open] Same thing every day
[F open] gettin' up, goin' to school
No need of
[F open] me to complainin'
my
[F open] objections overruled
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
VERSE 5:
[F open] Pay phone, somethin' wrong
[F open] dime gone, will mail
Oughta
[F open] sue the operator
for
[F open] tellin' me a tale
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 6:
[F open] Been to Yokohama
been
[F open] fightin' in the war
Army
[F open] bunk, army
[F open] chow
army
[F open] clothes, army
[F open] car
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 7:
[F open] Workin' in the fillin' station
[F open] too many tasks
Wipe the
[F open] windows, check the tires
check the
[F open] oil, dollar gas
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
OUTRO:
[C7] Too much monkey business for me
[F7 open] 