...MICKEY'S MONKEY... by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
---------------------..................................

*from 'The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey' (1963)*


Intro:

(n.c)
 Alright,
Is everybody ready?
Alright now,
Here we go...
A one, A two,
A one, two, three, four.

(with Drums):

(n.c)
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
(Lum de Lum de la lye).
Lum de Lum de la lye,
(Lum de Lum de la lye).

Interlude:

C7, F (x4)

Verse 1:

     C7This (x32310@1)cat named mickey,
          F (133211@1)          C7 (x32310@1)FCame (133211@1)from out of town,
        C7He (x32310@1)been spreadin this,
          F (133211@1)         C7 (x32310@1)FNew (133211@1)dance all around.
       C7And (x32310@1)in just a matter,
     F (133211@1)       C7 (x32310@1)FOf (133211@1)a few days,
     C7This (x32310@1)dance became,
        F (133211@1)            C7 (x32310@1)FThe (133211@1)new teenage craze.

Verse 2:

    C7The (x32310@1)people see him dancin,
        F (133211@1)         C7 (x32310@1)FThey (133211@1)be-gin to see,
C7 (x32310@1)See this cat do,
     F (133211@1)           C7 (x32310@1)FThat (133211@1)monkey thing.
     C7It's (x32310@1)really something,
   F (133211@1)  C7 (x32310@1)FTo (133211@1)see,
     C7This (x32310@1)cat named Mickey's,
F (133211@1)                 C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)Doin' that monkey.

Chorus 1:

          C7C'mon (x32310@1)and do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children,
       C7(Let's (x32310@1)do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children).
          C7C'mon (x32310@1)and do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children,
       C7(Let's (x32310@1)do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children).

Bridge 1:

C7 (x32310@1)                   F (133211@1)Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).
C7 (x32310@1)                   F (133211@1)Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).

Interlude:

C7 (x32310@1)C7, F (x4)

Bridge 2:

C7 (x32310@1)                   F (133211@1)Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).
C7 (x32310@1)                   F (133211@1)Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).

Verse 3:

C7 (x32310@1)         F (133211@1)Monkey see, monkey do,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye),
C7 (x32310@1)C'mon you can do,
   FThe (133211@1)monkey too.
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).

Chorus 2:

          C7C'mon (x32310@1)and do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children,
       C7(Let's (x32310@1)do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children).
          C7C'mon (x32310@1)and do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children,
       C7(Let's (x32310@1)do the,
         FMickey's (133211@1)monkey children).

Bridge 3:

C7 (x32310@1)                   F (133211@1)Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).
C7 (x32310@1)                   F (133211@1)Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7 (x32310@1)                    F (133211@1)(Lum de Lum de la lye).

Coda:

       C7Do (x32310@1)the monkey,
(Do the monkey),
Mickey's monkey,
(Mickey's monkey).
Do the monkey,
(Do the monkey),
Mickey's monkey,
(Mickey's monkey).

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C7 (x32310@1)    F (133211@1) EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32310  133211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)