...MICKEY'S MONKEY... by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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*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:

     C7                         F           C7  F
This cat named Mickey came from out of town,
        C7                        F          C7  F
He been spreadin' this new dance, all around.
       C7                 F        C7  F
And in just a matter of a few days,
     C7                   F             C7  F
This dance became the new teenage craze.

Verse 2:

    C7                              F          C7  F
The people see him dancin', they be-gin to see,
C7                    F            C7  F
 See this cat do that Monkey thing.
     C7                  F   C7  F
It's really something to see,
     C7                  F                 C7  F
This cat named Mickey's, doin' that Monkey.

Chorus 1:

          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,
       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).
          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,
       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).

Bridge 1:

C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).
C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).

Interlude:

C7

C7, F (x4)

Bridge 2:

C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).
C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).

Verse 3:

C7           F           C7                    F
 Monkey see, monkey do, (lum de lum de la lye),
C7                     F            C7                    F
 C'mon, you can do The Monkey too, (lum de lum de la lye).

Chorus 2:

          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,
       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).
          C7              F
C'mon and do The Mickey's Monkey, children,
       C7              F
(Let's do The Mickey's Monkey, children).

Bridge 3:

C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).
C7                    F
 Lum de lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de lum de la lye).

Coda:

       C7
Do 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      F

 EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35353  133211


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