Riff 1:
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| 0-3/5----5-3-5-5-- |
Riff 2:
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| -0-3-5-----5-5-3-3-0-0---- |
Riff 1 D5 D5 A5 Riff 1 D5 D5 A5
A5 G5
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
F5 A5
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
G5
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
F5 A5
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man.
A5 G5
Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
F5 A5
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn
G5
They knew that they found freedom just across that Jersey line
F5 A5
So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99
A5 E5
And the walls came down All the way to hell
D5
Never saw them when their standing
A5
Never saw them when they fell
riff 1, then D5 D5 A5
A5 G5
The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
F5 A5
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
G5
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill
F5 A5
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
A5 G5
It was out on thunder road Tweeter at the wheel
F5 A5
They crashed into paradise you could hear them tires squeal
G5
The undercover cop pulled up said Everyone of you is a liar
F5 A5
If you dont surrender now its gonna go down to the wire
A5 E5
And the walls came down All the way to hell
D5
Never saw them when they're standing
A5
Never saw them when they fell
riff 2
A5 G5
An ambulance rolled up a state trooper close behind
F5 A5
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
G5
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
F5 A5
Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory
G5
Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
F5
He was taking the whole thing personally
A5
He didn't care about the loot
G5
Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught
F5 A5
In Jersey anythings legal as long as you dont get caught
A5 E5
And the walls came down All the way to hell
D5
Never saw them when they're standing
A5
Never saw them when they fell
riff 1, then D5 D5 A5
A5 G5
Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
F5 A5
The undercover cop had cornered them said Boy
you didn't think that this could last
G5
Jan jumped out of bed said There's someplace I gotta go
F5 A5
She took a gun out of the drawer and said It's best if you don't know
A5 G5
The undercover cop was found face down in a field
F5 A5
The Monkey Man on the river bank using Tweeter as a shield
G5
Jan said to the Monkey Man I'm not fooled by Tweeters curl
F5 A5
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl
A5 E5
And the walls came down.. All the way to hell..
D5
Never saw them when they're standing
A5
Never saw them when they fell
riff 1, then D5 D5 A5
A5 G5
Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
F5 A5
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
G5
The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone
F5 A5
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on
A5 G5
I guess I'll go to florida and get myself some sun
F5 A5
There ain't no more opportunity here everythings been done
G5
Sometime I think of Tweeter, some time I think of Jan
A5
Sometime I think of nothing but the Monkey Man
A5 E5
And the walls came down.. All the way to hell..
D5
Never saw them when they're standing
A5
Never saw them when they fell
