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:
[B7] Too much monkey business
[F#] too much monkey business
[C#7] Too much monkey business
for
[B7] me to be involved
[F#] in
[C#7]
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."
REPEAT CHORUS:
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:
[C#7] Too much monkey business for me
[F#7 open] 