Tweeter and the Monkey Man Headstones
[Intro]
[E] [D] [A] [E]
[Verse 1]
[E]Tweeter and the Monkey Man were [D]hard up for cash
They [A]stayed up all night selling [E]cocaine and hash
[E]To an undercover cop who had a [D]sister named Jan
For [A]reasons unexplained she [E]loved the Monkey Man
[E]Tweeter was a Boy Scout, 'course he [D]went to Viet Nam
[A]Found out the hard way [E]nobody gives a damn
[E]Thought that they'd find freedom just [D]across the Jersey line
[A]Hopped into a stolen car, took [E]Highway 99
[Cborus]
[E]When the walls came down
[D]All the way to hell
Never [A]saw them when they standin
Never [E]saw them when they fell
[Verse 1]
[E]The undercover cop, he never [D]liked the Monkey Man
[A]Even back in high school, wanted to [E]see him in the can
[E]Jan got married at fourteen to a [D]racketeer named Bill
Made[A] secret plans with the Monkey Man from a [E]mansion on the hill
[E]It was out on Thunder Road, [D]Tweeter at the wheel
[A]Pulled into paradise, you could [E]hear the tires squeal
[E]It was Jan who'd told him many times "It was [D]you to me who'd taught:
In [A]Kingston everything's legal as [E]long as you don't get caught"
[Cborus]
[E]When the walls came down
[D]All the way to hell
Never [A]saw them when they standin
Never [E]saw them when they fell
[Verse 2]
[E]Some place by Riway prison they [D]ran out of gas
The [A]undercover cop cornered 'em, said "You didn't [E]think that this could last"
[E]Jan jumped up out of bed said "There's some [D]place I gotta go"
She [A]took the gun out of the drawer, and said "It's [E]best that you don't know"
[E]An ambulance rolled up, State [D]Trooper close behind
[A]Tweeter took his gun away and [E]messed up his mind
[E]The undercover cop was found face [D]down in a field
The [A]Monkey Man was on the river bridge using [E]Tweeter as a shield
[Cborus]
[E]When the walls came down
[D]All the way to hell
Never [A]saw them when they standin
Never [E]saw them when they fell
[Bridge]
[E] [A] [G] [E] [A] [G]
[E] [A] [G] [E] [A] [G]
[E]
[Verse 3]
[E]The town of Jersey City is [D]quieting down again
I'm [A]sitting in a gambling club [E]called The Lion's Den
[E]The TV set is blown up, every [D]bit of it is gone
Ever [A]since the night when they showed that the [E]Monkey Man was on
[E]Maybe I'll go to Florida, [D]get myself some sun
There [A]ain't no more opportunity here and [E]everything's been done
[E]Sometimes I think of Tweeter, some[D]times I think of Jan
Some[A]times I don't think about nothin' [E]but the Monkey Man
[Cborus]
[E]When the walls came down
[D]All the way to hell
Never [A]saw them when they standin
Never [E]saw them when they fell
[Outro]
[E] [A] [G] [E] [A] [G]
[E] [A] [G] [E] [A] [G]
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