D5 C5 Bb5
Oow
F5 G5 Bb5 (x3)
C5 Bb5
[Verse 1]
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Last night and the night before
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The thunder crowed and the rooster roared
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I woke up sweating on somebody's floor
F5 G5 Bb5 F5 G5
You know how the story goes
[Interlude]
D5 C5 Bb5
[Verse 2]
F5 G5 Bb5 F5 G5 Bb5
The dirty streets they can be so mean
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Everybody trying to live so clean
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Me, I'm stuck here in between
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And it's a fine line
[Chorus 1]
F5 Ab5
Down on monkey hill
C5 B5 Bb5
Saw a brother screaming on the corner
F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5
Talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame
And he said
F5 N.C.
"Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"
[Interlude]
F5 G5 Bb5 (x2)
[Verse 3]
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Between the buildings and the alleyways
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That's where the living is done
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Where the young boys chase the dragon
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That's where flesh and steel are one
[Chorus 2]
F5 Ab5
Down on monkey hill
C5 B5 Bb5
Saw another brother testifying this evening
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Talkin' 'bout how he lost everything
And he said
F5 N.C.
"Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"
[Solo]
E5 G5 A5 Ab5 G5 (x4)
[Bass solo]
E5 G5 A5 Ab5 G5 (x2)
[Solo key change]
A5 C5 D5 Db5 C5 (x2)
A5 N.C.
F5 G5 Bb5 (x4)
[Bridge]
F5 G5 Bb5 N.C.
Everybody's talking shit and jivin'
F5 G5 Bb5 N.C.
Hard to tell which is which
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Dealers and squealers, businessmen and bankers
F5 G5 Bb5 N.C.
They all be scratchin' that itch
[Chorus 3]
F5 Ab5
Down on monkey hill
C5 B5 Bb5
Saw another brother testifying this morin’
F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5
Talkin' 'bout how he left his soul in DeNang
And he said
F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5
"Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"
F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5
"Gonna get so high
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that I don't know my name"
F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5
Down on monkey hill
[Outro]
C5 Bb5 Ab5 F5
C5 Bb5 Ab5
