Traveling Wilburys Tweeter And The Monkey Man

tom: G Intro: Am D Am [Riff Intro] Am D Am Am G Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash F Am They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash G To an undercover cop who had a sister named jan F Am For reasons unexplained she loved the monkey man Am G Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to vietnam F Am And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn G They knew that they found freedom just across the jersey line F Am So they hopped into a stolen car took highway 99 Am Em And the walls came down all the way to hell D Never saw them when theyre standing Am Never saw them when they fell (play before going into the next verse) D Am D Am Am G The undercover cop never liked the monkey man F Am Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can G Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named bill F Am She made secret calls to the monkey man from a mansion on the hill Am G It was out on thunder road - tweeter at the wheel F Am They crashed into paradise - they could hear them tires squeal G The undercover cop pulled up and said everyone of yous a liar F Am If you dont surrender now its gonna go down to the wire Am Em And the walls came down all the way to hell D Never saw them when theyre standing Am Never saw them when they fell ( D Am D Am ) Am G An ambulance rolled up - a state trooper close behind F Am Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind G The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree F Am Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory Am G Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit F Am He was taking the whole thing personal,He didnt care about the loot G Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught F Am In jersey anythings legal as long as you dont get caught Am Em And the walls came down all the way to hell D Never saw them when theyre standing Am Never saw them when they fell ( D Am D Am ) Am G Someplace by rahway prison they ran out of gas F Am The undercover cop had cornered them said boy, you didnt Think that this could last G Jan jumped out of bed said theres someplace I gotta go F Am She took a gun out of the drawer and said its best if you dont know Am G The undercover cop was found face down in a field F Am The monkey man was on the river bridge using tweeter as a shield G Jan said to the monkey man Im not fooled by tweeters curl F Am I knew him long before he ever became a jersey girl Am Em And the walls came down all the way to hell D Never saw them when theyre standing Am Never saw them when they fell ( D Am D Am ) Am G Now the town of jersey city is quieting down again F Am Im sitting in a gambling club called the lions den G The tv set been blown up, every bit of it is gone F Am Ever since the nightly news show that the monkey man was on Am G I guess Ill to to florida and get myself some sun F Am There aint no more opportunity here, everythings been done G Sometime I think of tweeter, sometime I think of jan F Am Sometime I dont think about nothing but the monkey man Am Em And the walls came down all the way to hell D Never saw them when theyre standing Am Never saw them when they fell [Final] Am D Am