I was sitting back trying to figure out what to put up for my monthly entry to the ESD.....and then the month passed. Oh well. To make up for it, I'm putting a long one up. This song has five - 8 line verses as well as doing the chorus 5 times. Fear not though, because this has everything needed for it to be called an "easy song".
This song is on the 1st Traveling Wilbury's album. I don't remember it getting much airplay, so this also might fit the trend of obscure songs I seem to come up with. :roll:
Chords you'll need are Am, G, F, Em and D7. Yup, just 5 chords. You cn substitue the easy F for the fully barred F...no problems.
To make thing even simpler, only two rhythm patterns to worry about. The verse, and the chorus. The verse starts off with Am, G, F and Am, and covers two lines. The remaining 6 lines just repeats the first two lines. Different words is all. The chorus is always the same too. Am, Em, D7 and Am.
Here's the song on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qeNP6cOa1Y
and, the songTweeter and the Monkey Man
Verse1
[Am]Tweeter and the Monkey Man were [G]hard up for cash
They [F]stayed up all night selling [Am]cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a [G]sister named Jan
For [F]reasons unexplained she loved the [Am]Monkey Man.
Same chord progression throughout..
Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across that Jersey line
So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99
Chorus:
[Am]And the walls came down.. All the way to hell..
Never [D7]saw them when they're standing
Never [Am]saw them when they fell
Verse 2
The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named Bill
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
It was out on thunder road -Tweeter at the wheel
They crashed into paradise -you could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up said "Everyone of you is a liar...
If you dont surrender now, it's gonna go down to the wire
Chorus:
Verse 3
An ambulance rolled up -a state trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
Near the souvenir stand by tha old abandoned factory
Next day the undercover cop was in hot pursuit
He was taking the whole thing personal,
He didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught
In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught
Chorus
Verse 4
Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
The undercover cop had cornered them said "Boy. you didn't
think that this could last"
Jan jumped out of bed said "There's someplace I gotta go"
She took a gun out of the drawer and said "It's best if you don't know"
The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The Monkey Man on the river bank using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man "I'm not fooled by Tweeters curl
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl" (WT.....)
Chorus
Verse 5
Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on
I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sun
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done
Sometime I think of Tweeter, some time I think of Jan
Sometime I think of nothing but the Monkey Man
Chorus, repeat and fade
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Great song choice! Thanks for posting that. I guessed it was a pretty easy one, but I haven't really started trying to work them out by ear yet. Getting there, getting there.
Very cool contribution. I'll be learning this one soon.
Thanks, Roy.
I've never heard this song, but it looks like a fun one.
Obscure is good imo, keep 'em comin'!
:)
Don
Good choice, Roy!
And this is one way to play the little lead riff you'll hear in the intro, and at intervals throughout the song:E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------5-5--------|
D |--------5-7b8-5-------5-5-----(7)b8--|
A |--5-7b8---------(7)b8----------------|
E |-------------------------------------|
The two notes in brackets are "ghost" notes - you hardly play them, bend straight to the eighth fret, with a little finger vibrato if you can.
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I have to agree with Vic here Roy, an excellent addition to the data base.
Nice riff too Vic.
Thanks to both of you. :wink:
Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
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Glad you enjoyed it! I do like a good story telling song sometimes. This one gets really interesting late.
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Great song this. As it's for beginners could you post the strum patterns for a beginner like me please ?
