Tablature monkey time - Major Lance

          



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  Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:18 -0500

  From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>

  Subject: ./l/lance_major/monkey_time.crd

  

                             "The Monkey Time"

                             (Curtis Mayfield)

  

  Intro:

  

  	guitar (w/bass trombones), 2X:

  

  	(F)

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

  	-----1---3-5-----|-----1---3-5-3---

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-----2---3-5-----|-----2---3-5-3---

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-----------------|-----------------

  

  Verse 1: (guitar continues as per intro)

  

  	            F

  	There's a place right across town, whenever you're ready

  	Where people gather 'round, whenever they're ready

  	              Dm      Am      Gm

  	And then the music begins to play

  	     Dm      Am          Gm

  	You feel a groove comin' on its way

  

  Chorus:

  

  	        Gm              Am

  	Are you ready (are you ready)

  	               Bb                   C

  	Well, you get yours, cause-a I got mine

  	                F

  	For the Monkey Time (Monkey Time)

  

  [repeat intro]

  	(Monkey Time)

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	Now the dance that the people do, I don't know how it started

  	All I know is that when the beat brings a feel

  	It's so hard to get parted

  	And then the music begins to play

  	Automatically you're on your way

  

  [Repeat chorus]

  

  Bridge:

  

  	(F)                  Dm      C       F

  	Do the Monkey, yeah (do the Monkey Time)

  	(F)                  Dm      C       F

  	Do the Monkey, yeah (do the Monkey Time)

  

  	               Dm    Am         Dm

  	Ah-twist them hips (twist them hips)

  	          Am       Dm             Am       Dm

  	Let your backbone slip (let your backbone slip)

  	     Am        Dm    Am        Dm

  	Now move your feet (move your feet)

  	    Am      Dm       Am      Dm    Am

  	Get on the beat (get on the beat)

  

  [repeat chorus]

  

  [repeat intro]

  	(Monkey Time)

  

  [repeat verse 2]

  

  [repeat chorus]

  

  Coda [repeat intro riff to fade]:

  

  	Ah, do the Monkey, yeah

  	Give me a big strong line

  	You're lookin' real fine [fade]

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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 Monkey time, de Major lance 

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