J Ward
The Monster Song Chords
The Monster Song – J. Ward
Tuning: EADGBe
Chords used:
Em B F#m D C#m A C#mAdd7 Bsus4 Asus2
e|-0--2-2---2-4---0-0-------0------0----|
B|-0--4-2---3-5---2-0-------0------0----|
G|-1--4-2---2-6---2-6-------4------2----|
D|-2--4-4---0-6---2-6-------4------2----|
A|-2--2-4---x-4---0-4-------2------0----|
E|-0--x-2---x-x---x-x-------x------x----|
Intro/Chorus
E B
Tell me now who hasn't felt like a monkey
F#m
Caught a long way from their tree?
E B
Wishing you could just get back on home
F#m D
And forget the troubles of the city
Verse 1
C#m B
King Kong left the jungle against his will
A
How do you think that made him feel?
C#m B
Well he went tore New York City asunder
A
To give you some idea of the stress he was under
Verse 2
C#m B
Despite his best efforts to get back home
A
Along with the girl of his dreams
C#m B
He got shot down and fell to his death
A
Way down below on the street
Chorus
E B
Tell me now who hasn't felt like a monkey
F#m
Caught a long way from their tree?
E B
Wishing you could just get back on home
F#m D
And forget the troubles of the city
Link
C#mAdd7 Bsus2 Asus2 x 2
Verse 3
C#m B
He was a happy little critter before he was killer
A
Hiding underneath Tokyo
C#m B
But then he went around crushing things on the ground
A
And burning folks with his breath down below
Verse 4
C#m B
Maybe if a bomb wasn’t dropped on his City
A
Godzilla might not have been so shitty
C#m B
And the frightened Japanese wouldn’t have been on their knees
A
Running and jumping into the sea
Chorus
E B
Tell me now who hasn't felt like a monkey
F#m
Caught a long way from their tree?
E B
Wishing you could just get back on home
F#m D
And forget the troubles of the city
Solo
e|--4--4-4--4-4--0--0-9--7--0--0-7--5-0-0--0--7-5-|
B|--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-0--0--5--5-0--0-5-5--5--0-0-|
G|--6--6-6--6-6--8--8-8--8--6--6-6--6-8-8--8--6-6-|
D|--6--6-6--6-6--9--9-9--9--7--7-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-| x 4
A|--4--4-4--4-4-----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Verse 5
C#m B
He was a great big fish in a great big pool
A
Swimming around just trying to keep his cool
C#m B
But he ended up in the USA
A
Where the summertime swimmers made easy prey
Verse 6
C#m B
But creature of the deep, no matter how tough
A
Shouldn’t go around treating folk’s so rough
C#m B
‘Cause a couple of canny guys in a fishing boat
A
Stuck some explosives right down his throat
Bridge
E B
But there’s no need to worry, no need to fear
F#m
The creatures of these tales you hear
E B
But unlike these beasts of mythology
F#m D
There may be one lurking in either you or me
Outro/Chorus
E B
So tell me now who hasn't felt just like a monkey
F#m
Caught a long way from their tree?
E B
Wishing you could just get back on home
F#m
And forget the troubles of the city
E B
Tell me now who hasn't felt like a monkey
F#m
Caught a long way from their tree?
E B
Wishing you could just get back on home
F#m D E
And forget the troubles of the city
