Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
G
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were
hard up for cash
F
They stayed up all night selling
To an undercover cop who
F
For reasons unexplained she loved
Verse 2
G
Tweeter was a Boy Scout 'fore she
went to Vietnam
F
And found out the hard way,
They knew that they found freedom
G
just across the Jersey line
F
So they hopped into a stolen car,
Verse 3
And the walls came down
they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
Verse 4
Am
G
The undercover cop never
liked the Monkey Man
F
Even back in childhood he
Am
wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to
F
She made secret calls to the Monkey
Am
Man from a mansion on the hill
Verse 5
Am
It was out on Thunder Road,
F
They crashed into paradise,
Am
they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and
G
said "Everyone of you is a liar
F
If you don't surrender now it's
Am
gonna go down to the wire"
Verse 6
Am
And the walls came down
they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they
fell
A
D
Am
A
Verse 7
D
Am
An ambulance rolled up,
G
F
a state- trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away
Am
and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left
F
Near the souvenir stand,
Am
by the old abandoned factory
Verse 8
Am
Next day the undercover cop
F
He was taking the whole thing personal,
Am
he didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times,
G
"It was you to me who taught
F
Am
In Jersey anything's legal as long
as you don't get caught"
Verse 9
Am
And the walls came down
they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they
fell
A
D
Am
A
Verse 10
D
Am
Some place by Rahwey Prison
cornered them, said
Am
"Boy, you didn't think this could last?"
Jan jumped out of bed, said,
G
"There's someplace I gotta go"
F
She took the gun out of the drawer, said,
Am
"It's best that you don't know."
Verse 11
Am
The undercover cop was found
F
The Monkey Man was on the river bridge,
Am
using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man,
G
"I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
F
I knew him long before he
Am
became a Jersey Girl"
Verse 12
Am
And the walls came down
they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
A
D
Am
A
Verse 13
D
Am
Now the town of Jersey City
F
I'm sitting in a gambling club
Am
called the Lion's Den
The TV set was blown up,
G
every bit of it is gone
F
Ever since the nightly news showed
Am
that the Monkey Man was on
Verse 14
Am
I guess I'll go to Florida and get
F
There ain't no more opportunity here,
Am
everything's been done
Sometimes I think of Tweeter,
G
sometimes I think of Jan
F
Sometimes I don't think about
Am
nothing but the Monkey Man
Verse 15
Am
And the walls came down
they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
Verse 16
Am
And the walls came down
they're standing
Am
Never saw them when they fell
Outro 1
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