Too Much Monkey Business Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays880

Too Much Monkey Business by The Beatles is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, D7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			  A  
 Runnin' to-and-fro, hard.  Workin' at the mail.
        A7  
 Never fail.  Get the mail.  Yeah, some rotten deal,  Ow!   
  D7                        A  
 Too much monkey business. Too much monkey business.
  E7                           D7               A    E7 
 Too much monkey business for me to invite 'em again.

  A  
 Say me.  Talkin' to me.  Tryin' to run me up a creek.
         A7  
 She used to buy one.  Try to pay me again next week,  Ow!
   D7                        A  
 Too much monkey business.  Too much monkey business.
   E7                           D7               A    E7 
 Too much monkey business for me to invite 'em again.

  A  
 Long-haired, good-lookin'.  Tryin' to get me hooked.
         A7  
 Or me to marry.  Settle down.  Get the horn by the bull,  Ow!
   D7                        A  
 Too much monkey business.  Too much monkey business.
   E7                           D7               A    E7 
 Too much monkey business for me to invite 'em again.

**Solo: A    D7   A  E7   D7   A   E7

  A  
 Mediocre money.  Bein' fightin' in the hall.
         A7  
 Army bunk,  Army go,  Army chow,  Army cook,  Ow!
   D7                        A  
 Too much monkey business.  Too much monkey business.
   E7                           D7               A    E7 
 Too much monkey business for me to invite 'em again.

  A  
 Same thing every day.  Gettin' up, goin' to school.
         A7  
 No need to make complainin'.  My objection's overruled,  Ow!
   D7                        A  
 Too much monkey business.  Too much monkey business.
   E7                           D7               A    E7 
 Too much monkey business for me to invite 'em again.

  A  
 Workin' in the fillin' station.  Too many tires.
        A7  
 Wipe the windows.  Check the tire.  Check the oil and all the gas,  Ow!
   D7                        A  
 Too much monkey business.  Too much monkey business.
   E7                           D7        A    E7 
 Don't want your moderation, get away, leave me.
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante