Intro Am

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 Am undercover cop who had a G sister named Jan
For F reasons unexplained she Am loved the Monkey Man

Am Tweeter was a boy scout before she G went to Vietnam
And F found out the hard way, no-Am body gives a damn
They Am knew that they found freedom just a-G cross that Jersey line
So they F hopped into a stolen car took Am Highway 99

And the Am walls came down
Em All the way to hell
Never D7 saw them when their standing
Never Am saw them when they fell Am

Am The undercover cop G never liked the Monkey Man
F Even back in childhood he wanted to Am see him in the can
Am Jan got married at fourteen to a G racketeer named Bill
She made F secret calls to the Monkey Man from a Am mansion on the hill

It was Am out on thunder road G Tweeter at the wheel
They F crashed into paradise you could Am hear them tires squeal
The Am undercover cop pulled up said G everyone of you is a liar
If you F don’t surrender now it’s gonna Am go down to the wire

And the Am walls came down
Em All the way to hell
Never D7 saw them when they’re standing
Never Am saw them when they fell

Inter Am D7 Am x 2

An Am ambulance rolled up, a state G trooper close behind
F Tweeter took his gun away and Am messed up his mind
The Am undercover cop was left G tied up to a tree
Near the F souvenir stand by the old a-Am bandoned factory

Next Am day the undercover cop was G hot in pursuit
He was F taking the whole thing personally, he didn’t Am care about the loot
Am Jan had told him many times it was G you to me who taught
In F Jersey anything is legal as Am long as you dont get caught

And the Am walls came down
Em All the way to hell
Never D7 saw them when they’re standing
Never Am saw them when they fell

Inter Am D7 Am x 2

Some-Am place by Rahway prison they G ran out of gas
The F undercover cop had cornered them said
Am Boy you didn’t think that this could last
Am Jan jumped out of bed said there’s G someplace I gotta go
She F took a gun out of the drawer and said it’s Am best if you don’t know

The Am undercover cop was found face G down in a field
The F Monkey Man on the river bridge using Am Tweeter as a shield
Am Jan said to the Monkey Man I’m not G fooled by Tweeters curl
I F knew him long before he ever be-Am came a Jersey girl

And the Am walls came down
Em All the way to hell
Never D7 saw them when they’re standing
Never Am saw them when they fell

Inter Am D7 Am x 2

Now the Am town of Jersey City is G quieting down again
I’m F sitting in a gambling club Am called the Lion’s Den
The Am TV set been blown up, every G bit of it is gone
Ever F since the nightly news show that the Am Monkey Man was on

I Am guess I’ll go to florida and G get myself some sun
There F ain’t no more opportunity here, Am everything been done
Am Some time I think of Tweeter, some G time I think of Jan
Some F time I don’t think about nothing but the Am Monkey Man

And the Am walls came down
Em All the way to hell
Never D7 saw them when they’re standing
Never Am saw them when they fell

And the Am walls came down
Em All the way to hell
Never D7 saw them when they’re standing
Never Am saw them when they fell

Outro Am D7 Am (rep. y desap.)