Hard monkeys    (sample)

 

    D - D7 - G - Bb (2x)

 

   D               D7                   G      - Bb

1.    Got no monkey on my back,

D               D7                  G      - Bb

    and I’m never gonna crack.

A                                     - G

    ’Cause it’s a good life,       too good to lose,

D                                  - F                                    - E ~ - A

    but it’s a hard world       with the junkie blues.

 

    D - D7 - G - Bb (2x)

 

   D                 D7                       G    - Bb

2.    Got no street car called desire,

D              D7                  G     - Bb

    and I’ll never light the fire.

A                                     - G

    ’Cause it’s a good life,       too good to lose,

D                                  - F                                    - E  ~ ~

    but it’s a hard world       with the junkie blues.

 

(instrumental passage based on E ~ ~ ) - A 

 

    + D - D7 - G - Bb (2x)

 

+ repeat verse 1

 

    (Ten Years After)