Monkey Tree (acoustic) ukulele

Monkey Tree (acoustic)

• A#

Intro: A#    E

B             E             G#m             E 

B                  E                      
I live in the jungle, 
                    G#m 
I sleep in a monkey tree. 
                    E 
I'm looking from an angle, 
                             B 
From the bird of a different breed, yeah. 
                        E 
I never went to your school, 
                       G#m 
I learned in a monkey tree. 
                  E 
So come into the jungle, 
                                    B 
Where the drugs and the drinks are free, yeah. 


                E 
Tied to the rat race, 
                      G#m 
A big bird in a small cage. 
                    E 
You're tied with a tightrope, 
                                B 
And you wiggle but it won't let go. 
                    E 
You wanna be a free bird, 
                    G#m 
You wanna be a free lover, see 
                        E 
You gotta run from the shepherd. 
                   B 
Run, run away with me. 



B                  E                      
I live in the jungle, 
                    G#m 
I sleep in a monkey tree. 
                    E 
I'm looking from an angle, 
                             B 
From the bird of a different breed, yeah. 
                        E 
I never went to your school, 
                       G#m 
I learned in a monkey tree. 
                  E 
So come into the jungle, 
                                    B 
Where the drugs and the drinks are free, yeah. 

B (hold) 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 



G         Em           C/E 
Everyone, everyone can come. 
                 Am               F 
We got everything, everything you need. 
               C/E   F# 
Everything for free. Free, yeah. 



B 
  Yeah, yeah-na-na-na-na. 
E 
  Yeah, yeah-na-na-na-na. 
G#m 
  Yeah, yeah-na-na-na-na. 
E                       B 
  Run, run away with me. 


B (cont'd)        E 
I live in the jungle, 
                    G#m 
I sleep in a monkey tree. 
                    E 
I'm looking from an angle, 
                             B 
From the bird of a different breed, yeah. 
                        E 
I never went to your school, 
                       G#m 
I learned in a monkey tree. 
                  E 
So come into the jungle, 
                                    B 
Where the drugs and the drinks are free, yeah. 


(Tied to the rat race) 
B                   E 
I live in the jungle, (A big bird in a small cage) 
                    G#m 
I sleep in a monkey tree. (Tied with a tight rope) 
                      E 
So come into the jungle, (And you wiggle but it won't-wiggle but it won't) 
                                   B 
Where the drugs and the drinks are free. 
                    E 
You wanna be a free bird, 
                     G#m 
You wanna be a free lover, see 
                            E 
You gotta run from the shepherd. 
                   B 
Run, run away with me. 
                   E (on 7th fret) 
Run, run away with me. 
                   G#m     (F#)    E    D (on 10th fret)   B 
Run, run away with me.   

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