Green Monkey
Written by Dewey Bunnell, ©1973

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(Intro)

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When the deep blue night is running close on your track
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And you can feel the green monkey crawlin' across your back
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Don't take me so real that you forget how to feel
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Don't let the threat of the dagger turn your heart into steel

Em9                      Am7
Smell the perfume of the silent dream
Em9                   Am7
Fly the ocean, read a story to me
Em9                   Am7
Speak the wisdom of a redwood tree
C
Speak to me

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So you think that star cluster shining bright in the sky
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Will speak the fate of your evening, tell the truth to your lie
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Don't let the features you read control the tickets you buy
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Soon as you learn that you live, you're just beginning to die

Em9                      Am7
Smell the perfume of the silent dream
Em9                   Am7
Fly the ocean, read a story to me
Em9                   Am7
Speak the wisdom of a redwood tree
C
Speak to me

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Em9 (slower)             Am7
Smell the perfume of the silent dream
Em9                   Am7
Fly the ocean, read a story to me
Em9                   Am7
Speak the wisdom of a redwood tree
C
Speak to me

Last Revised: 25 February 1998