Intro
C#m C#m G#m G#m x2
[Chorus]
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You're still so fast and funky
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You should have been a clown
[Instrumental]
C#m C#m G#m G#m
[Chorus]
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You're still so fast and funky
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You should have been a clown
[Instrumental]
C#m C#m G#m G#m
[Verse 1]
C#m B
Once he was so famous, that little old clown
A G# C#m
Everybody used to know his name
C#m B
Now he's a nameless but happy old guy
A G#
The children laugh if only he goes by
[Chorus]
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You're still so fast and funky
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You should have been a clown
[Instrumental]
C#m C#m G#m G#m
[Chorus]
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You're still so fast and funky
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You should have been a clown
[Instrumental]
C#m C#m G#m G#m
[Verse 2]
C#m B
When the sun is shining, he goes to the park
A G# C#m
Climbs the empty bandstand on the green
C#m B
Doing for the children his famous routine
A G#
So they still laugh when slowly he walks home
[Chorus]
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You're still so fast and funky
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You should have been a clown
[Instrumental]
C#m C#m G#m G#m
[Chorus]
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You're still so fast and funky
C#m B
Hello, hello Mister Monkey
B C#m
You should have been a clown
[Outro]
C#m C#m G#m Am