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