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