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