Monkey Time:Major Lance.
#2 R&B and #8 on BB Hot 100 on
OKEH Records in 1963.
INTRO: F
#1.
F
There's a place right across town, whenever
you're ready.
F
Where people gather 'round, whenever they're
ready.
Dm Am7 Gm Dm
And then the music begins to play..you feel a
Am7 Gm Gm7
groove comin' on its way.
CHORUS:
Gm Am7 Bb
Are you ready (are you ready)..well, you get yours,
C F
cause-a I got mine for the Monkey Time..(Monkey Time)..
(Monkey Time.)
#2.
F
Now the dance that the people do, I don't know how
it started.
F
All I know is that when the beat brings a feel..it's
so hard to get parted.
Dm Am7 Gm Dm
And then the music begins to play..you feel a
Am7 Gm Gm7
groove comin' on its way.
CHORUS:
Gm Am7 Bb
Are you ready (are you ready)..well, you get yours,
C F
cause-a I got mine for the Monkey Time..(Monkey Time)..
(Monkey Time.)
BRIDGE:
F Dm C F
Do the Monkey, yeah..(do the Monkey Time.)
F Dm C F
Do the Monkey, yeah..(do the Monkey Time.)
F Dm Am Dm
Ah-twist them hips..(twist them hips.)
Dm Am Dm Am Dm
Let your backbone slip..(let your backbone slip.)
Am Dm Am Dm
Now, move your feet..(move your feet.)
Am Dm Am Dm Am
Get on the beat..(get on the beat.)
CHORUS:
Gm Am7 Bb
Are you ready (are you ready)..well, you get yours,
C F
cause-a I got mine for the Monkey Time..(Monkey Time)..
(Monkey Time.)
#3.
F
Now the dance that the people do, I don't know how
it started.
F
All I know is that when the beat brings a feel..it's
so hard to get parted.
Dm Am7 Gm Dm Am7
And then the music begins to play..automatically you're
Gm Gm7
on your way.
CHORUS:
Gm Am7 Bb
Are you ready (are you ready)..well, you get yours,
C F
cause-a I got mine for the Monkey Time..(Monkey Time)..
(Monkey Time.)
OUTRO:
F
Ah, do the Monkey, yeah..(Monkey time)..give me a big
strong line..(Monkey time.)
F
You're lookin' real fine..(Monkey time.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
