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Shock the Monkey – Peter Gabriel
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Tuning: Standard
Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey (1982)
(Gabriel)
From: "Peter Gabriel [4/Security]"
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MAIN RIFF
Dm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------1-----0---|----------------|
B|3-3---3-----3-3-|----------------|keyboard
G|2-2---2-----2-2-|----------------|
D|0-0-------------|--0)------------|
A|-------------(3-|3---------------| (bass)
E|----------------|----------------|
CODA
F F(add9) C6/E C/E Dm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-1---3---------|5-5---8---------|1---------------|1---------------|
B|1-1---1---------|5-5---5---------|3---------------|2---------------|
G|2-2---2---------|5-5---5---------|2---------------|3---------------|
D|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|7---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
Dm x-x-0-2-3-1
C x-3-2-0-1-0
Bb x-1-3-3-3-1
F x-x-3-2-1-1
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0
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INTRO (MAIN RIFF]
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |
VERSE 1
Dm Dm
Cover me when I run
Dm Dm
Cover me through the fire
Dm
Something knocked me out' the trees
Dm
Now I'm on my knees
Dm Dm
Cover me, darling please
CHORUS
C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
VERSE 2
Dm Dm
Fox the fox, rat up the rat
Dm Dm
You can ape the ape, I know about that
Dm
There is one thing you must be sure of
Dm
I can't take any more
Dm
Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey
CHORUS
C
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Dm
Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
MIDDLE 8
Dm C Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning
C Dm
(Monkey) Something's burning
C
(Monkey) Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
C Dm
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF)
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |
VERSE 3
Dm Dm
Cover me, when I sleep
Dm Dm
Cover me, when I breathe
Dm
You throw your pearls before the swine
Dm
Make the monkey blind
Dm Dm
Cover me, darling please
MIDDLE 8
Dm C Dm
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake
C Dm
(Monkey) Ground beneath me shake
C
(Monkey) And the news is breaking
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
C Dm
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
CODA (see above)
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
Shock the monkey
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
Shock the monkey
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey to life
Dm
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
Dm
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
| F | C/E | Dm [break]
Shock the monkey
Dm [Main Riff] [break]
Shock the monkey to life
