This tab is from this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQNPryUIWXk). It's pretty simple, just how
they play it acoustically with just guitar and vocals. You don't NEED to tune your guitar down because
the entire thing is just chords, but tuning it down retains that heady low sound that drives the song. It
doesn't sound as good with higher notes in the guitar.
All chords are in reference to the neck, so the B is really an A but you'll just play a B shape in the
full step down tuning.
[Intro]
(I'm pretty sure the A# was a mistake, but you can play it if you want.)
A# E (he really just hits the E string and lets it ring)
B E G#m E
B E
I live in the jungle,
G#m
I sleep in a monkey tree.
E
I'm looking from an angle,
B
From the bird of a different breed, yeah.
E
I never went to your school,
G#m
I learned in a monkey tree.
E
So come into the jungle,
B
Where the drugs and the drinks are free, yeah.
E
Tied to the rat race,
G#m
A big bird in a small cage.
E
You're tied with a tightrope,
B
And you wiggle but it won't let go.
E
You wanna be a free bird,
G#m
You wanna be a free lover, see
E
You gotta run from the shepherd.
B
Run, run away with me.
B E
I live in the jungle,
G#m
I sleep in a monkey tree.
E
I'm looking from an angle,
B
From the bird of a different breed, yeah.
E
I never went to your school,
G#m
I learned in a monkey tree.
E
So come into the jungle,
B
Where the drugs and the drinks are free, yeah.
B (hold)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
G Em C/E
Everyone, everyone can come.
Am F
We got everything, everything you need.
C/E F#
Everything for free. Free, yeah.
B
Yeah, yeah-na-na-na-na.
E
Yeah, yeah-na-na-na-na.
G#m
Yeah, yeah-na-na-na-na.
E B
Run, run away with me.
B (cont'd) E
I live in the jungle,
G#m
I sleep in a monkey tree.
E
I'm looking from an angle,
B
From the bird of a different breed, yeah.
E
I never went to your school,
G#m
I learned in a monkey tree.
E
So come into the jungle,
B
Where the drugs and the drinks are free, yeah.
(Tied to the rat race)
B E
I live in the jungle, (A big bird in a small cage)
G#m
I sleep in a monkey tree. (Tied with a tight rope)
E
So come into the jungle, (And you wiggle but it won't-wiggle but it won't)
B
Where the drugs and the drinks are free.
E
You wanna be a free bird,
G#m
You wanna be a free lover, see
E
You gotta run from the shepherd.
B
Run, run away with me.
E (on 7th fret)
Run, run away with me.
G#m (F#) E D (on 10th fret) B
Run, run away with me.
The last F# is in parenthesis because it's just a transition chord.
And that's it! If you're having any issues with the strumming, I'd recommend just watching the video
and playing along. It's very simple.
