Daniel Johnston - Like a Monkey in a Zoo
i'm having trouble finding the Daniel Johnston version for reference so im going
by Kathy McCarty's cover, which i think is in the same key anyway but im not certain.
the main piano tune goes a bit like this (give it a swing):
E :-----3---2-0-2-3-|-----------------|
B :-----------------|-------1---------|
G :---0-------------|-----0---0-------|
D :-------0-0-------|---2-------2---2-|
A :-----------------|-3-----------3---|
E :-3---------------|-----------------|
the tune's just in the top strings, you can improvise the other part.
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I'm chained to the wall.
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I have nothin' at all.
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And my eyes look into the sunset thinkin' of better things to do,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.
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The days go so slow.
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I don't have no friends.
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Except all these people who want me to do tricks for them,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.
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And it could happen to you.
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You could be in my place.
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No it wasn't always like this,
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But I never saw it comin'.
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I'm so alone,
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But this is my home.
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And the bars that surround me keep me from knowin' any better,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.
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Throw me a peanut.
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Laugh and make jokes.
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But I've had enough of peanuts and I'm ready to choke,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.
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You come to look at me.
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You seem so amused.
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But things would look different
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If you were in my shoes.
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I know its my fault,
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But I want out.
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And when I cry out nobody seems to understand,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.
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You say I'm cute.
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You don't know how much that hurts.
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You don't know how it feels to live in your own dirt,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.
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And it could happen to you.
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You could be in my place.
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Don't let yourself slip.
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Don't keep egg on your face.
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I used to be happy.
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I can't remember those days.
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But I sold my freedom for free room and board,
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Like a monkey in a zoo.