Monkey Time Tab

                           "The Monkey Time"
                           (Curtis Mayfield)

Intro:

	guitar (w/bass trombones), 2X:

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	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----1---3-5-----|-----1---3-5-3---|
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	-----2---3-5-----|-----2---3-5-3---|
	-----------------|-----------------|
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Verse 1: (guitar continues as per intro)

	            
	There's a place right across town, whenever you're ready
	Where people gather 'round, whenever they're ready
	                          
	And then the music begins to play
	                     
	You feel a groove comin' on its way

Chorus:

	                      
	Are you ready (are you ready)
	                                  
	Well, you get yours, cause-a I got mine
	                
	For the Monkey Time (Monkey Time)

[repeat intro]
	(Monkey Time)

Verse 2:

	Now the dance that the people do, I don't know how it started
	All I know is that when the beat brings a feel
	It's so hard to get parted
	And then the music begins to play
	Automatically you're on your way

[Repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	()                               
	Do the Monkey, yeah (do the Monkey Time)
	()                               
	Do the Monkey, yeah (do the Monkey Time)

	                            
	Ah-twist them hips (twist them hips)
	                                     
	Let your backbone slip (let your backbone slip)
	                         
	Now move your feet (move your feet)
	                           
	Get on the beat (get on the beat)

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro]
	(Monkey Time)

[repeat verse 2]

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat intro riff to fade]:

	Ah, do the Monkey, yeah
	Give me a big strong line
	You're lookin' real fine [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers