Monkey To Man
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
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A long time ago, our point of view
Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew
And now the world is full of sorrow and pain
And it's time for us to speak up again
You're slack and sorry
Such an arrogant brood
The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food
We sit here staring at your pomp and pout
Outside the bars we use for keeping you out
You've taken everything that you wanted
Broke it up and plundered it and hunted
Ever since we said it
You went and took the credit
It's been headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
Monkey to Man
Every time man struggles and fails
He makes up some kind of fairytales
After all of the misery that he has caused
He denies he's descended from the dinosaurs
Points up to heaven with cathedral spires
All the time indulging in his base desires
Ever since we said it
He went and took the credit
It's been headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
Monkey to Man
Big and useless as he has become
With his crying statues and his flying bomb
Goes 'round acting like the chosen one
Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin
He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes
Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes
Fills up the air with his pride and praise
He's a big disgrace to our beastly ways
In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts
Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts
Ever since we said it
He went and took the credit
It's been headed this way since the world began
When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man
Repeat Riff To Fade.
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Readable chord sheet for Monkey To Man by Elvis Costello
E -----0-2-0-----0--| B -0-3-------3-3----| G ------------------| D ------------------| A ------------------| E ------------------| [E]A long time ago, our point of view Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew And now the world is full of sorrow and pain And it's time for us to speak up again You're slack and sorry Such an arrogant brood The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food We sit here staring at your pomp and pout [A7] Outside the bars we use for keeping you out [B7] You've taken everything that you wanted Broke it up and plundered it and hunted Ever since we said it You went and took the credit It's been [A7] headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man [E] [E7] [A] [B7] Monkey to Man [E] Every time man struggles and fails He makes up some kind of fairytales After all of the misery that he has caused He [A7] denies he's descended from the dinosaurs [B7] Points up to heaven with cathedral spires All the time indulging in his base desires Ever since we said it He went and took the credit It's been [A7] headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man [E] [E7] [A] [B7] Monkey to Man [D] Big [A] and useless as he has become With his [D] [A] crying statues and his flying bomb [D] Goes [A] 'round acting like the chosen one [Dsus4] Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin [E] He hangs up flowers and bells and rhymes Hoping to hell someone's forgiven his crimes Fills up the air with his pride and praise He's a [A7] big disgrace to our beastly ways [B7] In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts Ever since we said it He went and took the credit It's been [A7] headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man Repeat Riff To Fade.