Smokey Robinson - Mickeys Monkey Chords & Tabs

...MICKEY'S MONKEY... by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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*from 'The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey' (1963)*


Intro:

(n.c)
 Alright is everybody ready?
Alright now, here we go...
A one, A two,
A one, two, three, four.

(with Drums):

(n.c)
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
(Lum de Lum de la lye).
Lum de Lum de la lye,
(Lum de Lum de la lye).

Interlude:

C7, F (x4)

Verse 1:

     C7
This cat named mickey,
          F            C7  F
Came from out of town,
        C7
He been spreadin this,
          F           C7  F
New dance all around.
       C7
And in just a matter,
     F         C7  F
Of a few days,
     C7
This dance became,
        F              C7  F
The new teenage craze.

Verse 2:

    C7
The people see him dancin,
        F           C7  F
They be-gin to see,
C7
 See this cat do,
     F             C7  F
That monkey thing.
     C7
It's really something,
   F    C7  F
To see,
     C7
This cat named Mickey's,
F                   C7  F
 Doin' that monkey.

Chorus 1:

          C7
C'mon and do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children,
       C7
(Let's do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children).
          C7
C'mon and do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children,
       C7
(Let's do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children).

Bridge 1:
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C7                     F
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).
C7                     F
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).

Interlude:

C7

C7, F (x4)

Bridge 2:

C7                     F
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).
C7                     F
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).

Verse 3:

C7           F
 Monkey see, monkey do,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye),
C7
 C'mon you can do,
   F
The monkey too.
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).

Chorus 2:

          C7
C'mon and do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children,
       C7
(Let's do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children).
          C7
C'mon and do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children,
       C7
(Let's do the,
         F
Mickey's monkey children).

Bridge 3:

C7                     F
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).
C7                     F
 Lum de Lum de la lye,
C7                      F
 (Lum de Lum de la lye).

Coda:

       C7
Do the monkey, (do the monkey),
Mickey's monkey, (Mickey's monkey).
Do the monkey, (do the monkey),
Mickey's monkey, (Mickey's monkey).

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C7      F

 EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32310  133211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)