D5 C5 Bb5
         Oow
F5 G5 Bb5 (x3)
C5 Bb5

[Verse 1]
F5 G5 Bb5    F5 G5 Bb5
    Last night   and the night before
F5 G5 Bb5           F5 G5 Bb5
     The thunder crowed   and the rooster roared
F5 G5 Bb5            F5 G5 Bb5
    I woke up sweating    on somebody's floor
F5 G5 Bb5           F5 G5
    You know how the story goes

[Interlude]
D5 C5 Bb5

[Verse 2]
F5 G5 Bb5         F5 G5 Bb5
The   dirty streets    they can be so mean
F5 G5 Bb5        F5 G5 Bb5
    Everybody trying   to live so clean
F5 G5 Bb5          F5 G5 Bb5
    Me, I'm stuck here in between
F5 G5 Bb5              F5 G5
    And it's a fine line

[Chorus 1]
        F5         Ab5
Down on monkey hill
               C5           B5   Bb5
Saw a brother screaming on the corner
F5                  Ab5            C5    B5  Bb5
  Talkin' 'bout some low down dirty shame

And he said
F5 N.C.
   "Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"

[Interlude]
F5 G5 Bb5 (x2)

[Verse 3]
F5 G5 Bb5                  F5 G5 Bb5
    Between the buildings and the alleyways
F5 G5 Bb5                       F5 G5 Bb5
    That's where the living is done
F5 G5 Bb5                  F5 G5 Bb5
    Where the young boys chase the dragon
F5 G5 Bb5                           F5 G5
    That's where flesh and steel are one

[Chorus 2]
        F5         Ab5
Down on monkey hill
                      C5           B5   Bb5
Saw another brother testifying this evening
F5                 Ab5            C5    B5  Bb5
    Talkin' 'bout how he lost everything

And he said
F5 N.C.
   "Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"

[Solo]
E5 G5 A5 Ab5 G5 (x4)

[Bass solo]
E5 G5 A5 Ab5 G5 (x2)

[Solo key change]
A5 C5 D5 Db5 C5 (x2)
A5 N.C.

F5 G5 Bb5  (x4)

[Bridge]
F5 G5 Bb5  N.C.
    Everybody's talking shit and jivin'
F5 G5 Bb5  N.C.
    Hard to tell which is which
F5 G5 Bb5  N.C.
    Dealers and squealers, businessmen and bankers
F5 G5 Bb5  N.C.
    They all be scratchin' that itch

[Chorus 3]
        F5         Ab5
Down on monkey hill
                      C5           B5   Bb5
Saw another brother testifying this morin’
F5                Ab5                     C5    B5  Bb5
    Talkin' 'bout how he left his soul in DeNang

And he said
F5             Ab5            C5    B5      Bb5   F5 Ab5 C5 B5 Bb5
   "Gonna get so high that I just don't know my name"
        F5     Ab5   C5  B5  Bb5
"Gonna get so high
                      F5   Ab5   C5  B5  Bb5
that I don't know my name"
         F5   Ab5   C5  B5  Bb5
Down on monkey hill

[Outro]
C5 Bb5 Ab5 F5
C5 Bb5 Ab5