Jay Foreman - Martin Was A Monkey Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
Capo on 4 fret

CMartin was a monFmaj7key

He Clived in London zooFmaj7

He Chad a monkey tyreFmaj7

And a moCnkey tree branch tooFmaj7

But AmMartin wasn't Ghappy there

He Amsat and dreamt all dayG

AAmbout the thing he waDntF♯ed most

A Gskiing hG7oliday

He'd shoot off down the mountain
And whizz across the snow
He'd slalom in between the flags
He couldn't wait to go

But he Amnever did go skiing

He cDm7ouldn't go because

GmMartin was a monkey

And a moCnkey's what he was.Fmaj7

C    Fmaj7

He told his friends about it
They thought that it was daft
They laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed
And laughed and laughed and laughed.

But he left his branch, he left his tree
He leapt apon the floor
But he couldn't leave the cage
Because a lock was on the door

He talked to the zookeepers
He asked to be set free
But nobody would listen
'Cos they couldn't speak monkey

He never did go skiing
He couldn't go because
Martin was a monkey
And a monkey's what he was.

He Amstood and looked out from the cage

It Emsimply wasn't fair

Why Amdid he have to stay inside

When Emskiing was out there?

But that's the way life was
And there was nothing he could do
It seemed that all things had a place
And his was in the zoo.

So Martin never got his dream
He simply sat and cried
He spent his life in London Zoo
Until the day he died.

He never did go skiing
He couldn't go because
Martin was a monkey
And a monkey's what he was.

A monkey's what he was.
A monkey's what he was.