There's Just a Little Bit of Monkey
(Still Left in You and Me)
Key: C
Music by Jimmie V. Monaco
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
Copyright 1916

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File Updated11/28/2023

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Verse 1:

C
I heard a story and it open'd my eyes
                      C7
All a-bout monkeys in trees
F                     C      A7
Somebody told me that our an-cestors
D7          G7  GdimG7
Were chimpa-zees

C
Old Mister Darwin said we came from the monks
             F
Maybe Darwin knew
            Fm6       C            A7
I've been a pondering,thinking and wondering
D7           G7  GdimG7
I guess it's true

Chorus 1:

G                             G7
There is just a little bit of monkey
         C
A bit of monkey in us all
G                  G7
We eat peanuts and bite our nails
C
I know people that carry tales

G                           G7
Ev'ry married man is like a monkey
             C      C7   F
Because he's always up a tree
           Fm6
I've got a girl, and the day I found her
C                  A7
I kind-a wanted to monkey 'round her

          G7
Don't you see
There's just a little bit of monkey
      Dm      G7      C G7
Still left in you and me

Verse 2:

C
Look at the salesman when he's selling his goods
                       C7
Look at the motions he makes
F                   C      A7
Think of an acrobat in the circus
D7            G7   GdimG7
What jumps he takes

C
Look at the people when they ride on a car,
        C7       F
Hanging from the straps

F           Fm6
Don't you a-gree with me
C           A7
That it's a certainty
D7            G7   GdimG7
There's no per-haps

Chorus 2:

G                             G7
There is just a little bit of monkey
         C
A bit of monkey in us all
G                G7
Mister Darwin he sure was right
     C
That girl made a monkey of me last night

G                                G7
Lots of times we call each other monkeys,
          C       C7        F
There's a reason, can't you see?
          Fm6
I lost my wife and I cannot find her,
C                     A7
She ran away with an  organ grinder

          G7
Don't you see
There's just a little bit of monkey
      Dm      G7      C G7
Still left in you and me

Chorus 3:

G                             G7
There is just a little bit of monkey
         C
A bit of monkey in us all
G                G7
Mister Darwin he sure was right
     C
That girl made a monkey of me last night

G                               G7
Lots of time we call each other monkeys
        C      C7        F
And the reason can't you see
                           Fm6
The married men though you have to train them
C                       A7
They never stay home un-less you chain them

          G7
Don't you see
There's just a little bit of monkey
      Dm      G7      C
Still left in you and me


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