Mr. Monotony Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][Am][G][C][Am][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]Playin'
on his [Am]slide- trom[G]bone[C]
In a certain [Am]monot[Ab]one
[G]He [C]was known as[Am]
[Ab]Mr M[G]onot[C]ony
[Bbm]Any pl[Am]easa[Ab]nt in[G]ter[C]lude[Am][G]
[C]That would mean a
[Am]change of [Ab]mood[C]
Didn't go with [F]Mr [G]Mon[C]otony.
[Bbm]Someti[Am]mes [C]he[F][Eb]
[F]would [Dm]change the [Db]key[C]
[F]But the sam[Eb]e dul[F]l mel[Dm]ody[Db][C]
[F]Would emerge from Mr[Bb][C]
[F]Mono[Eb] ton[F]y[Dm]
[Db]Folk[C]s

[Verse 2]
[G]for miles would run[Em] away[Edim][Eb]
[G]Only one prefer[Em]red to [Edim]stay.[Eb][D]
[G]She would com[Am]e around
[Bbdim]and say:[G]
"Have you got any
Monotony [Am]today?"[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]They got married [F]as [Adim]they sho[Ab]uld
[C]And around the nei[F]gh bo[Am]urhood[G]
[C]She was known as[F][G]
Mrs [C]Monotony[G][C]
They were [Bb]happy [F]as could [Ab]be
[C]And they rai[Bb]sed a fam[F]ily
[Ab]Six [C]or seven little[F][G]
[C]Monoton[Am]ies[G][F][Bb]

[Verse 4]
[F]From another [Dm]village came a
[G]snappy [C]cla[F]rinetter
She heard him [D]play and strange
to [G]say she liked him [C]better
[F]That was the end of Mr
[Ab]Mono[Db]tony[F]
[C]

[Verse 5]
[G]Oh, she refused him [C]when he [Edim]tried[Eb]
[G]Bringing her back to [Em]his side[Edim][G]
She just [F]answered [G]whe[C]n
[Am]he c[Eb]ried:[G]
"Have you [C]got any Monotony
[Bb]today?"[Am][Ab]
"Have you got any Monotony
[G]tod[C]ay?"[F][Ab]
[C]"Have [F]you[Ab] got any [Eb]Mono ton[Gaug]y

[Interlude 1]
today?"
[G][C][Cm][C][Bb][Am][Ab][G]
[C]
Bye, [Bb]bye, Mr Mono

[Verse 6]
[F]tony[Ab][G][C][Bb]
[F]Mr Monotony,
[G]Is that [C]you?
[Am]Hey, Mr Monotony[F][G]
[C][F][Dm][Ab][G][C][Bb]

[Verse 7]
[F]Oh, this pla[Ab]ying is [G]wonder[C]ful![Bb]
[C]Oh, [F]Mr Monotony,
[Dm]I co[Ab]me back to[G] you any[C] time.
[Bb]Mr[C]

[Verse 8]
[Am]Mono[F]tony[D],[G][C]
don't go [Bb]away
Surely I [Adim]did n't really mean it![Ab]
[G]Oh, [C]Mr Monotony, I need you back