[Verse] Now [Am] I'm the king of the swingers oh, the jungle [E7] VI I've [E7] reached the top and had to stop, and that's what botherin' [Am] m I [Am] wanna be a man, mancub, and stroll right into [E7] town And [E7] be just like the other men, I'm tired of monkeyin' a [Am] round, [G7] oh
[Chorus] [C] Oo-bee-doo, I wanna be like [A7] yoo-ooo-oou I wanna [D7] walk like you, t [G7] alk like you, [C] too-ooo-ooo You'll [G7] see it's [C] true-ooo-ooo, an ape like [A7] me-ee-ee Can [D7] learn to be [G7] hu-ooo-ooo-man [C] too-ooo-ooo
[Link] C A7 D7 G7 C E7
[Verse] [Am] Now don't try to kid me, mancub, I made a deal with [E7] yo What [E7] I desire is man's red fire, to make my dream come [Am] true Now [Am] give me the secret, mancub, c'mon clue me what to [E7] do Give [E7] me the power of man's red flower, so I can be like [Am] you, [G7] oh
[Chorus] [C] Oo-bee-doo, I wanna be like [A7] yoo-ooo-oou I wanna [D7] walk like you, t [G7] alk like you, [C] too-ooo-ooo You'll [G7] see it's [C] true-ooo-ooo, someone like [A7] me Can [D7] learn to be [G7] like someone like [C] you/me Take me [A7] home daddy! Can [D7] learn to be [G7] like someone like [C] you/me One more [A7] time! Can [D7] learn to be [G7] like someone like [C] you [G7][C]
[Intro - 120 BPM] [Just drums with cowbell - Cowbells muted strums - then ] Cowbell - CCxC CxCx CCxC xSxS (G Chord comes in) Drus -    BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSx [G Riff - Really try to play notes individually whilst holding full chord] E -3---------------------------------------- B -3---------------------------------------- G -0--2h4-2-0-2-0--2h4-2-0----0-2-0-0------ D -0-----------------------2----------------- A -X---------------------------------------- E -3---------------------------------------- D--B--S----B--S-----B----S----B----S-----
[Verse 1 - Barre chords for - put G riff in sometimes] I [G] met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Mem [C] phis She [G] tried to take me [A] upstairs for a [D] ride (G riff) She [G] had to heave me right across her [C] shoulder cause [G] I just can't seem to [D] drink you off my [G] mind
[Chorus - Open chords for] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Verse 2] I [G] laid a divorcee in New York C [C] ity I [G] had to put up s [A] ome kind of a f [D] ight The [G] lady then she covered me in r [C] oses She [G] blew my nose and [D] then she blew my m [G] ind
[Chorus] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Solo] | G | G | C | C | | G | A | D | D | | G | G | C | C | | G | D | G | G
[Chorus] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[End figure] BSSB SSSB SSSS
[Notes - play sus4 on D and C to approximate riff] [G riff - bass run is (play down strokes for all to articulate)] D ------5- A -------- E -3-5s7--