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Too Much Monkey Business

(Chuck Berry)


Copyright Arc Music

Original by Chuck Berry in 1956


Million Dollar Quartet Jam Session - December 4, 1956 - Sun Studio - Memphis

 VPA4 5317
February 1990 CD RCA 2023-2-R The Million Dollars Quartet


Soundtrack recording for MGM - Stay Away, Joe - RCA studio session - January 15-17, 1968 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville

 January 15, 7 pm-12 am

WPA4 1800-na
November 1968 LP RCA PRS 279 Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star
Edited version:
April 14, 1981 LP RCA CPL-2-4031 This Is Elvis
Outtakes:
Takes 1, 3, 6, 9, 10 and 12: April 2013 CD FTD 506020 975056 Stay Away Joe
Takes 4 (fs) and 10: November 10, 2003 CD FTD 82876 53368-2 So High
Take 9: June 1, 2000 CD FTD 74321 76749-2 Long Lonely Highway - Nashville 1960-1968


Re-recording sessions - First session - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro

 January 28, 1980 - Morning
KWA5 8236
February 1981 LP RCA AAL1-3917 Guitar Man



Re-recording sessions - Second session - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro

 October 14, 1980
KWA5 8556


Overdub sessions for Warner Brothers Motion Picture "This Is Elvis" - January 30, 1981 - T.B.S. - Hollywood

 LPA5 5816
April 14, 1981 LP RCA CPL-2-4031 This Is Elvis





Salesman talking to me tried to run me up a creek
Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Oh-ho-ho


Blonde haired, good lookin' tryin' to get me hooked
Wants me to marry, settle down and get a home and and write a book
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Oh-ho-ho


Pay phone, somethin' wrong, dial gone,
Well me ought to sue the operator for tellin' me a tale
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Oh-ho-ho


Oh-ho-ho ...... Oh-ho-ho ...... Oh-ho-ho ...... Oh-ho-ho


Been to Vietnam, been a fightin' in the war
Army bar, army chow, army clothes, army car
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Oh-ho-ho


Workin' in the fillin' station, too many tasks
Wipe the windo', check the tyres, check the oil, dollar gas
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Oh-ho-ho


Blonde haired, good lookin' tryin' to get me hooked
Wants me to marry, get a home, settle down and and write a book
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
Oh-ho-ho
Too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho, too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho
Too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho
Too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho 





Tune guitar 1/2 step down (from low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb).
    Intro:  F#
    F#
    Salesman talking to me tried to run me up a creek
    F#
    Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week
    (Tacet)                B                         F#
    Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
    C#                           B                 F#
    Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
             C#
    Oh-ho-ho

    Blonde haired, good lookin' tryin' to get me hooked
    Wants me to marry, settle down and get a home and and write a book
    Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
    Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
    Oh-ho-ho

    Pay phone, somethin' wrong, dial gone,
    Well me ought to sue the operator for tellin' me a tale
    Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
    Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
    Oh-ho-ho
    Oh-ho-ho ...... Oh-ho-ho ...... Oh-ho-ho ...... Oh-ho-ho
    Been to Vietnam, been a fightin' in the war
    Army bar, army chow, army clothes, army car
    Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
    Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
    Oh-ho-ho
    Workin' in the fillin' station, too many tasks
    Wipe the windo', check the tires, check the oil, dollar gas
    Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
    Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
    Oh-ho-ho
    Blonde haired, good lookin' tryin' to get me hooked
    Wants me to marry, get a home, settle down and and write a book
    Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
    Too much monkey business for me to be involved in
    Oh-ho-ho
    Too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho, too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho
    Too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho
    Too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho too much monkey business, Oh-ho-ho