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Too Much Monkey Business

Words & Music by Chuck Berry

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Too Much Monkey Business

Words & Music by Chuck Berry

Lyrics:

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 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

More info:

Chuck Berry wrote and recorded Too Much Monkey Business (Chess 1635) in 1956. His version peaked at #7 on the rhythm & blues chart. Later in 1956, the Gadabouts recorded a cover version of Too Much Monkey Business (Mercury 70978), that did not chart. Bob Dylan's 1965 hit Subterranean Homesick Blues (Columbia 43242) was based on Berry's recording.

Elvis recorded Too Much Monkey Business on January 15, 1968, at RCA's Nashville studios. Jerry Reed played lead guitar. On October 14, 1980, Felton Jarvis produced a new instrumental track at Young 'Un Sound in Nashville for the Guitar Man album. Lead guitar was again played by Jerry Reed. Too Much Monkey Business could be heard in the 1981 documentary This is Elvis.

Lyrics: 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 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
More info: Chuck Berry wrote and recorded Too Much Monkey Business (Chess 1635) in 1956. His version peaked at #7 on the rhythm & blues chart. Later in 1956, the Gadabouts recorded a cover version of Too Much Monkey Business (Mercury 70978), that did not chart. Bob Dylan's 1965 hit Subterranean Homesick Blues (Columbia 43242) was based on Berry's recording.

Elvis recorded Too Much Monkey Business on January 15, 1968, at RCA's Nashville studios. Jerry Reed played lead guitar. On October 14, 1980, Felton Jarvis produced a new instrumental track at Young 'Un Sound in Nashville for the Guitar Man album. Lead guitar was again played by Jerry Reed. Too Much Monkey Business could be heard in the 1981 documentary This is Elvis.