Hard Monkeys  
Album - Positive Vibrations  
Group - Ten Years After  
Composer - Alvin Lee  
Interpreted by M. Roulston  

      |----------------| = 1 bar in 4/4 time  
Standard Tuning Note times are only approximate - 
Listen/Play along with the song.
  
      Verse  
       D                D/C              G/B              G/Bb        C  
      |----2-----------|----2-----------|----3-----------|----3---3---0---|
      |---3----3-------|---3----3-------|---3-----3------|---3----3---1---|
      |--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--0--------0----|--0-----0---0---|
      |0-------------0-|--------------0-|--------------0-|------------2---|
      |----------------|3---------------|2---------------|1-------1---3---|
      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
           Got no    monkey on my         back  
           And I'm   never goin' to       crack 

      Chorus Riff  
      A(This is how I strum the chords) A/G  
      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      |2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|
      |2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|
      |2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|
      |0-0-0-0.-0------|0-0-------0-----|----------------|----------------|
      |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3.-3------|3-3-------3-----|  
              'Cause it's a good life           too good       to lose 

       D/F#                              F  
      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      |3-3-3-3.-3------|3-3-------3-----|1-1-1-1.-1------|1-1-----1---1---|
      |2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-------2-----|2-2-2-2.-2------|2-2-----2---2---|
      |0-0-0-0.-0------|0-0-------0-----|3-3-3-3.-3------|3-3-----3---3---|
      |----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3--3------|3-3-----3---3---|
      |1-1-1-1.-1------|1-1-------1-----|1-1-1-1--1------|1-1-----1---1---|  
                 But it's a hard  world           with the junkie  blues 

       E  
      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
      |1---1---0h1-----|1---------------|1---1---0h1-----|1---------------|
      |2---2---------2-|2---------------|2---2---------2-|2---------------|
      |2---2-----------|2---------------|2---2-----------|2---------------|
      |0---0-----------|0---------------|0---0-----------|0---------------| 

       D A - hold until -------------> and then back to verse 

      |2---0-----------|----------------| 
      |3---2-----------|----------------| 
      |2---2-----------|----------------| 
      |0---2-----------|----------------| 
      |----0-----------|----------------|