Aba Daba Honeymoon
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Afinação: D G C F A DTecla: F#mCapotraste:
4th traste
***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.***
Tabbed by Robert Da Prato, 11th September 2023
Define:
Capo on the 4th Fret
B.p.m. 77
4/4 Time Signature
Key - F#m & Bb Keys
* Single Strum
AM7 X02120
BbM7 X13231
Eaug xx4332
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[Intro] Key - F#m
|N.C. |N.C. ||N.C. ||N.C. |
( Dead strum a bongo beat)
N.C.
Kieser monium, (oop oop bi do)
N.C.
Kieser monium, (oop oop bi do)
E/B*
A boom, and a boom and a boom and a boom and a boom.......
[Chorus] 0:13
F#m7 F#m F#m7 F#m
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab"
F#m7
Said the chimpie to the monk
F#m7 F#m F#m7 F#m
"Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab"
E7
Said the monkey to the chimp
E7
All night long they'd chatter away
AM7 A F#m7
All day long there were happy and gay
B7 B E7 A#7*
Swinging and singing in their hunky tonky way
[Verse 1] 0:34
AM7
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab"
A A/E
Means 'Monk, I love but you'
C#7
'Baba, daba, dab' in monkey talk
F#m F#m7
Means 'Chimp, I love you, too'
D
Then the big baboon one night in June
A
He married them and very soon
B7 E7 A
Then went upon their aba daba honeymoon
[Instrumental] 0:53 Key Change Bb
F7 BbM7 Bb
(oop oop bi do)
BbM7 F7
(oop oop bi do)
F7 Bb C7 F
Bb Bb D7 Gm
Eb Eb7 Eb Bb C7
F7 Bb7 G
[Bridge] Key Change - F#m 1:36
F#m
F#m
Way down in the Congoland, lived a happy chimpanzee
C#m E B7
She loved a monkey with long tail (Lordy, how she loved him)
F#m
Each night he would find her there, swinging in the coconut tree
B
And the monkey gay at the break of day
B7 E7
Loved to hear his chimpie say
[Chorus] 2:01
F#m7 F#m F#m7 F#m
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab"
F#m7
Said the chimpie to the monk
F#m
"Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab"
E7
Said the monkey to the chimp
E7
All night long they'd chatter away
AM7 A F#m7
All day long there were happy and gay
B7 B E7 A#7*
Swinging and singing in their hunky tonky way
[Outro] 2:21
AM7
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab"
A A/E
Means 'Monk, I love but you'
C#7
'Baba, daba, dab' in monkey talk
F#m F#m7
Means 'Chimp, I love you, too'
D
One night they were made man and wife
F#m7
And now they cry, "This is the life"
B7 E7 E7
Since they came from their aba daba honey-
E7
Aba, daba, daba
E7 E A7 D D7 E7 F#m7 B7 Eaug A#7* A*
Aba, daba honey-moon
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