Not My Monkeys And Not My Circus Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Not My Monkeys And Not My Circus by Craig Cardiff is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am7, Cadd9, G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Am7                  Cadd9                G 
To be safe, to be loved, to be home X4 

verse 1 
G 
And all the words that we tried to write down 
G 
Did not have the fight 
C 
Oh and in our hearts 
                          G 
I did not believe them 

G 
You said not my monkeys, not my circus 
G 
I believe that you 
C                                  G 
you deserve an open heart 

Pre-Chorus 
D 
I said I know sad and this is not sad 
C 
I know tired and this is not tired 
D 
All I need is for you to sing 
C                            D 
Three things to me 

Am7                 Cadd9                 G 
To be safe, to be loved, to be home X4 

verse 2 
G 
And toss a coin into the air and 
G 
Then you’ll see what you care about 
C                                                    G 
What your heart, what your heart believes in 

G 
Not my monkeys, not my circus 
G 
Oh I believe in you 
C                                                G 
Oh and you deserve an open heart 

Pre-Chorus 
D 
You said I know sad and this is not sad 
C 
I know tired and this is not tired 
D 
All I need is for you to sing 
C                            D 
Three things to me 

Am7                 Cadd9                 G 
To be safe, to be loved, to be home X4 

Bridge 
D 
And all the times you turned the radio up 
C 
All to drown the static 
D					C 
All the times you hung your head 

Pre-Chorus 
D 
You said I know sad and this is not sad 
C 
I know tired and this is not tired 
D 
All I need is for you to sing 
C                            D 
Three things to me 

Am7                 Cadd9                 G 
To be safe, to be loved, to be home X4 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante