C
C     F     Bb    Eb    F
Bb    Eb    Ab    Db    Eb

[Verse 1]
Ab                               Db
The monkey sat on a pile of stone
                                            Gb
And he stared at the broken bone in his hand
                                                              Cb    Db
And the strings of a Viennese quartet rang out across the land
                                Gb
The monkey looked up at the stars

And he thought to himself
            Cb
Memory is a stranger
                     E
History is for fools
                                                   A
And he cleaned his hands in a pool of holy writing
                                                  B
Turned his back on the garden and set out for the nearest town
                 E
Hold on, hold on soldier

[Verse 2]
                                                A
When you add it all up, the tears and the marrowbone
                                                                 D
There's an ounce of gold and an ounce of pride in each ledger

And the Germans kill the Jews and the Jews kill the Arabs
        G
And the Arabs kill the hostages and that is the news
A
And is it any wonder that the monkey's confused
        D
He said Mama Mama, the President's a fool
                                              G
Why do I have to keep reading these technical manuals

And the joint chiefs of staff and the brokers on Wall Street said
C
Don't make us laugh, you're a smart kid

Time is linear, memory's a stranger
F
History is for fools, Man is a tool in the hands of the great God Almighty
         G
And they gave him command of, a nuclear submarine
    G                                         C
And sent him back, in search of the Garden of Eden