Am                G                  F                 G
A restlessness took hold my brain, and questions I could not hold back
   Am            G           F            G
An orange monkey on a chain, on a bleak uneven track
Am              G           F               G
Told me that to understand, you must travel back in time
  Am                G                 F                      G        C
I took a plane to a foreign land, and said, "I'll write down what I find"
   Am G      Am G
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah


[Verse 2]
  Am                 G               F                     G
Beneath a mountain's jagged shelves, cloaked with snow and shadows sheer
Am                G                   F             G
Plates tipped up upon themselves, the pain of fifty million years
    Am                   G               F           G
And mules and goats were running wild, a happy chaos carried on
    Am              G                      F                G         C
And old men and the young boys smiled, and worked until the day was gone
   Am G      Am G
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah


[Verse 3]
    Am             G                    F                        G
The packs of sandy-colored dogs, walked streets that looked like building sites
    Am                 G                    F               G
But piles of rocks and dust and smog, could not block out a different light
     Am           G                F              G
When I returned I ran to meet, the monkey but his face had changed
   Am              G                F               G     C
He stood before me on two feet, the track was now a motorway
   Am G      Am G
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah
   Am G      Am G
Ah-ah ah, ah-ah ah