Robbery Assault And Battery chords by Genesis

• Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:


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Verse 1:

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The streets were deserted, though the police were alerted
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They considered the phone call a hoax
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Furtively glancing, then jauntily prancing
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The youth caught the guards unaware

Verse 2:

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Slipping between them, he ought to have seen them
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The eyes and their owner so near
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With torch shining bright, he strode on in the night
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'Til he came to the room with the safe


Bridge:

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Hello son, I hope you're having fun?
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You've got it wrong, sir, I'm only the cleaner
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With that he fired, the other saying as he died
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"You've done me wrong, it's the same old song forever and ever"


Chorus:

C    F      Eb   Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery
C    F      Eb   Ab
The felon and his felony
C    F      Eb   Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery
C    F      Eb   Ab
The felon and his felony

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Verse 3:

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Picked up the diamonds and bundles of fivers
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He pushed them well down in his sack
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But the alarm had been sounded, he was completely surrounded
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But he had some more tricks up his sleeve


Bridge:

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Come outside with your hands held high
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You'll not get me alive, sir, I promise you that, sir
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With that he fired, the other saying as he died
    Ab           Eb      Bbm     G
"You've done me wrong, it's the same old song forever and ever"


Chorus:

C    F      Eb   Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery
C    F      Eb   Ab
The felon and his felony
C    F      Eb   Ab
Robbery, assault, and battery
C    F      Eb   Ab
The felon and his felony

Ab   Eb
Ab   C

Keyboard solo 1:


Verse 4:

Fm  A
He's leaving via the roof
Dm           A
The bastard's got away
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God always fights on the side of the bad man
Dm F  Dm Gm  Dm Gm
Bad man, bad man, bad man


Keyboard solo 2:


Verse 5:

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I've got clean away, but I'll be back some day
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Just the combination will have changed
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Some day they'll catch me, to a chain they'll attach me
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Until that day, I'll ride the old crime wave


Verse 6:

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And if they try to hold me for trial
F
Well I'll stay out of jail by paying my bail
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And after I'll go to the court of appeal saying
    Am                  Gm     C  E
"You've done me wrong, it's the same old song forever and ever"


Outro:

A    D   E       Em
Done me wrong, same old song (done me wrong)
A    D   E       G
Done me wrong, same old song (done me wrong)