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The Criminal Kind Chords by Tom Petty

The Criminal Kind chords by Tom Petty

Guitar chords with lyrics

THE CRIMINAL KIND	–	Tom Petty

(Almost every chordchange is a slide except in the intro
between '3 and 4' which is a bend / release)

Intro
   1   2     3   4
e|---------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-2-s-7---7-4-b-5-r-4-s-2-2-|---2-s-7-s-5-s-4-s-2-2-| 2x]
D|-2-s-7---7-4-b-5-r-4-s-2-2-|---2-s-7-s-5-s-4-s-2-2-|
A|-0~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------|

                    Asus2
You got a criminal    mind
                   Asus2
You got criminal     looks
                      Csus2
Boy you better look     out
                   Asus2
You're gonna get     hooked
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                     Asus2
Don't you ever feel    guilty
                   Asus2
When you come up     short
                    Csus2
Man you better be     careful
                  Asus2
You're gonna get    caught


Chorus
                           D
'Cause you're the criminal     kind,
                    Asus2
you're the criminal       kind
                    D
Man what you gonna     do?
                 E7
Where you gonna     hide?
                       D7
They're callin' you a      sickness,
               Asus2
disease of the       mind
                   Csus2
Man what you gonna        do?
                    intro theme
You're the criminal             kind


                     Asus2
Don't you ever get     tired?
                      Asus2
Don't you ever wanna    quit?
                       Csus2
Yeah it's been a long     time,
                     Asus2
and you still don't     fit

                 Asus2
Dog tags on the     mirror,
                     Asus2
hangin' down from a    chain
                 Csus2
Give up little      sister,
                   Asus2
this ain't gonna     change

Chorus
                             D
'Cause you're the criminal     kind,
                     Asus2
you're the criminal       kind
                    D
Man what you gonna     do?
                 E7
Where you gonna     hide?
                        D7
They're callin' you a      sickness,
               Asus2
disease of the       mind
                    Csus2
Man what you gonna        do?
                     intro theme
You're the criminal             kind


Inter
               D7
Yeah, and that     little girl you used to know
D7
   Just don't come around no more
    D7
Now     she ain't there to watch the door
D7                                       intro theme
   She don't wanna die in no liquor store

Break
D - Asus2 - D - E - D - Asus2 - Csus2 - thema intro


                     Asus2
I hope they all made    money   ,
                     Asus2
I hope they all get     rich
                        Csus2
Yeah, I hope they give     hell   ,
                    Asus2
to every son-of-a-     bitch

                      Asus2
That put a man on the     carpet
                          Asus2
Or stuck him out on the     line
                        Csus2
Whoever let him get a     taste,
                intro theme
of the criminal              life

Outro	variations on the intro-theme and fade  

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