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The Criminal Kind Chords by Tom Petty

The Criminal Kind chords by Tom Petty

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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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