Cops And Robbers chords by Shakey Graves

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC

Verse 1:
    C majorC
Well I might be the worst
  C majorC
But you'd know the best
C majorC
You drive the car
C majorC
I'll do the rest
  E MajorE
The getaway was quick and clean
  FF       F minorFm
We make an awful perfect team
  C majorC
You never know how fast you run
 C majorC
Until the bullet leaves the gun
   E MajorE
Everybody on the floor, this is a stickup!
FF           F minorFm
 Why would you sink so low just to get high?

Chorus:
  C majorC
Oh, crime!
          E MajorE
It's a young man's game
     FF
I want to take you where I'm going
        F minorFm
'Cause half the fun is never knowing
    C majorC         E MajorE
If and why we've lost our way
              FF
To find that everything in life
       F minorFm
Is worth its price
                 C majorC
But there's nothing you can't steal


Verse 2:
  C majorC
I couldn't stop
 C majorC
I couldn't say
  C majorC
My innocence was locked away
   E MajorE
It's far too late 'cause now you've seen
FF       F minorFm
All the wicked parts of me
  C majorC
The bully got the girl next door
 C majorC
I had it all and wanted more
  E MajorE
So give me everything in the register!
FF           F minorFm
Why would you sink so low just to get high?

Chorus:
   C majorC
Yeah, crime!
          E MajorE
It's a young man's game
     FF
I want to take you where I'm going
        F minorFm
'Cause half the fun is never knowing
    C majorC         E MajorE
If and why we've lost our way
              FF
To find that everything in life
       F minorFm
Is worth its price
F minorFm
But there's nothing you can't steal

Break:
DmDm E minorEm FF F minorFm

Bridge:
G#G#           G#G# G+G FF
Young man, what did you do?
FF
I saw your face on the 6 o'clock news
G#G#                   G minorGm
You had to get your fifteen minutes somehow
G#G#          G#G# G+G FF
Judge not lest ye be judged
FF
Fear not unbearable love
G#G#       A#A#
Oh, what a life

Chorus:
C majorC
Crime!
          E MajorE
It's a young man's game
     FF
I want to take you where I'm going
        F minorFm
'Cause half the fun is never knowing
    C majorC         E MajorE
If and why we've lost our way
              FF
To find that everything in life
       F minorFm
Is worth it's price
      F minorFm
But there's nothing you can't steal
F minorFm
No nothing you can't steal
F minorFm
Whoa nothing you can't steal