The Crime chords by Taylor Bickett

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Bb  Dm/F  Gm  Dm/F


Verse 1:
Bb                         Dm/F
I think about you when I’m trying to sleep,
        Gm                     Dm/F
Who did what to you to then do that to me?
Bb                         Dm/F
I find a glimpse of you on every street,
         Gm                    Dm/F
In every white sedan, in every man I see.

Pre-Chorus 1:
Eb                         F
I watch you floating in my free drink,
                              Gm              Gm7
You’re the loose thread of a “no strings” situation,
  F
A midnight altercation,
Eb                    F
I hear you echo in a “why not”,
                         Gm
In a frat house with the lights off,
     Gm7
In a basement,
  Eb            F
A game I wasn’t playing,
    Eb           Fsus4
But still lost.


Chorus:
Bb                   Dm/F
 The crime of being alive,
                           Gm
The crime of catching your eye,
          Gm
Not being meek and polite,
            Gm
And smiling back at you,
Bb                     Dm/F
 The crime of walking alone,
                   Gm
Half a block from home,
   Gm
My scarlet letter, your stones,
    Gm
The pointless blood they drew,
Eb                 Fsus4
 A split second of judgment,
Gm                    Dm/F
  And I’m still being punished,
Eb                    Fsus4  F  Gm
 The crime of being a woman.


Verse 2:
Bb                           Dm/F
The color’s gone but I still have the bruise,
              Gm                   Dm/F
Still peeling parts of me from the sole of your shoe,
Bb                        Dm/F
I can’t make sense of it, were you born with wickedness,
Gm                  Bb
Or was it taught to you?


Pre-Chorus 2:
Eb                           F
My sin was that you couldn’t own me,
        D/F#                Gm
Threw a tantrum like you’re owed me,
         Gm
Like I’m worthless,
         F
Like I’m fashioned out of your rib,
    Eb                   F
Did I pay for evils of another?
                            Gm
For the harsh words of your mother?
                        F
In your verdict, what’d I do to deserve this?
Eb           Gm F
I’m still lost.


Chorus:
Bb                   Dm/F
 The crime of being alive,
                           Gm
The crime of catching your eye,
          Gm
Not being meek and polite,
            Gm
And smiling back at you,
Bb                     Dm/F
 The crime of walking alone,
                   Gm
Half a block from home,
   Gm
My scarlet letter, your stones,
    Gm
The pointless blood they drew,
Eb                 Fsus4
 A split second of judgment,
Gm                    Dm/F
  And I’m still being punished,
Eb                    Fsus4  F  Gm
 The crime of being a woman.


Outro:
   Eb                     D/F#
It sits like a rock in my stomach,
Gm                       Fsus4
The crime that’s never unpunished,
Gm                   Fsus4  F  Gm
The crime of being a woman.