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G - G6sus - G5 - G6sus (2x's)
G G6sus
If you were lookin' for a way to make me mad
G5 G6sus
It was a sure fire way you found
G G6sus
Actin' like a half wit fool
D D7
Layin' your money around
G G6sus
Well I came back her to tell you Lou
G5 C
'Bout what you almost did
D F
Don't you ever put the cash on the counter Lou
Bb F C
When I'm with my kid
G G6sus
Yeah the kid's thirteen, he's growin' Lou
G5 G6sus
Two years and he'll be bigger than me
G G6sus
Still he thinks I'm strong as a blacksmith
D D7
And straighter than a tall oak tree
G G6sus
I raised him alone ten years now
G5 C
Since his Momma ran away
D F
And you ain't gonna blow his image of me
Bb F C
With a stunt like you pulled today
C
They took the copper right out of the penny Lou
G G/F#m Em
They got the pig locked up in the pen
A7
But you're in big trouble with me, yes you
D
If you ever do that again
D7 G G7
Ten bucks a week protection
C A7
Don't mean I can't knock you down
G G/F#m Em
You got to treat me like a livin' saint Lou
D G G6sus - G5 - G6sus
Whenever my son's around
G - G6sus - G5 - G6sus
G G6sus
Yeah the kid wants to be a police man
G5 G6sus
Just like me
G G6sus
You know he'll be a good one
D D7
The way I started out to be
G G6sus
And he just might end up police chief
G5 C
Now wouldn't that be something to see
D F
'Cause then the kid would kick right off the force
Bb F C
All the two-bit grifters like me
C
They took the copper right out of the penny Lou
G G/F#m Em
They got the pig locked up in the pen
A7
But you're in big trouble with me, yes you
D
If you ever do that again
D7 G G7
Ten bucks a week protection
C A7
Don't mean I can't knock you down
G G/F#m Em
You got to treat me like a livin' saint Lou
D G G6sus - G5 - G6sus
Whenever my son's around
E - G6sus - G5 - G6sus
G G6sus
I guess it was when my old lady left me
G5 G6sus
And she took off with that salesman guy
G G6sus
I started to see things so differently
D D7
Cut your own slice outta the pie
G G6sus
Yeah I grew up and it came clear to me
G5 C
All the smart cops on the make
D F
You get a silver badge, not an old tin star
Bb F C
When you're on the take
C C C
It's pimps and whores, punk gang wars
G G/F#m Em
Robberies and homicide
A7 A7/B A7/C A7/C#
When you walk the beat with the creeps on the street
D D D/E D/F#
Well there ain't no way to hide
G G
I spent half my life without no wife
C Em A7
Ridin' herd on the scum of the earth
G G/F#m Em
I learned the tricks of the trade from the gutter parade
D G
Then I prayed for all I'm worth
G - G6sus - G5 - G6sus (2x's)
G G6sus
Don't you know I appreciate the money Lou
G5 G6sus
'Cause it all goes into the bank
G G6sus
And when I send my kid to college someday
D D7
I'll have guys like you to thank
G G6sus
Yeah ten bucks a week on your grocery store
G5 C
Means you don't have to worry about crime
D F
But hold your money when the kid's with me
Bb F C
You can pay me double next time
C
They took the copper right out of the penny Lou
G G/F#m Em
They got the pig locked up in the pen
A7
But you're in big trouble with me, yes you
D
If you ever do that again
D7 G G7
Ten bucks a week protection
C A7
Don't mean I can't knock you down
G G/F#m Em
You got to treat me like a livin' saint Lou
D G G6sus - G5 - G6sus
Whenever my son's around
G G7
Ten bucks a week protection
C A7
Don't mean I can't knock you down
G G/F#m Em
You got to treat me like a livin' saint Lou
D C - C - Cm - Cm - G
Whenever my son's around
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