Brass Knuckles chords by Rupert Holmes
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (B flat major) (G major) (B flat major)
(G major) (D minor) (B flat major) (G major) (B flat major) (G minor)
(C major)
Verse 1
Workin' out of (G minor) homicide (C major)
They told me Joe (G minor) Vinelli died (C major)
We'd been a team for seven (G minor) years (C major)
His widow wouldn't (G minor) waste her tears (F major)
(D minor) Who'd done it? No one seemed (C minor) to care
(F major) 'Cause crooked (D minor) cops
foul up (C minor) the air (E major)
But since I worked so (E flat minor) long with Joe (E major)
I felt I had the right (B major) to know (A minor)
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Verse 2
I found a club in (E minor) Malibu (A minor)
He'd gone when he felt
(Esus4) black and blue (A minor)
Twenty bucks in petty (E minor) cash
(A minor) The hat- check girl spilled
out (E minor) some trash (D minor)
In a tale I heard (A minor) a name
(D minor) That rang a gong to save the
game (A minor) (C sharp major)
A congressman named (C minor) (C sharp major) Thollie Doakes
Who had a place in (A flat major) Sherman Oaks
Verse 3
Step softly (E minor) gum shoe,
you're (B minor) out of your class
You're (B flat major) trailing money,
therefore then there's (D minor) glass in the grass!
Brass knuckles (G minor) won't (B flat major) help you (G minor) when
your (D minor) hands ain't clean
Rubber (G minor) hoses,
broken noses are a (A major) trench coat scene
And you ain't (D minor) dressed for this af (G major) fair
You're breathing rarefied (C major) air
Up through the (G major) luscious es
Verse 4
(G minor)
tate I wheeled (C major)
A servant (G major) made me show (G minor)
my shield (C major)
The congress (G major) man con (G minor) versed with me
(C major) He flashed his smile
(G major) convincingly (G minor) (F major)
He said he'd (A minor) not a thing (C major) to hide (C minor) (F major)
Which told me (A minor) right away (C major) he (C minor) lied (E major)
'Cause how could he af
(E flat minor) ford the rent (E major)
Unless he's somewhat (B major) overspent?
Verse 5
And (A minor) down the stairs he
(E minor) missed his dose (A minor)
The kind that takes off (E minor)
ermine cloaks (A minor)
She'd left her furs upon (E minor)
her bed (A minor)
And slipped on angel (E minor) lace instead (D minor)
Her husband left to get (A minor) a drink
(D minor) Her eyes squared up the
(A minor) way I think (C sharp major)
I figured Doakes had (C minor) murdered
Joe (C sharp major)
When blackmail for his (A flat major) needing go
Verse 6
Brass (E minor) knuckles copper,
you're (B minor) falling in love
You're (Bdim) near the (B flat major) rim of (D minor) hell,
but you see heaven above!
Brass (G minor) knuckles won't (B flat major) fail you,
(G minor) but the (D minor) light touch will
Pistol (G minor) holder, chip on shoulder with
your (A major) guts set to spill
You think that (D minor) justice just owes you (G major) face
Your brain is (D minor) loaded with (C major) blanks
The angel (G major) felt
Verse 7
(G minor) heavenly (C major)
She sank her (G major) body (G minor) into me (G major) (C major)
My double- breasted (G minor) suit fit fine (C major)
Her form aligned it (G minor) self with mine (F major)
I (C major) wonder I'd a (C minor) nat ural brain (F major)
I smelled (A minor) the truth out (C minor) clean and plain
(E major) I'd have to take her
husband (E flat minor) in that night
(E major) I hoped he'd come
without (B major) a fight (A minor)
Verse 8
That's when the angel stole (E minor) my gun (A minor)
And said, "I hate to spoil (E minor) your fun" (A minor)
Then laughing,
she explained (E minor) to me (A minor)
The murderer was (E minor) none but she (D minor)
A love affair with (A minor) Joe went tired (D minor)
And six shots into (A minor) him, she
fired (C sharp major)
The congressman,
a jerk (C minor) like me (C sharp major)
Had covered up to keep (A flat major) her free
Verse 9
So (E minor) goodbye shameless,
(B minor) I'll aim for the chest
The bullet (Bdim) (B flat major) hole that (D minor) entered
near the top of your vest!
You (G minor) lost your heart already so
you (D minor) won't feel the pain
Brass (G minor) knuckles,
brass knuckles (D minor) and a brass- (A major) headed brain
Take a (D minor) breath, prepare to crash (G minor)
You'll see a bright blinding flash!
Brass Knuckles
Rupert Holmes
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