Cops And Robbers
Cops And Robbers

Cops And Robbers easy guitar chords by Bo Diddley

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  • Verse 1
    Cops 
    & Robbers 
    Trk 23 Disc 1 

    (Jerome Green) 

    Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar, 

    Willie Dixon 
    - bass 

    Clifton 
    James 
    - drums, Jerome 

    Green - maracas & vocal 

    Otis 
    Spann - piano. Recorded 
    October 

    1956, Chicago. 

    B0009231- 02 Hipo Select 

    (Geffen) 2007 

    Verse 2
    Spoken 
    Story: 

    Verse 3
    I was 
    drivin' 
    home 
    on the 
    boulevard 

    Late 
    one 
    night, 
    when 
    I spied 
    a guy 
    over 

    Verse 4
    On 
    the corner, 
    bummin' 
    all 
    alone. 

    Now, 
    as I 
    passed 
    him by 
    heard 
    him 
    holler 
    out, 

    'Hey! 

    I slowed 
    down, 
    see 
    what 
    he said 

    He hollers- 
    a, 

    'A- 
    by 
    any 
    chance 
    are you 
    goin' 
    my 
    way? 

    say, 
    'Why 
    sho' 
    baby, 

    hop 
    on 
    in 
    and gimme 
    cigarette' 

    Just then 
    he reached 
    down 

    in 
    his pockets 

    And that 
    was 
    the mo
    ment 
    regret. 

    Sings: 
    He hollered, 
    'Reach 
    for 
    the 
    Verse 5

    sky' 

    I said, 
    'But 
    don't 
    un
    derstand, 
    sir? 

    'Don't 
    try 
    no monkey 
    busi
    ness 

    I've 
    got 
    a stopper 
    in 
    my 

    hand' 

    Spoken: 
    And then, 
    he says- 
    a, 'A- 
    Verse 6

    look- 
    here, 

    you see 
    this here 

    I got 
    in my hand, 
    this 
    is 
    a.38 pistol, 

    built 
    on 
    a.45 frame 

    Shoots 
    tombstone 
    bullets 
    and a 

    ball 
    and 
    chain'. 

    Verse 7
    He said, 
    'Now, I ain't 
    tryin' 
    to shake 

    you 
    up' 

    (And I) 'But I just 
    want 
    you 
    to know, 

    if the 
    cops 

    Start 
    to 
    crowd 
    me 
    any, 

    you 
    gon' 
    be the 
    first 
    to go' 

    'So, 
    now 
    look- here, 

    don't even 
    look 
    back 

    You 
    just 
    drive 
    on 
    just 
    like ain't 

    nothin' 
    happenin' 

    That's 
    what he 
    told me. He 

    wouldn't even 
    let 
    me look 

    Back 
    at 
    nothin'. 

    He 
    say, 
    'When 
    I get 
    to that 
    red 

    light' he 
    wanted 
    me 

    To go 
    to 
    my 
    left 
    and 
    then 
    jump 

    back 
    to 
    my right. 

    He says, 
    'Now- 
    a, 

    want 
    you 
    to drive 
    up 
    in that 
    al
    ley.' 

    'Uh- uh, 
    not 
    in 
    that 
    alley, that, 

    that one 
    over there' 

    'And 
    cool 
    it behind 
    that liquor 

    sto' and keep 
    a sharp 

    Lookout 
    at all 
    times 
    while 
    I sneak 

    in 
    that back 
    do'. 

    That's what 
    he told 
    me! 

    He say, 
    'Keep 
    my 
    foot 

    on the 
    gas 
    and always 

    Be 
    on guard, 

    'cause when 
    he come 
    runnin' 
    out 
    there 

    Wit' all 
    that 
    money, 

    he wanted 
    me 
    to 
    mash 
    on 
    it real 
    hard! 

    He 
    said, 
    'Now, 
    don't 
    let 
    him come 

    out 
    a- 
    d'ere and 
    find 
    me 

    A- double- 
    crossed' Because 
    he'd 
    murder 

    when 
    the heat's 
    on. 

    Verse 8
    Sings: 

    Reach 
    for 
    the sky 

    I said, 
    'But 
    I don't 
    understand, 
    sir' 

    Don't 
    try 
    no 
    monkey 
    business 

    I've 
    got 
    the 
    stopper 
    in 

    my 
    hand 

    Verse 9

    Ooo- 
    we, 
    while 
    was 
    sittin' 
    there 

    just 
    s'ramblin' 

    A spotlight 
    hit 
    me 
    dead 
    in 
    the face. 

    The cop 
    pulled 
    up 
    behind 
    me and 
    said 

    'Move 
    up alittle 
    bit, 
    man, 

    for 
    we wanna 
    take 
    your 
    place' 

    Verse 10
    And then 
    this guy 
    come 
    run

    nin' 
    out
    ta the 
    sto' 

    With the 
    money 
    in his hand 
    and 
    said, 

    'Oh, 
    there 
    you 
    are! 

    Ha, 
    he 
    made 
    a mistake 

    in the dark 
    and 
    ran 
    and leaped 

    In 
    the police 
    car. 

    When they 
    put the 
    handcuffs 
    on 
    him 

    said, 
    'Child, 

    yo' 
    crime 
    have 
    outgrew 
    him' 

    And 
    then they 
    said, 
    'Yeah, 

    we 
    gonna' put 
    him 

    So 
    far 
    back 
    in jail 
    this 
    time, 

    'till 
    they gonna 
    have 

    To pump 
    air 
    into 
    him. 


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