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Key: E major•
Verse 1
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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
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Spoken Story:
Verse 3
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I was drivin' home on the boulevard
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Late one night, when I spied a guy over
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On the corner, bummin' all alone.
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Now, as I passed him by I heard him holler out,

'Hey! '

I slowed down, see what he said

He hollers- a,
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'A- by any chance are you goin' my way? '

I say, 'Why sho' baby,

hop on in and gimme a cigarette'
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Just then he reached down
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in his pockets
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And that was the moment I regret.
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Sings: He hollered, 'Reach for the
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sky'
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I said, 'But I don't understand, sir? '
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'Don't try no monkey business
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I've got a stopper in my
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hand'
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Spoken: And then, he says- a, 'A-
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look- here,

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

built on a.45 frame

Shoots tombstone bullets and a

ball and chain'.
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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'
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'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
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To go to my left and then jump

back to my right.

He says, 'Now- a,
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I want you to drive up in that alley.'
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'Uh- uh, not in that alley, that,
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that one over there'
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'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,
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'cause when he come runnin' out there
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Wit' all that money,
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he wanted me to mash on it real hard!
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He said, 'Now, don't let him come
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out a- d'ere and find me

A- double- crossed' Because he'd murder
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when the heat's on.
Verse 8

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Reach for the sky
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I said, 'But I don't understand, sir'

Don't try no monkey business
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I've got the stopper in
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my hand
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Verse 9

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Ooo- we, while I 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'
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And then this guy come run
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nin' outta 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
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In the police car.
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When they put the handcuffs on him
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I said, 'Child,

yo' crime have outgrew him'
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And then they said, 'Yeah,
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we gonna' put him

So far back in jail this time,

'till they gonna have

To pump air into him.

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Eb

    6

Capo: 2

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