Cops And Robbers chords by Bo Diddley
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Verse 1
(D major) 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 (D major) Story:
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Verse 3
I was drivin' home (D major) on the (G major) boulevard
(D major) Late one night, when I spied a guy over
Verse 4
On the corner, bummin' all alone.
(D major) Now, as I passed him by I heard (G major) him holler (D major) out,
'Hey! '
I slowed down, see what he said
He hollers- a,
'A- by any chance are you goin' my (G major) way? ' (D major)
I say, 'Why sho' baby,
hop on in and gimme a cigarette'
Just then he reached (G major) down
(D major) in his pockets
And that (G major) was the mo (D major) ment I regret.
Sings: He hollered, 'Reach (G major) for the
Verse 5
(G major)
sky'
I said, (D major) 'But I (G major) don't un (D major) derstand, sir? '
(A major) 'Don't try no monkey busi (G major) ness
I've got a stopper in my (D major)
(A major) (D major) (G major) hand'
Spoken: And then, (D major) he says- (E flat major) a, 'A-
Verse 6
(D major)
look- here,
you see this here
I got in my hand, (G major) (D major) this is a.38 pistol,
built on a.45 frame
Shoots tombstone bullets and a
ball and chain'.
Verse 7
He said, (D major) '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, (G major) now look- here, (D major)
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 (G major) to my left (D major) and then (G major) (D major) jump
back to my right.
He says, 'Now- a,
I want you to drive up in that al (G major) ley.'
'Uh- uh, (D major) not in that alley, that,
that one over there' (G major)
(D major) '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' (G major) out there
Wit' all that money, (D major)
he wanted me to mash (G major) on it real hard! (D major)
He said, 'Now, don't (G major) let him come
(D major) out a- d'ere and find me
A- double- crossed' Because he'd murder
when the heat's on. (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 8
Sings:
Reach for the sky
I said, (D major) 'But I don't understand, (A major) sir'
Don't try no monkey business
(G major) I've got the stopper in
my hand (D major)
(G major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 9
(D major) 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'
Verse 10
And then this guy (D major) come run
(G major) nin' (D major) 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
In (G major) the police (D major) car.
(G major) When they (D major) put the handcuffs on him
(G major) I said, (D major) 'Child,
yo' crime have outgrew him'
And then they said, (G major) 'Yeah,
(D major) we gonna' put him
So far back in jail this time,
'till they gonna have
To pump air into him.
Cops And Robbers
Bo Diddley
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