Key: E major•
Verse 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
Verse 3
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A
I was drivin' home on the boulevard
Verse 4
On the corner, bummin' all alone.
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A
E
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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E
'A- by any chance are you goin' my way? '
I say, 'Why sho' baby,
hop on in and gimme a cigarette'
A
E
And that was the moment I regret.
Verse 5
A
sky'
E
A
E
I said, 'But I don't understand, sir? '
B
A
'Don't try no monkey business
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E
A
hand'
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F
Spoken: And then, he says- a, 'A-
Verse 6
E
look- here,
you see this here
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E
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
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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E
'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
A
E
A
E
To go to my left and then jump
back to my right.
He says, 'Now- a,
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,
A
E
he wanted me to mash on it real hard!
A- double- crossed' Because he'd murder
A
E
A
when the heat's on.
Verse 8
Sings:
Reach for the sky
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B
I said, 'But I don't understand, sir'
Don't try no monkey business
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E
B
Verse 9
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
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E
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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E
In the police car.
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E
When they put the handcuffs on him
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E
I said, 'Child,
yo' crime have outgrew him'
So far back in jail this time,
'till they gonna have
To pump air into him.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B F
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