Corruptus Interruptus chords by Red Mitchell
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Verse 1
Corrup (A minor) tus interruptus,
(C major) swal (G major) (F sharp major) low and follow
You've (F sharpdim) got to (Cdim) give
the devil (A minor) his due (B flat major)
(E major) Render (A minor) (D major) un to Caesar that (B flat major)
(G minor) which is Caesar's
(A minor) Or Caesar (E major) will be seizing you (A minor) (F major)
(E major) When (A minor) in Rome, (G minor) (F sharp major) do as the Romans
It (B major) doesn't matter (Cdim) what you (A minor) call (E major) home
If (A minor) you're (D major) alive in the (G minor) world today,
(C major) Forget (G major) it, (B minor) you're (E major) livin'
in (A minor) Rome. (G sharpaug)
(E major) They've (C major) got a disco in Mo (F sharp major) scow,
(F major) And (D minor) lots of pizzerias too. (A minor)
(G major) The (C major) whole world is just a cas (F sharp major) ino, (E flat minor)
(D minor) Don't let the isms (F major) worry you.
(Bdim) (E major)
(A minor) Business as usual, (G major) (F sharp major) bigger than ever,
(B major) whores and horses,
bankers (A minor) and dope. (Bdim) (Fdim) (E major)
(A minor) Politics and (D major) weapons, (G minor) go for your (B flat major) self,
ex (F major) cept thou shalt (E major) not murder (A minor) the Pope.
(F sharp major) Well (B major) I'm gonna (E major) cut down their (A minor) scope,
they're not getting (F sharp major) my bread anymore.
(B major) This is my (E major) swan song to (A minor) dope.
I (F sharp major) (F sharpdim) (B major) fi nally (E major) learned to say (A minor) no
(D major) I'm (C major) (Bdim) (E major) so clean I can (D major) clean soap
Interlude 1
(D major) (A minor) (F sharp major) (F sharpdim) (B major) (Fdim) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (D major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (D minor) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (F sharp major) (F sharpdim) (Bdim) (B major) (B minor) (E major)
(D major) (A minor) (D major) (G minor) (C major) (F major) (E major)
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (B flat major) (C sharpdim) (D minor)
(G sharp major) (Fdim) (G major) (C major) (F major) (E major) (C sharpdim) (A major) (D minor)
(Bdim) (E major) (A minor) (F major) (F sharp major) (B major) (F sharpdim)
(F major) (E major) (A minor) (D major) (G minor) (C major) (E flatdim)
(E major) (A minor) (F sharpdim) (F major)
(E minor)
(A minor) Corruptus, interrup
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Verse 2
(G major) tus,
(F sharp major) swallow and follow,
(B major) they've bought and sold the
president (Cdim) too. (E major)
The (A minor) friendly (D major) face of
(B flat major) a warmon (G minor) gering racist
(C major) is (D minor) ly ing (E major) while smiling (A minor) at you. (F sharpdim) (F major) (E major)
(A minor) Talk about special interests
(F sharp major) and friends in Nevada
where (F sharpdim) businessmen and crooks
(A minor) are the same. (Bdim) (E major)
(A minor) They're into (D major) banks and (B flat major) insurance
and (C major) tanks and (D minor) greed (E major) is
the name of the (A minor) game.
The (D major) (C major) world could be Dante's (C sharpdim) In ferno,
depend (D minor) ing on who we think (E major) we are. (A minor)
(G major) We (C major) could burn it up with (A major) our ego, (F sharp major)
(D minor) but we're just a planet, a star. (E major)
(A minor) To clean up my corruption,
(F sharp major) I sing to external (B major) ize
and hope a (C major) song will do it (E major) for me.
(A minor) Sugar, (D major) salt, and coffee
(Daug) are (B flat major) com ing from slavery,
(F major) and I'm (D minor) still a slave to (A minor) all three.
(B minor) Jazz is (E major) my way to (A minor) get free,
(B flat major) somebody (E major) brew me (D major) some tea.
(A minor) Cor ruptus, interrup (F sharp major) tus,
still want to follow,
(B major) you want to give the greedy (A minor) your bread.
(E major) With (D major) any luck (G minor) they will
get your last buck,
you'll (D minor) be stuck (E major) between the
(A minor) needy and dead. (F sharpdim)
(E major) I (A minor) did find a new (F sharp major) way,
a (Daug) mod us vivendi,
(B major) the hardest part was learning
(E major) to hang.
(D major) Without a line or a drink (G minor) or a minor,
(C major) it all started off (A minor) with a bang.
(C major) Just learn to laugh (C sharpdim) at your partner, (A major)
(D minor) Laugh at not with (G sharp major) your dearest friend,
(C major) Cause dope is the stupidest (F sharp major) smartner,
(C sharpdim) (D minor) And stupid is funny in the (E major) end.
Corrupt (A minor) us, interrupt (F sharp major) us,
I've got to quit now,
I think I'm (B major) getting hooked
on this song. (E major)
(A minor) It's non -ad (D major) dictive (G minor) and I'm
non -vindictive
But how come I have it so strong? (A minor)
(B major) Show (E major) me a Jones that's not wrong
This thing's already too long
Get me out of (F sharp major) here
Show me the road to Hong Kong
Or anywhere, somebody ring me a gong (D major)
(A minor)
Corruptus Interruptus
Red Mitchell
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