Crimes chords by The Blood Brothers

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Intro 1

There's a fire on

Verse 1

Junk Island where

they send their garbage

is anybody listening?

Verse 2

After work we'll watch

the seagulls diving in

and out of the lashing towers of flame.

Verse 3

It twinkles like a pile

of rotting jewels left

to bake in the sun.

Is anybody listening?

Verse 4
B 
We're just like those condom  (B major) wrap
C 
 (C major) pers: used up torn up
thrown away.
E 
 (E major) And we're just like yes
B 
C 
 (B major) terday's  (C major) headlines:
B 
drifting, floating, towards the blaze.  (B major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) If  we rob  (C major) 

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) the
C 
liquor store we  (C major) could
E 
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E major) be in  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) Tijuana by
C 
Em 
the crack  (C major) of dawn.  (E minor) 
C 
If we rob  (C major) the
Em 
B 
may (E minor) or's  (B major) mansion
C 
 (C major) we could pawn his pawn his
B 
E 
modern art and make a  (B major) fortun (E major) e.
Em 
B 
If we rob  (E minor)  (B major) the lonely widow
C 
 (C major) we could steal her credit cards
and buy a cottage by the ocean.
Em 
E 
Em 
B 
C 
 (E minor) If  (E major) we swim  (E minor)  (B major) to Junk Island  (C major) we'll
B 
burn up like the seagulls  (B major) 
Em 
E 
B 
C 
and  (E minor)  (E major)  (B major)  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) the

Interlude 1

whiskey bottles.

We're scrapped valentines.

Verse 6

We're tangerine rinds.

We're crimes, crimes, crimes, crimes,

crimes. [x4]

Interlude 2

Verse 7
B 
And  (B major) 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor)  (E major) the children  (E minor) 
E 
B 
C 
 (E major) in the subway  (B major)  (C major) 
eating apple cores.
B 
Is anybody listen (B major) ing?
E 
Em 
 (E major) They're breathing  (E minor) paint
E 
B 
 (E major) out of  (B major) plastic bags.
C 
Their  (C major) mumbled mouths say:
B 
"Is anybody listening?"  (B major) 