Criminology chords by
Tom Russell

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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G

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I had a gun pointed at my head on several occasions,

Yeah Nadine I was scared.

Something about a black man with a machine

gun make you wish you said your prayers,

C

C

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It was Nigeria, the year was 1969

D

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I was teaching criminology,

playing a little guitar on the side.

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Verse 2

In Apache Pass, Prince Rupert,

Injun Jack puts a gun to my head

He said 'how do you like it now gentlemen?

How's your blue eyed boy Mr Dead?

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It was Canada this time,

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the year was 1971

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I was performing at the club Zanzibar

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In the neon world of knives an d guns

Verse 3

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Oh excuse me if I'm boring you dear listener,

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accept my humble apology.

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You may think I'm just a folk singer, no,

D

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I'm a master in the art of criminology.

Verse 4

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When Picasso died,

the Indians cried in a Prince George motel room.

We were drunker than a thousand white

men playing lumber camp saloon.

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It was Canada again,

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the year was 1973

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D

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There were grizzly bears

walking down main street

What an amazing sight to see.

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G

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Verse 5

well the devil rides a cubist horse,

the devil he's got angles

but God is an expressionist, he got the devil

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strangled down in purgatorian limbo in hell

Ahh them southern rip

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joints just like that

D

D

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God's waiting room is full

of painters and poets

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and old black jazz saints in pork pie hats

Verse 6

Em

Em

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Oh excuse me if I'm boring you dear listener,

G

G

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accept my humble apology.

Am

Am

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You may think I'm some jive folk singer, no,

D

D

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G

G

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I'm a master in the art of criminology.

Interlude 1

Break

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D

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Verse 7

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So I got off a plane in Nigeria,

it was 1969. Arrested by Ton Ton Macoute.

Taking photos was a war zone crime,

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they were going to hack me up with machetes

a US ambassador come

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home paid my bribe

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D

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So I played guitar with Victor Uwaifo

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and taught a little criminology on the side

Verse 8

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Yeah that's my story

and I'm sticking to it

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No regrets, no surrender, no apology

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I know a little bit about a lot of things

D

D

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G

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I'm a master in the art of criminology

Em

Em

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Yeah that's my story

and I'm sticking to it

G

G

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No regrets, no surrender, no apology

I know a little bit about a lot

of things

I'm a master in the art of

criminology

Verse 9

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Am

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No regrets, no surrender, no apology I know a

little bit about a lot of things

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I'm a master in the art of

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criminology

Verse 10

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criminology

criminology

Outro 1

criminology

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