Crooks in the Business chords by Lee “Scratch” Perry
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Verse 1
Crook (A minor) in the business
(E minor) What goes up must come down
And (A minor) I know you all
(E minor) There is no crooks out there in the busi
(A minor) ness (F major) that I don't (A minor) know
I know (E minor) you all
And what goes up (A minor) must come down
I am (E minor) the open door
And when (A minor) I open
(C major) I open with hip and (F major) hop
(A minor) So whether you hip (C major) or hop (F major) (A minor)
Or (C major) you don't, takes get socked (F major)
(A minor) Come hip and (F major) hop
(E minor) And (C major) flop, or you gonna get socked (F major)
(A minor) If you don't hip an
(C major) d don't you hop
Then you gonna get socked
or you gonna get popped (A minor)
Or you get gun (C major) shot
(E minor) Pow- pow- pow- pow- pow
(A minor) Or you get knife chop
So (E minor) you better bow- bow- bow
Verse 2
before you hear pow- pow
(A minor) Hip! Crooks in the business
(E minor) I know you all
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the (C major) business (E minor)
Now you're gonna bow
(A minor) Boo! Crooks in the (E minor) business
(A minor) I know you all (E minor)
(A minor) Po! (E minor) Crooks in the business
Listen, now you gonna (A minor) bow, bow, bow!
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Verse 3
(A minor) Hip! Or I'll take another (E minor) trip
I gotta kick you with mi,
kick you with mi zip
(A minor) Zip! As I zip you with mi (E minor) zip
Tip! Or rather (A minor) tip you with mi (E minor) tip
(A minor) Hip! Or I'ma hip you with mi (F major) hip
(A minor) Hop! Or I'ma chop you with the (F major) chop
(A minor) Hop! Or I'ma give you to the (F major) cop
Hop! (A minor) A really (C major) pop, pop, pop
I give you to mi (A minor) cop
And yet again,
then me (C major) give you to mi zap
And zap, zap, zap
(A minor) Give you to mi hip and make mi (C major) hip,
hip, hip
And give you to mi (A minor) whip and then
Verse 4
you get a triple whip
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the (E minor) business
I know thee all
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the (C major) business
(E minor) Your back against the wall
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the (E minor) business
I walk through wall
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the business
(E minor) Now I got you all
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the (E minor) business
I got you all
Verse 5
I got you now (E minor)
I go "moo" like a (A minor) cow, "moo"
And I got you now
(E minor) I got you po, "meh"
I (A minor) got you (E minor) now, "meh"
I got you now, "moo"
Hey man, (A minor) we are (E minor) not that scared (A minor)
Call who's (C major) now got you (F major) now
Verse 6
Po! (A minor) Crooks in the (C major) business
(A minor) I (C major) know you all, near and (F major) far
Po! (A minor) (C major) Crooks in the (F major) business
(E minor) I know you (A minor) all (F major)
Po! (A minor) (C major) Crooks in the (A minor) business
Harder you come, harder, (C major) harder you fall
(A minor) Po! Crooks in the business
(E minor) What goes up must come down
Verse 7
(A minor) Hip! Or rather chop you with my hip
(E minor) Hip, hip, hip, until you split (C major)
(A minor) Split! Pope split
(E minor) Split! Bishop split
Split! (A minor) Councillor D'Angour (E minor) ley split
Or I'll make you eat your shit
(A minor) Eat of your shit, drink of your piss
(C major) Smell your poop and read your book
I am a bad crook in the business
Can you read me?
I (A minor) know you all, big and small, I know you all
(C major) I can see through nine (E minor) inches wall
(A minor) I walk through keyhole
Woo! (E minor) Crooks, (E minor) po!
Verse 8
(A minor) Hip and (E minor) hop,
I'll (C major) have you shot (F major) at dawn (A minor) (F major)
(A minor) Hip and hop, (C major) I'll have you shot
before your young one (A minor) born (F major)
(A minor) Hip and (C major) hop,
I'll have you shot and (A minor) face gun (F major) shot
(A minor) Face knife stab and face (F major) sword chop
(E minor) Un (C major) til you (A minor) hip and hop
Hip, hop, hop
Hip, (C major) hop, (F major) hop
(C major) Hip, hop, hop
I (A minor) give you to di (F major) cop
(A minor) Then again, again,
I'm gonna give you to di (F major) cop
(A minor) Then I'm gonna (E minor) see that you
(F major) get chop- chop
(A minor) Wop, wop, wop and zap, zap, (F major) za p
(E minor) Bap, bap, bap, bap
(C major) Well, (A minor) I said you hip and hop or
I'll have you shot at (F major) dawn
(A minor) Chatty, chatty, bam- bam- bam
Hip! Crooks in the business!
Crooks in the Business
Lee “Scratch” Perry
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