Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
Em
Am
G
Not so very long ago,
in the
Bronx,
Am
New
Am
G
she lost her life when she was shot to death.
G
Am
d made my mother cry.
G
Am
And this is why we tell the story.
G
Am
Bm
C
D
Bm
C#m
Blues.
D
Esus4
Am
Dm
G
Am
G
Am
G
Oh
Am
E
Dm
G
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
There's gunfire in the projects,
Am
New
G
Am
G
Am
G
York's finest all around.
Dm
Am
C
Dm
Gunfire in the projects,
Am
New
C
Am
G
Am
G
York's finest all around.
Em
Am
The undertaker's coming,
Dm
Am
C
Am
G
Am
cause they shot the woman down.
G
Am
Eviction, they called it an eviction,
G
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
but they came all dressed up for war.
Dm
Am
C
Eviction is what they called it,
Dm
Am
G
Am
Dm
G
but they came all dressed up for war.
Em
Am
Dm
Am
C
Am
She's still in her apartment, but she's bleeding on the floor,
G
Am
G
an d we can't help but love it.
Dm
Cause if she looked like the man who shot her,
Am
Dm
The judge said that it was fine now,
Am
Dm
But I know, I'm telling some
people better look out now
G#dim
G
Am
Dm
G
around
Am
G
What goes around comes
Am
G
Am
G
around
Am
Dm
They shoot our grandmother,
G
Am
Dm
but children they should know
G
Am
That the good
Dm
G
Lord works in mysterious ways
Am
Dm
G
And they'll reap what they sow
Am
Dm
They shoot our grandmother,
G
Am
Dm
but they never understand
G
Am
That you don't come
Dm
G
through as a hero in blue
Am
Dm
G
With blood on your hands
Dm
Em
Dm
Em
Am
Em
New
York
City, protect your family
NYPD
Dm
G
They shoot our grandmother
Am
Dm
Children they should know
G
Am
That the good
Dm
G
Lord works in mysterious ways
Am
Dm
And they'll reap what they sow
G
Am
Dm
They shoot our grandmother
G
Am
But they never understand
Dm
G
Am
That you don't come
Dm
G
through as a hero in blue
Am
Dm
G
Dm
With blood on your hands
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
G#dim
Dm
You
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