Is It A Crime?

Is It A Crime? easy guitar chords by Judy Holliday

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  • Verse 1
    Mother and 

    Dad handed 
    down to me 

    bit 
    of their 
    old philosophy. 

    I've 
    stuck to it 
    like an obedient 
    daugh
    ter, 

    but 
    it always 
    lands me in 
    hot 
    water. 

    I'd 
    gladly follow 
    out your 
    sug
    gestions. 

    If 
    you'd 
    give me the 
    answers to 
    these question
    s, 

    please 
    tell 
    me. 

    Is 
    it a crime 
    to start 
    each day 
    with 

    laugh and 
    smile and 
    a song? 

    And is 
    it a crime 
    to end 
    each day 
    with 

    laugh and 
    a smile 
    and a song? 

    Is it wrong? 

    Is 
    it a 
    crime 
    to 
    call the 
    world 

    your valentine? 

    Is 
    it 
    a crime 
    to 
    grab a lamppost 

    and 
    then sing 
    sweet 
    adornment? 

    I ask 
    you. 

    Is 
    it a crime 
    to save 
    a wee 
    baby bird 

    when it falls 
    from its nest? 

    That 
    little 
    bird 
    should have 

    chance 
    to fly 
    like 
    all 
    the rest. 

    If 
    it's a crime 
    to help 
    old ladies 

    cross 
    the 
    street, 

    then put 
    me in jail 
    without bail, 

    bread 
    an
    d water 
    from an old 
    tin pail. 

    If 
    that's, 
    if that's 
    crime 

    Is it 
    a crime? 

    Inspector, 
    I'm 
    puzzled 

    We're 
    taught 
    two things as we 

    go through life 

    One, 
    be thy brother's 
    keeper 

    And 
    two, 
    mind your own business 

    With a 
    laugh and a smile 
    and a song 

    Now 
    if I know 
    something 

    And by telling 
    it to someone 
    in distress 

    could change 
    that person's 
    life 

    and 
    bring them the 
    blue bird 
    of happiness. 

    Is 
    it a crime 
    to tell him? 

    Or is it a 
    crime not to? 

    Is it that 
    you mustn't? 

    Or you 
    got to? 

    Should you 
    say, 

    Hey, watch out 
    for that banana peel, 
    bud! 

    Or 
    just remain 
    si
    lent and 

    then 
    laugh 

    as he crashes 
    with 
    a thud. 

    Inspector, 

    my job is 
    to give mes

    sages to people 
    on time. 

    If I 
    have a job, 

    and I see it 
    through, 

    And 
    it's just my 
    duty that 
    I do, do, 
    do 

    Is 
    that, 
    is 
    that 

    Inspector, 
    let's go back 

    a few thousand years 

    If 
    there had been answering 

    services 
    then 

    And it had been 
    up to me 

    I could 
    have 
    changed the 

    course 
    of history 

    I could 
    have prevented many 

    a famous 
    tragedy 

    With 
    a laugh and 
    smile and a song 

    Why every 
    night 
    I lie in 
    bed and my cheeks 

    My 
    cheeks grow 
    soak
    ing wet 

    when 
    I think of 
    what I could have done 

    for 

    Romeo and 

    Juliet 

    Hello, 

    Verona 
    phone 

    Oh, 
    yes, 

    Mr. 

    Romeo, 

    Juliet 

    Capulet 
    called 

    The 
    message is 
    to avoid 
    getting married to other 

    fellow and playing 
    dead 

    This 

    Friar 

    Lawrence gave 

    me a great big sleeping 
    pill 

    but when 
    I wake up we'll head 

    for the border 

    Oh, 
    don't 
    thank me, it's all in 

    the day's work 

    See 
    what 
    I could have done? 

    Maybe I'm 
    right, 
    maybe I'm 
    wrong 

    But 
    if I got that message 
    through on time, 
    I'm 
    telling you, 

    those 
    two kids 
    would be alive today! 

    So 
    if it's 
    a crime to help 
    old ladies cross 
    the 
    street, 

    then I'll 
    confess, I'm 
    just 
    a mess! 

    Mother 
    and 

    Dad, you were 
    wrong, 
    guess! 

    Inspector, 
    were 
    they 
    wrong? 

    Thank 
    you. 


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