Key: F major
Verse 1
A
D
Mother and
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Em
A
Dad handed down to me a
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E
bit of their old philosophy.
A
D
Em
A
I've stuck to it like an obedient daughter,
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E
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but it always lands me in hot water.
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D
G
I'd gladly follow out your suggestions.
E
A
If you'd give me the answers to these questions,
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A
please tell me.
D
Fdim
Is it a crime to start each day with a
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A
laugh and a smile and a song?
And is it a crime to end each day with a
Is it wrong?
G
Em
B
Is it a crime to call the world
Em
your valentine?
E
Fdim
Is it a crime to grab a lamppost
E
A
and then sing sweet adornment?
G
A
I ask you.
That little bird should have a
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F#
chance to fly like all the rest.
B
C
B
If it's a crime to help old ladies
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Bb
cross the street,
D
Daug
then put me in jail without bail,
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B
D
bread and water from an old tin pail.
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E
Em
D
Em
A
If that's, if that's a crime
We're taught two things as we
go through life
One, be thy brother's keeper
And two, mind your own business
E
B
Now if I know something
And by telling it to someone in distress
Or is it a crime not to?
Should you say,
Hey, watch out for that banana peel, bud!
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C
Or just remain silent and
Inspector,
my job is to give mes
and I see it through,
E
A
Is that, is that
a few thousand years
If there had been answering
I could have prevented many
a famous tragedy
B
F#
E
My cheeks grow soaking wet
when I think of what I could have done
for
Romeo and
A
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
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F#
See what I could have done?
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Am
Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong
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But if I got that message through on time, I'm telling you,
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those two kids would be alive today!
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E
Bb
So if it's a crime to help old ladies cross the street,
D
Daug
then I'll confess, I'm just a mess!
D
B
Dad, you were wrong, I guess!
Inspector, were they wrong?
E
Em
A
D
Thank you.
G
D
You
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