My Crime chords by Canned Heat

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 (A minor)  (A major) I went  (A minor) to Denver
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 (C major)  (A minor)  (A major) Late last  (C major) fall.
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 (A major) I went to do  (A minor) my job.  (C major) 
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Yeah,  (A major) I didn't  (C major) break any law.
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 (A major) We worked a  (A minor) hippie place,  (C major) 
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 (A major) Like many in  (A minor) our land.  (C major) 
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 (A major) They couldn't  (C major) bust the place,
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And  (A minor) so  they got the band.
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 (A major) 'Cause the  (D major) police in Denver,
No, they don't want none of them long
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hairs hanging around.  (A major)  (A minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) And that's the reason
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why  (D major) 
They want to tear Canned Heat's reputation
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 (A major) down.  (A minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor) 
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 (A major) You people in Denver  (C major)  (A minor) 
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 (A major) Will know what I mean.  (C major) 
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 (A major) Yeah, the things I'm gonna
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 (D major) tell ya.  (C major)  (A major) 
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Yeah, you've all heard and seen.  (C major) 
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 (A major) You remember when a cop on the beat  (C major) 
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 (A major) Used to rob and steal.  (C major) 
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 (A major) Today they're gone,
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but the oth (D major) ers get it  (C major) on,
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 (A major) So you  (A minor) know just how I feel.
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 (A major) 'Cause the  (D major) police in Denver,
Lord, they don't want none
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of them long hairs hanging around.  (A major) 
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And  (E minor) that's the reason why  (D major) 
They try to tear Canned Heat's
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 (A minor) Yeah, they try to tear it
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 (D major) down, boy.  (A major) 
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They ain't gonna  (E minor) do it though.  (A minor)  (C major)  (A major) 
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 (A major) Let me tell you this, just one
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more  (E minor)  (C major)  (A major) time.
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Just one more thing I want to  (E minor) tell ya  (C major) 
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 (A major) Before I go.  (C major) 
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 (A major) It's a shame, the Man in Den (A minor) ver  (C major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) Has to lie and mistreat people  (A minor) so.  (C major) 
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 (A major) Now, six months ain't no sentence,
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 (A major) One year ain't no time.  (C major) 
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 (A major) When I hear from one to  (A minor) ten,
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It  (C major)  (A minor) worries my troubled mind.  (A major) 
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'Cause the  (D major) police in Denver,
Lord, don't want no long
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hairs around.  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) And  (E minor) that's the reason why
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They  (D major) try to tear Canned Heat's repu
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 (A major) tation down.