My Crime chords by Canned Heat

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