Key: E major
Intro 1
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Fsus4
F
Bb
Fm
Verse 1
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He was a mean individual
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Bb
F
Fm
F
Bb
He had a heart like a bone
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Bb
He was a naturally crazy man
Fm
F
Fsus4
And better off left alone
F
Well he stopped
Verse 2
one night
At a traffic light
Bb
Bdim
And when that light turned green
Edim
C
Bb
He was a mean individual
Dm
G
C
Stranded in a limousine
F
Hey
Verse 3
Fm
hey hey hey
F
Bb
All the children on the street
F
Bb
They come running out their
front doors
Running out their back doors
Fm
Flying on their feet
Bb
F
They said mama, oh! Papa, oh!
Bb
Bdim
See what I have seen
Edim
C
F
Dm
There's a mean individual
G
stranded in a limousine
F
Then everybody
Verse 4
Bb
came run ning
F
Everybody said Lord, Lord!
Ab
Everybody was gunning
Fm
G
They're gonna divvy up the reward
C
Fm
And then a wah wah
C
Fm
wah wah wah wah wah
Bb
Bdim
A siren, a flashing light
Edim
F
Dm
G
But the mean individual
F
Had vanished in the black of night
Fm
Hey hey hey hey
Verse 5
They wondered where
F
Bb
to begin
F
Bb
‘Cause he left that neighborhood
Just like the rattlesnake sheds
Fsus4
Fm
its skin
Verse 6
Fsus4
Fm
Well they searched the roofs
F
And they checked out the groups
C
Bb
Bdim
And they photographed the scene
Edim
C
Bb
For the mean individual
Ddim
G
Stran ded in a limousine
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Fm
Interlude 1
Bb
Fm
F
Fm
Bb
Fm
Bb
F
Fsus4
Bb
Bdim
C
Edim
C
Fm
Bb
G
C
F
Bb
Then everybody came run ning
Verse 7
C
F
Everybody said Lord, Lord!
Ab
Everybody was gunning
G
They're gonna divvy up the reward
C
F
And then a wah wah
C
wah wah wah wah wah
Bb
Bdim
E
A siren, a flashing light
Edim
C
F
Dm
But the mean individual
G
C
F
Had vanished in the black of night
G
F
Dm
G
The mean individual had vanished
F
in the black of night
Dm
G
The mean individual had vanished in the
C
F
black of night!
Outro 1
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Fm
Fm
Bb
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Fm
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