The Ballad Of Cradle Rob And Me chords by Teena Marie

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Esus4

Intro 1

Verse 1
Edim 
 (Edim) Saw
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A 
Cradle  (E minor) playin'  (G major) in the schoolyard  (A major) one day
Edim 
Em 
 (Edim) Pretty young boy-  (E minor) I
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A 
 (G major) takes him home to  (A major) play
Em 
 (E minor) Soon we was hangin'- Venice
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A 
 (G major) alleyway  (A major) 
D#dim 
A 
Robbin' the  (D sharpdim) cradle-   (A major) No-

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Verse 2

Cradle

Rob and me

Verse 3

Rob and me lived on the same block

He's kinny garden

I in knee socks

He goin' play doctor over by the docks

Verse 4

Robbin' the cradle- No- Cradle Rob

Interlude 1

and me

Verse 5
A 
Cradle's still fresh  (A major) in junior high
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A 
Rob ain't  (E minor) so   fresh at fourteen  (G major)  (A major) 
Me, I was just the last word
Ooo have you heard the heresay
Em 
I was robbin' the cradle  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major) No, it wasn't  (E minor) that way

Interlude 2

Verse 6
G 
I 'member one day back  (G major) 
A 
in seventy- four  (A major) 
Edim 
A 
When  (Edim) Cradle's mamma  (A major) said
G 
A 
 (G major) it wasn't cute no  (A major) more
Em 
 (E minor) I was three years too old
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A 
for  (G major) them to ignore  (A major) 
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She said  (B major) I was  (E minor) robbin' the  (B major) cradle
A 
 (A major) But it was Cradle Rob and
Em 
 (E minor) me
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Em 
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G 
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 (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 

Verse 7
Em 
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A 
 (E minor) We hung around about  (G major) a  year after that  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 'Til Rob found another girl
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A 
 (G major) to put his hair in  (A major) plaits
Em 
 (E minor) And I said, "Girl,
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don't you worry  (G major) me
A 
B 
And we'll have  (A major) none  (B major) of that"
D#dim 
Robbin' the cradle-  (D sharpdim) no-

Verse 8

Cradle Rob

Interlude 3

and me

Verse 9
A 
Crae's semi fresh  (A major) in college now
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A 
Rob ain't so fresh  (E minor) at   nineteen  (G major)  (A major) 
Me, well I'm still the last word
Oh have your heard the heresay
Em 
A 
Em 
G 
A 
I was robbin' the cradle-  (E minor)  (A major) no- it wasn't  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
Esus4 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
G 
 (Esus4)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor) that  (G major) 
A 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
G 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major) way
A 
Rob (A major) bin' the