The Ghost Of Al Capone chords by JOHN COOPER CLARKE

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Verse 1
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In a marble room I was alone
Somewhere in the heart of rome
Through gardens long since overgrown
Down old arcades of broken stone
I met the ghost of Al Capone
Upon request for some i.d.
He said the guardian angels are

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working for me

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Verse 2

I called for a cop - he said stop or I shoot

One or two holes in your three piece suit

I say... steady on old fruit.

He told me not to be so cute

Consider the river and the concrete boots

The devil and the deep blue sea

What you saw you didn't see

The guardian angels are working for me

Verse 3
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The arms... the raving arms
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And the hustle and the bustle - muscle in
I get sandwiched between the palms
The waving palms
And the banknotes rustle like an
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international language
Even the recession doesn't
put him out of pocket
Back in the depression - he made a profit
A one- man crime wave - who can stop it?
The aged william in his pocket
Blackmail. blue films. narcotics...
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Served with the style of a real neurotic
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And the easy smile of a true psychotic
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A sort of refugee

Verse 4
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From the heart of the apostolic sea
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From one flat fee to another flat fee
The hours are short and
the money's free
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And the guardian angels
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are working for me
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The arms... the raving arms
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And the hustle and the bustle - muscle in
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I get sandwiched between the palms
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The waving palms
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And the banknotes rustle like an international
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language

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I under pressure - suggested

Verse 5
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Why not confess and quit
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you're thirty- nine sir and less than fit
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He took my false address and split
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By the dirt roads, through the fever trees
In a Lamborghini - if you please
To get from a to b
I beat my heart and bend my knee
The guardian angels are
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working for me
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Verse 6
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Paralysed in precious stone
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Canonized - I stand alone
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In the clouds of paradise - my home
A million orchids deck the throne
Of the man who numbered Al Capone
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The man who numbered all his bones
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A personal friend of the burning tree
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The guardian angels are working for me.
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What you saw you didn't see
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The guardian angels are working for