Used to Be a Cop

Used to Be a Cop easy guitar chords by Drive-by Truckers

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  • Intro 1








    Used 
    to 
    be 
    a cop, 
    Verse 1
    but 
    I got 
    to 
    be 
    too 
    jumpy. 

    I used 
    to like 
    to party 
    till 
    I coughed 

    up 
    half 
    a lung. 

    Some
    times 
    late 
    at night 

    I hear 
    the beat 
    a-bumping 

    reach 
    for 
    my 
    holster 
    and I 
    wake 
    up 
    all 

    Interlude 1
    alone. 



    Used 
    to have 
    wife 
    Verse 2
    but 
    she 

    told 
    me 
    was 
    crazy. 

    Said 
    she 
    couldn't 
    stand 
    the way 

    I fid
    get 
    all 
    the 
    time. 

    Some
    times 
    late at 
    night 

    I circle 
    round 
    the house. 

    look 
    through 
    the win
    dows 
    and 

    dream 
    that 
    she's 
    still 
    mine. 

    Verse 3

    got 
    scars 
    on 
    my back 
    from the 

    way 
    my Daddy 
    raised 
    me. 

    I used 
    to have 
    fam
    ily 
    until 
    I got 
    divorced. 

    I've 
    gone 
    too 
    far 
    from 

    the thing
    s that 
    could save 
    me. 

    used 
    to be 
    cop, 

    but 
    they kicked 
    me 
    off 
    the force. 

    used 
    to be 
    a cop, 
    till 
    they kicked 
    me 
    off the 
    force. 

    Interlude 2




    Verse 4
    Used 
    to have 
    a car, 

    but 
    the 
    bank 
    came 
    and 
    took 
    it. 

    Pay
    ing 
    for 
    house 
    that that 
    bitch 

    lives 
    in 
    now. 

    Children 
    that 
    we 
    had 
    won't 

    even 
    look 
    at 
    me. 

    Guess 
    there's 
    nothing 
    left 
    to 
    lose, 

    nothing 
    matters 
    anyhow. 

    Verse 5
    Got 
    scar 
    on 
    my 
    arm 
    from the 

    bullet 
    that 
    once 
    grazed 
    me. 

    keep 
    it in 
    a box 
    to 
    remind 

    me 
    where 
    I've 
    been. 

    That 
    thin 
    blue 
    line 
    was the 
    only 

    thing 
    that 
    could save 
    me. 

    I used 
    to have 
    badge 
    but 

    they made 
    me 
    turn 
    it in

    Verse 6
    And 
    I used 
    to play 
    foot
    ball, 

    but I wasn't 
    big 
    enough 
    for 
    col
    lege. 

    But 
    passed 
    the 
    en
    trance 
    exam 
    first 
    try, 

    and 
    on 
    my 
    way. 

    Po
    lice 
    Academy 
    gave 
    me 

    the only 
    thing 
    was 
    ever 
    good 
    at, 

    but 
    my tem
    per 
    and 
    the shakes, 
    and 
    they took 
    that 
    thing 
    away. 

    Interlude 3








    Verse 7
    Used 
    to 
    have 
    wife, 

    but she 
    just 
    couldn't 
    deal 

    with 
    the 
    an
    ger 
    and 
    the 
    tension 
    that 
    was 
    welling 

    inside 

    of me. 

    Sometimes 
    late 
    at 
    night, 

    I circle 
    round 
    the 
    house

    look 
    through 
    the window 
    and I 
    remem

    ber 
    how 
    it 
    used 
    to 
    be. 

    look 
    through 
    the 
    windows 
    and I 
    remem
    ber 
    how 
    it used 
    to be. 

    Outro 1














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