Children's Story Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
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[D]child] [G]Uncle Whitey! Uncle Whitey,
[C]could you [D]tell us a [G]bedtime story?
[Dm][2nd child] Dat's 'at! We want to hear
a bed[G]time story
[C][1st child] Please! Could you [Dm]tell
us a bedtime [G]story?
[2nd child] with fingers in the
mouth tidgy poo [Dm]na na

[Verse 2]
[Everlast]
Once upon a time not long ago
when people wore pyjamas
and lived [Eb]life slow
When [Dm]laws were stern
and justice stood
and people were behaving' like
they ought [Eb]to: good
There [Dm]was a little boy who was
misled by another lil' boy
and this is what [Eb]he said
[Dm]"Me and you, Guy,
we gonna make some cash
robbing' old folks and
making' the [Eb]dash"
[Dm]They did the job,
money came with ease
but one couldn't stop,
it's like he had a dis[Eb]ease
He robbed [Dm]an other and another
and a sister and her brother
Tried to rob a man who was
a D.T. under[Eb]cover
the [Dm]cop grabbed his arm,
he started acting erratic
He said, "keep still, boy,
no need for static"
punched him in his belly and
he gave him a slap
But little did he know the
lil' boy was strapped
[Eb]the kid pull[Dm]ed out a gun
He said, "Why'd you hit me?"
the barrel headed straight for
the cop's kidney
The cop got scared, the kid,
he starts to figure
"I'll do years if I pull this [Eb]trigger"
So [Dm]he cold dashed and
ran around the block
cop radios in to another lady [Eb]cop
He [Dm]ran by a tree, there he saw this sister
a shot for the head,
he shot back but [Eb]he missed her
[Dm]Looked 'round good in expectations
so he decided he'd [G]head
for the [Dm]subway stations
But she was coming so he made a left
he was running' top speed
till he was outta breath
[Eb]Knocked an o[Dm]ld man down
and swore he killed him
then he made his move to an
abandoned [Eb]building
[Dm]Ran up the stairs up to the top floor
opened up the door there,
guess [Eb]who he saw
[Dm]Dad, the dope fiend shooting' dope
who don't know the meaning
of water nor soap
He said, "I need bullets,
hurry up, run"
the dope fiend brought back
a spanking shot[Eb]gun
He [Dm]went outside but there was cops all over
So he get into a car,
it was a stolen [Eb]Nova
[Dm]Raced up the [G]block [Dm]doing 83, crashed
into a tree near university
Escaped [G]alive though the [Dm]car
was battered
He rat-a-tat-tatted and and and
and all the cops scattered
Ran out of bullets but still had static
grabbed a pregnant lady and pulled
out the automat[Eb]ic
[Dm]Pointed at her head and he said
the gun was full of lead
He told the cops,
"back off or [Eb]honey here's dead"
[Dm]deep in his heart he knew he was wrong
so he let the lady go
and he starts to move [Eb]on
[Dm]sirens sounded, he seemed astounded
Before long the lil' boy
got surrounded
he dropped the gun, so went the glory
And this is the way I got
to end this [Eb]story
he was [Dm]only nineteen,
in a madman's dream
I saw the cops shoot the kid,
I still hear [Eb]him scream
[Dm]this ain't funny so don't you dare laugh
Just another case 'bout
the wrong [Eb]path
[Dm]straight and narrow or your
soul gets cast

[Interlude 1]
Good night!
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[Verse 3]
[Dm](Beat box[Dm]
[Dm]by Rahzel till
[Dm]fade out)

[Outro 1]
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