Cops And Robbers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Cops & Robbers Trk 23 Disc 1
(Jerome Green)
Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar,
Willie Dixon - bass
Clifton James - drums, Jerome
Green - maracas & vocal
Otis Spann - piano. Recorded October
1956, Chicago.
B0009231- 02 Hipo Select
(Geffen) 2007

[Verse 2]
[D]Spoken Story:

[Verse 3]
I was drivin' [D]home on the [G]boulevard
[D]Late one night, when I spied a guy over

[Verse 4]
On the corner, bummin' all alone.
[D]Now, as I passed him by I heard [G]him holler [D]out,
'Hey! '
I slowed down, see what he said
He hollers- a,
'A- by any chance are you goin' my [G]way? [D]'
I say, 'Why sho' baby,
hop on in and gimme a cigarette'
Just then [G]he reached down
[D]in his pockets
And that [G]was the mo[D]ment I regret.
Sings: He hollered, [G]'Reach for the

[Verse 5]
[G]
sky'
I said, [D]'But I [G]don't un[D]derstand, sir? '
[A]'Don't try no monkey busines[G]s
I've got a stopper in [D]my
[A]han[D]d'[G]
Spoken: And then, [D]he says- [Eb]a, 'A-

[Verse 6]
[D]
look- here,
you see this here
I got [G]in my hand, [D]this is a.38 pistol,
built on a.45 frame
Shoots tombstone bullets and a
ball and chain'.

[Verse 7]
He said, [D]'Now, I ain't tryin' to shake
you up'
(And I) 'But I just want you to know,
if the cops
Start to crowd me any,
you gon' be the first to go'
'So, [G]now [D]look- here,
don't even look back
You just drive on just like ain't
nothin' happenin'
That's what he told me. He
wouldn't even let me look
Back at nothin'.
He say, 'When I get to that red
light' he wanted me
To go [G]to my left [D]and [G]then [D]jump
back to my right.
He says, 'Now- a,
I want you to drive up in that al[G]ley.'
'Uh- uh, [D]not in that alley, that,
that one [G]over there'
[D]'And cool it behind that liquor
sto' and keep a sharp
Lookout at all times while I sneak
in that back do'.
That's what he told me!
He say, 'Keep my foot
on the gas and always
Be on guard,
'cause when he come runnin' [G]out there
Wit' all that [D]money,
he wanted me to mash [G]on it real [D]hard!
He said, 'Now, don't [G]let him come
[D]out a- d'ere and find me
A- double- crossed' Because he'd murder
when the heat's [G]on.[D][G]

[Verse 8]
Sings:
Reach for the sky
I said, [D]'But I don't [A]understand, sir'
Don't try no monkey business
[G]I've got the stopper in
my [D]hand
[G][D][A]

[Verse 9]
[D]Ooo- we, while I was sittin' there
just s'ramblin'
A spotlight hit me dead in the face.
The cop pulled up behind me and said
'Move up alittle bit, man,
for we wanna take your place'

[Verse 10]
And then this guy [D]come run
[G]nin' [D]outta the sto'
With the money in his hand and said,
'Oh, there you are! '
Ha, he made a mistake
in the dark and ran and leaped
In [G]the police [D]car.
[G]When they put[D] the handcuffs on him
[G]I s[D]aid, 'Child,
yo' crime have outgrew him'
And then they [G]said, 'Yeah,
[D]we gonna' put him
So far back in jail this time,
'till they gonna have
To pump air into him.