My Crime Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am][A][D][C][A][C]
[Am]I we[A]nt to Denv[Am]er
[C]Lat[Am]e las[A]t fall.[C]
[A]I went to do my [Am]job.[C]
[A]Yeah, I didn't [C]break any law.
[A]We worked a hip[Am]pie place,[C]
[A]Like many in our[Am] land.[C]
[A]They couldn't bus[C]t the place,
And [Am]so they got the band.
[A]'Cause [D]the police in Denver,
No, they don't want none of them long
hairs hanging [A]around.[Am][A]
[Em]And that's the reason
[D]why
They want to tear Canned Heat's reputation
[A]down.[Am][A][Em][C][Am]
[A]You people [C]in Denver[Am]
[A]Will know what I mea[C]n.
[A]Yeah, the things I'm gonna
[D]tell [C]ya.[A]
Yeah, you've all heard and [C]seen.
[A]You remember when a cop on [C]the beat
[A]Used to rob [C]and steal.
[A]Today they're gone,
but the oth[D]ers get it [C]on,
[A]So you [Am]know just how I feel.
[A]'Cause [D]the police in Denver,
Lord, they don't want none
of them long hairs hanging [A]around.
And [Em]that's the reason [D]why
They try to tear Canned Heat's
[A]reputation down.
[Am]Yeah, they try to tear it
[D]down, boy.[A]
They ain't gonna [Em]do it though.[Am][C][A]
[Am][A][Am]
[A][Am][C][Am][C][A]
[D]
[A][Em]
[A][D][A]
[D]
[A]Let me tell you this, just one
[Em]more [C]tim[A]e.
Just one more thing I want to [Em]tell [C]ya
[A]Before I g[C]o.
[A]It's a shame, the Man in Den[Am]ver[C][D]
[A]Has to lie and mistreat people [Am]so.[C]
[A]Now, six months ain't no sentence,
[C][Am]
[A]One year ain[C]'t no time.
[A]When I hear from one to ten[Am],
[C]It [Am]worries my troubled mind.[A]
'Cause [D]the police in Denver,
Lord, don't want no long
hairs [A]around.[D][A][D]
[A]And [Em]that's the reason why
[D]They try to tear Canned Heat's repu
[A]tation down.

[Outro 1]
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