Chords for Crime Doesn't Pay?

Tempo:
130.25 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

Em

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Crime Doesn't Pay? chords
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[G] [C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[G] My buddies [C] decided that we'd rob [G] a bank to get up our courage [D] we drank and [Em] we drank
bottles [G] of wine
[D] and out of [Em] our minds
[C] my brother's to borrow [G] a gun.
my face and [D] away we [Em] did run
[G] Off to [C] my uncle's to get us [G] some bread
100%  ➙  130BPM
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Em
121
E
2311
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To learn Those Poor Bastards - Crime Doesnt Pay chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: D, Em, G, C, G, D, Em and C. Start with a comfortable 65 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 130. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] My buddies [C] decided that we'd rob [G] a bank to get up our courage [D] we drank and [Em] we _ drank
[G] buckets [C] of whiskey
bottles [G] of wine
Till we were wild [D] and out of [Em] our minds
[G] We went to [C] my brother's to borrow [G] a gun.
He spat in my face and [D] away we [Em] did run
[G] Off to [C] my uncle's to get us [G] some bread
Somehow or other [D] he ended [Em] up dead
[C] Oh, they always say [G] that crime doesn't pay [C] but it does if [D] you could just [G] get [C] away _ [G] _ _ _ Oh
Dr.
[C] Sampson gave us [G] his car
After we splattered [D] his brains [Em] on the wall.
[G] I [C] started driving
I drove up [G] the road into the stream where [D] the water [Em] was cold
_ _ [G] Snaggle [C]-tooth Willie fell out [G] and he drowned we planted him deep [D] deep deep [Em] in the ground
[G] We found us [C] a bar where the music [G] was sad such gory fun [D] boys
[Em] Was hair.
_ [C] Oh, they always say [G] that crime doesn't pay [C] but it does if [D] you can just [G] get [C] away
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ I
Finally [C] at midnight we got to the [G] bank haggard _ [D] hungover and Lord [E] I was _ staying
[G] He busted [C] the glass and we walked [G] through the door beat on the guard [Dm] till he fell [E] on the floor
_ [G] Give [C] us some money.
Yeah crooked.
[G] I'd be don't say you won't [D] cuz I know [Em] that you will _
[G] Got [C] some explosives and blew [G] up the safe took us a million [D] that burned [Em] down that place
[C] They always say [G] that crime doesn't pay [C] but it does [D] if you can just [G] get [C] away
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] They always say [G] that crime doesn't pay [C] but it does [D] if you can just [G] get [C] away
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song finds its place within the Old Time Suffering album.

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