Robbery, Assault And Battery Chords by Genesis

Tempo:
137.55 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

F

C

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Genesis - Robbery, Assault and Battery chords
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[Bbm]
[Ab]
[Eb] The streets were [Ab] [Eb] deserted, but the police [Db] were [Eb]
alerted.
He said, [Ab] the [Eb] phone call a [Db] hoax.
[Ebm] [Ab] Utterly flancy, [Ebm] then [Bbm] gently [Ebm] prancing,
the [Ab] euphoric guards [B] unaware.
[Fm] [Eb]
Slip [Ab] in [Eb] between them, he [Db] ought to have seen them,
[Eb] he lies [Ab] in their [Eb] arms so near.
[Db]
[Ebm] The torch [Fm] shining bright, [Ebm] he stood on in [Bbm] the night,
[Ebm] death came to [Fm] the room [B] with me safely.
[Abm] [Fm] [Bbm]
Hello [Db] son, I hope you're [Bbm] having fun.
[Ab] You [Eb] got it [Ab] wrong, son, I'm only [Eb] the [Db] cleaner.
The dead defiant are the same as you die.
[Ab] You've done me wrong, it's the [Eb] same old song.
[Bbm] Forever, forever.
[G] [C] Robbery, [F] a [Eb] softened battery,
[Ab] [C] Helen [F] and his [Eb] Helen.
[Ab] [C]
[F] Robbery, a softened [Eb] battery,
[Ab]
[C] Helen [F] and his [Eb] Helen.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] He picked up the diamonds and [Db] bundles of [Eb] virus,
[Ab] pushed them all down [Eb] in his sack.
[Db] [Ebm]
But the [Fm] alarm at the sound, [Ebm] he was completely [Bbm] surrounded.
[Ebm] When he had [Fm] some more [B] tricks up his sleeve,
[Fm] [Bbm] the mouse [Db] died with your hands [Bbm] held high.
You're not [Fm] getting [Eb] me [Ab] alive, sir, I [Cm] promise [Fm] you that, [Bbm] sir.
The dead [Db] defiant are the same as you die.
[Ab] You've done me wrong, it's the same old song.
[Bbm] Forever,
[G] [Bb] forever.
[Db]
[C] Robbery, [F] a [Eb] softened [Ab] battery,
[C] Helen and [F] his [Eb] Helen.
[Ab] [C]
[F] Robbery, a softened [Eb] battery,
[Ab] [C]
Helen [F] and his [Eb] Helen.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] [C]
[Bb]
[F]
[Cm]
[G]
[C] [G]
[D] [A]
[E]
[Em]
[B]
[F] [Bb] [Ebm]
[Ab] [Gb] Sitting
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db] [Abm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[C] [Fm] [Db]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [Em] [Am]
[Fm] [A] by the road, [Dm] the boss is [A] gone away.
[Dm] [A] God [Db] always dies on [Gb] the side [Db] of [Cm] [F] the bad [Dm] [F]
[Dm] [Gm]
guy.
[C]
[F] [G] [Cm] [Ab]
[Bb] [Dm] [G] [Bm] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm] [Fm]
[C] [Dm] [G] [Cm]
[Ab] [Bb] [F] [G] [Bm]
[F] [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[D] [Bb] [Cm]
[D] [Cm] [D]
[C] I've got [F] plenty of [C] way, but I'll be [Bb] back [C] someday.
Just the [F] [C] combination will have changed.
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] Someday they'll catch [Cm] me, do what shall [Gm] nearly touch [Cm] me.
Until [Bb] that day I'll ride [Ab] the old crime wave.
[Dm]
[Gm] If they try to hold me to trial,
[F] I'll stay out of jail for paying my bail.
[Gm] And after [Bb] I'll go to the court of appeals,
saying [Am] you've done me wrong, it's the same old song.
[Gm] Forever, [C] [E] forever.
[A] Done me [D] wrong, [E] [Em]
[A] same [E] old [A] [D] [E] [G]
[A] [D] song.
[E] [Em] [A] [Gbm] [E] [G]
[A] [E] [G]
[A] [G]
[D] [F] [C] [G] [D]
[F]
[C] [G] [D] [A]
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
C
3211
Db
12341114
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
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To start learning Genesis - (2007 - Remaster) Robbery, Assault And Battery chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Ab, Eb, Ab, C, F, Eb, Db and Eb. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 68 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 138 BPM. Given the song's key of Ab Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] The streets were [Ab] [Eb] deserted, but the police [Db] were _ [Eb]
alerted.
He said, [Ab] the [Eb] phone call a [Db] hoax. _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] Utterly flancy, [Ebm] then [Bbm] gently [Ebm] prancing,
the [Ab] euphoric guards [B] unaware. _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Slip [Ab] in [Eb] between them, he [Db] ought to have seen them,
[Eb] he lies [Ab] in their [Eb] arms so near.
[Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ The torch [Fm] shining bright, [Ebm] he stood on in [Bbm] the night,
[Ebm] death came to [Fm] the room [B] with me safely.
_ _ [Abm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
Hello [Db] son, I hope you're [Bbm] having fun.
[Ab] You [Eb] got it [Ab] wrong, son, I'm only [Eb] the [Db] cleaner.
The dead defiant are the same as you die.
[Ab] You've done me wrong, it's the [Eb] same old song.
[Bbm] Forever, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ forever.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Robbery, [F] a [Eb] softened battery,
_ [Ab] _ [C] Helen [F] and his [Eb] Helen.
_ [Ab] _ [C] _
[F] Robbery, a softened [Eb] battery,
[Ab] _ _
[C] Helen [F] and his [Eb] Helen. _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] He picked up the diamonds and [Db] bundles of [Eb] virus,
[Ab] pushed them all down [Eb] in his sack.
[Db] _ _ [Ebm]
But the [Fm] alarm at the sound, [Ebm] he was completely [Bbm] surrounded.
[Ebm] When he had [Fm] some more [B] tricks up his sleeve, _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ the mouse [Db] died with your hands [Bbm] held high.
You're not [Fm] getting [Eb] me [Ab] alive, sir, I [Cm] promise [Fm] you that, [Bbm] sir.
The dead [Db] defiant are the same as you die.
[Ab] You've done me wrong, it's the same old song.
[Bbm] Forever, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ forever.
[Db] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Robbery, [F] a [Eb] softened [Ab] battery,
_ [C] Helen and [F] his [Eb] Helen.
_ [Ab] _ [C] _
[F] Robbery, a softened [Eb] battery,
[Ab] _ _ [C]
Helen [F] and his [Eb] Helen.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ Sitting _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] by the road, _ [Dm] the boss is [A] gone _ away.
[Dm] _ _ [A] _ God _ [Db] always _ dies _ _ on [Gb] the _ side [Db] of [Cm] [F] the bad _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ guy.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [Fm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] I've got [F] plenty of [C] way, but I'll be [Bb] back [C] someday.
Just the [F] [C] combination will have changed.
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] Someday they'll catch [Cm] me, do what shall [Gm] nearly touch [Cm] me.
Until [Bb] that day I'll ride [Ab] the old crime wave.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] If they try to hold me to trial,
[F] I'll stay out of jail for paying my bail.
[Gm] And after [Bb] I'll go to the court of appeals,
saying [Am] you've done me wrong, it's the same old song.
[Gm] Forever, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] forever. _ _ _
[A] _ Done me [D] wrong, _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
[A] same _ _ _ [E] _ old [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [D] song.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was written by Tony Banks and Phil Collins.

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