Chords for Neil Young - Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, Pt. 1) - 11/26/1989 - Cow Palace (Official)

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Well, [E] the cop made the showdown.
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[Am] He was sure he was right.
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He [E] had all of the lowdown _ [F] from the [E] bank heist last night.
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[G] _ _ [Dm] His best friend was a robber [G] _ _ [D] and his wife was a thief.
_ _ _ [A] All the children were [D] killers.
_ _ [A] They couldn't get no relief.
_ [G] _ _ [C] The bungalow was surrounded _ when [F] a voice loud and clear _ said,
come on out with your [C] hands up _ [F] or we'll blow you out of here.
There [C] was a face in [Am] the window. _ _
The [C] TV cameras [Am] rolled. _
_ [C] Then they cut to the [E] announcer _ _ [G] and [C] the story was [E] told. _
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_ _ _ [C] _ The [E] artist looked at the producer.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] The producer sat back.
_ [C] _ He [Am] said, what we have got here _ _ [C] is [Am] a perfect track,
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but we [Dm] don't have a vocal _ _ and we don't have a song.
_ _ If we could get these things accomplished,
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nothing else could go wrong.
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So he balanced the ashtray _ _ as he picked up the phone _ _ and said,
send me a songwriter _ who's drifted far from home
and make sure that he's [E] hungry.
_ _ _ [C] Make sure he's [E] alone.
_ _ _ [C] And send me a [A] cheeseburger _ and [C] a new [E] Rolling _ _ Stones.
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_ _ _ _ _ Start that.
We're going to start [A] that.
We're going to zoom into this monitor, Lord.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] There's [E] still crime in the city.
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[Am] Said the cop on the beat, _ _ [C] I [E] don't know if I can stop it.
[C] _ I [Am] feel like meat on the street.
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[Dm] They paint my car like a target.
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[Dm] I take my orders from fools.
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[D] Meanwhile, some kid blows my head [G] off. _
[A] Well, I play by their rules.
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[C] That's why I'm doing it my way. _ _
I took the law in my own hand. _
And here I am in the alleyway. _
[F] A water [D] catch in my pants.
I [G] get paid [E] by a 10-year-old.
_ [Am] He says he looks up to me.
_ There's [C] still crime [E] in the city.
_ _ _ [C] But it's good to [Am] be free.
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] Good to be free.
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Well, I [E] come from a family _ [C] _ that has [Am] a broken home.
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[A] Sometimes I talk to daddy _ [C] on _
[E] the telephone. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ When he says that he loves me, _
[D] _ I know that he does.
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_ [D] But I wish that I could see him.
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_ [D] I wish I knew where he was.
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_ [F] And that's the way all my friends are. _
_ Except maybe [C] one or two. _ _
_ Wish I could see him this weekend. _
[C] Wish I could walk in his [Cm] shoes.
But now I'm doing [E] my own thing.
_ _ [C] Sometimes I'm good, [E] then I'm _ bad.
_ [C] Although my home has [E] been broken,
_ _ _ [C] it's the best [E] home I ever had.
_ _ [C] It's [G] all right. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] Well, I keep getting younger.
_ [C] _ My [Am] life's been funny that way.
_ [C] _ Before [E] I ever learned to talk, _ [C] _ well, I [E] forgot what to say.
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[Dm] _ Satisfied to my teacher.
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[Dm] _ Satisfied to my mom.
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[Dm] _ Got thrown out of Bible [G] school _
[D] for giving
a finger to the preacher.
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[C] Then I grew up to be a [G] fireman. _
[C] Put out every fire in town.
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[F] Put out anything smoking.
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[C] But when I put the hose down, the judge sent me to [Am] prison.
_ _ _ [C] He gave me life without [E] parole.
_ _ _ [C] Wish I never [Am] put the hose [E] down.
_ _ [C] Wish I never [Am] got old.
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_ _ _ _ Wish I never got old.
_ _ Wish I never got old.
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