Fm (Power Chords) On the one they'll catch you C# If you skirt disaster G# On the day they told her D# But she want to stay, stay Fm And the ones that saw you C# Witnesses of Goya G# Elected to serve ya D# 'Till your dying day Fm (Full Barre Chord) 'Till your dying day C# G# D# I hope you don't get what you're after A#m To whom it may concern D# I'm writing on behalf of a brother Fm Twice burned Fm D# Fm D# I know you be reaching your time Fm D# Fm D# Just a product of your mind G# But when you continue to let loose on a running man D# You send him crashing to the edge of the pavement Fm You're doing something you don't quite understand A# C Making like he's a lesser man G# So be gone be gone to plea D# You got your vehicle to ride on Fm Off to the commissioner as fast as you can A# C With your smoking gun in hand In your Fm Gunship gunship C# Gunship politico G# I hope you don't get what you're after D# In your Fm Gunship gunship C# Gunship politico G# I hope you don't get what you're after D# In your A#m Gunship gunship C# Gunship gunship D# In your Fm Gunship gunship C# Gunship gunship G# D# A#m Six men on their knees eyes shinin' in the high beams of the searchlight A#m Fm C# Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall instilling whoa such a fright A#m One's kicked in the gut; he's all cut up by the corner cop A#m Fm C# One stands in defense in a broken sentence Asks not to be shot G# If you please D# You men of authority Fm We do not speak your language see C# Please act accordingly Fm 'Cause he wasn't beggin' C# He was just keeping time with his cup G# You go on and believe that D# You keep your eyes straight up Fm I was just looking C# I had no intention to touch G# But I know when I'm not welcome D# So I thank you very much. Fm See a, see a, see the women there demonstrate C# See a, see a, see them know but they will not say G# See a, see a, see them set the trial date D# See a, see a, see the confidence on the DA's face Fm Watch out for them politicos C# Watch out for them politicos G# Watch out for them politicos D# Watch out for them politicos Fm Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way C# They got it down pat; they got it down to a tee G# No one gets through the lockstep jaw D# You ain't guilty but you did get caught Fm So for lack for a better suspect we nominate you C# To ride this one out, to see this one through D# See a , see a See a , see a Fm Arms thrown up in a ever fearful protest C# As if the firing squad would ever think to notice G# As if he could summon the likes of Moses D# To put blood back in his friend's veins Fm (Power Chords) And if you're one step faster C# You can skirt disaster G# But if it's not you, it'll be the next guy D# Who's the wrong color at the wrong time Fm (Full Barre Chords) Another day's over and the decision still stands C# His honor in his chambers still washing his hands G# You know he's been fiddling in his room all day D# Just trying to wash all his conscience away Fm No one's asking for hangman's tree C# They just looking for something true to believe G# See a , see a D# See them know but they will not say Fm He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup C# He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup G# He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup D# You go on and believe that, You keep your eyes straight up Fm 'Cause I was just looking I had no intention to touch C# I was just looking, I had no intention to touch G# I was just looking, I had no intention to touch D# Fm And I know when I'm not welcome so I thank you very much
