F5 (Power Chords) On the one they'll catch you C#5 If you skirt disaster G#5 On the day they told her D#5 But she want to stay, stay F5 And the ones that saw you C#5 Witnesses of Goya G#5 Elected to serve ya D#5 'Till your dying day F5 (Full Barre Chord) 'Till your dying day C#5 G#5 D#5 I hope you don't get what you're after A#5 To whom it may concern D#5 I'm writing on behalf of a brother F5 Twice burned F5 D#5 F5 D#5 I know you be reaching your time F5 D#5 F5 D#5 Just a product of your mind G#5 But when you continue to let loose on a running man D#5 You send him crashing to the edge of the pavement F5 You're doing something you don't quite understand A#5 C5 Making like he's a lesser man G#5 So be gone be gone to plea D#5 You got your vehicle to ride on F5 Off to the commissioner as fast as you can A#5 C5 With your smoking gun in hand In your F5 Gunship gunship C#5 Gunship politico G#5 I hope you don't get what you're after D#5 In your F5 Gunship gunship C#5 Gunship politico G#5 I hope you don't get what you're after D#5 In your A#5 Gunship gunship C#5 Gunship gunship D#5 In your F5 Gunship gunship C#5 Gunship gunship G#5 D#5 A#5 Six men on their knees eyes shinin' in the high beams of the searchlight A#5 F5 C#5 Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall instilling whoa such a fright A#5 One's kicked in the gut; he's all cut up by the corner cop A#5 F5 C#5 One stands in defense in a broken sentence Asks not to be shot G#5 If you please D#5 You men of authority F5 We do not speak your language see C#5 Please act accordingly F5 'Cause he wasn't beggin' C#5 He was just keeping time with his cup G#5 You go on and believe that D#5 You keep your eyes straight up F5 I was just looking C#5 I had no intention to touch G#5 But I know when I'm not welcome D#5 So I thank you very much. F5 See a, see a, see the women there demonstrate C#5 See a, see a, see them know but they will not say G#5 See a, see a, see them set the trial date D#5 See a, see a, see the confidence on the DA's face F5 Watch out for them politicos C#5 Watch out for them politicos G#5 Watch out for them politicos D#5 Watch out for them politicos F5 Don't mess mess with the down downpresser way C#5 They got it down pat; they got it down to a tee G#5 No one gets through the lockstep jaw D#5 You ain't guilty but you did get caught F5 So for lack for a better suspect we nominate you C#5 To ride this one out, to see this one through D#5 See a , see a See a , see a F5 Arms thrown up in a ever fearful protest C#5 As if the firing squad would ever think to notice G#5 As if he could summon the likes of Moses D#5 To put blood back in his friend's veins F5 (Power Chords) And if you're one step faster C#5 You can skirt disaster G#5 But if it's not you, it'll be the next guy D#5 Who's the wrong color at the wrong time F5 (Full Barre Chords) Another day's over and the decision still stands C#5 His honor in his chambers still washing his hands G#5 You know he's been fiddling in his room all day D#5 Just trying to wash all his conscience away F5 No one's asking for hangman's tree C#5 They just looking for something true to believe G#5 See a , see a D#5 See them know but they will not say F5 He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup C#5 He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup G#5 He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup D#5 You go on and believe that, You keep your eyes straight up F5 'Cause I was just looking I had no intention to touch C#5 I was just looking, I had no intention to touch G#5 I was just looking, I had no intention to touch D#5 F5 And I know when I'm not welcome so I thank you very much