• Song:

    Like A Cop

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

like a cop

A7   x02020
Eb/G 3x1x43 or 3x0343

riff 1

E-----------------3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3--|
B--------------------------3----------------3-3-3----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--0-----0-----0-------0-1---0---0-------0-1-----0-0-------0-1-3-0-0-0---------0--3|
A--1s2---1s2---1s2-2-3-------1---1s2-2-3-----------1s2-2-3-----------1s2---2-3----3|
E--2s3---2s3---2s3---------------2s3---------------2s3---------------2s3----------1|

riff 2
e------------------------2-2|
B-----------------3---3--3-3|
G----0------------2---2--2-2|
D--2--0---------------------|
A-------3--2-0--------------|
E--------------4-3---2------|

riff 1
i'm the kind of guy that likes to talk
i'm the kind of guy hates to be frozen out
i can't stand it when i get this way
total mental shutdown

riff 2              A7 (x02020@1)  C& (x32010@1)i choke up like a chump
      /B /A Eb/G (444322@1)        D/F# (200232@1)           A7 (x02020@1) Cwords (x32010@1)in my throat just become a senseless lump
   /B      /A  Eb/G (444322@1)           D/F# (200232@1)  A7my (x02020@1)heart's not in it 'cause it's just a pump

riff 1
body lying out on the pavement
eyes out of focus on the dirty street
standing right here is the person
i've been waiting for months to meet
  riff 2                            A7 (x02020@1) C& (x32010@1)i just drop my eyes down like two rocks
  /B  /A  Eb/G (444322@1)  D/F# (200232@1)       A7 (x02020@1)  Ci (x32010@1)hear my name, my circulation stops
   /B /A     Eb/G (444322@1)       D/F# (200232@1)       A7i (x02020@1)peer up at her like i'm looking at a cop

riff 1

riff 1
i'm the kind of dog that likes to sit in your lap
i back away, about an inch tall
that's my special situation 
                                riff 2         A7 (x02020@1)  Cnow (x32010@1)if i think about her at all i become a raw nerve
      /B    /A    Eb/G (444322@1)D/F# (200232@1)   A7 (x02020@1)  Cwhole (x32010@1)throat gets dry & vision blurred
         /B /A Eb/G (444322@1)    D/F# (200232@1)         A7 (x02020@1)  C (x32010@1)    
thoughts in my head fall down like dead birds
        /B   /A   Eb/G (444322@1)      D/F# (200232@1)          A7 (x02020@1) 
i don't know what kind if any purpose i might serve

C /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 C /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7

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