Fm (Power Chords)      
On the one they'll catch you 
C#
If you skirt disaster 
Ab
On the day they told her 
Eb
But she want to stay, stay 

Fm
And the ones that saw you 
C#
Witnesses of Goya 
Ab
Elected to serve ya 
Eb
'Till your dying day 

Fm (Full Barre Chord)
'Till your dying day 
C#          Ab            Eb
I hope you don't get what you're after 

Bbm
To whom it may concern 
Eb
I'm writing on behalf of a brother 
Fm
Twice burned 

Fm  Eb  Fm

Eb
I know you be reaching your time 

Fm  Eb  Fm

Eb
Just a product of your mind 

Ab
But when you continue to let loose on a running man 
Eb
You send him crashing to the edge of the pavement 
Fm
You're doing something you don't quite understand 
Bb            C
Making like he's a lesser man 

Ab
So be gone be gone to plea 
Eb
You got your vehicle to ride on 
Fm
Off to the commissioner as fast as you can 
Bb               C
With your smoking gun in hand 


In your 
Fm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship politico 
Ab
I hope you don't get what you're after 
Eb
In your 
Fm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship politico 
Ab
I hope you don't get what you're after 
Eb
In your 
Bbm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship gunship 
Eb
In your 
Fm
Gunship gunship 
C#
Gunship gunship 
Ab           Eb

Bbm
Six men on their knees eyes shinin' in the high beams of the searchlight 
Bbm                    Fm                   C#
Cop's shadows on the wall several stories tall instilling whoa such a fright 
Bbm
One's kicked in the gut; he's all cut up by the corner cop 
Bbm               Fm                  C#
One stands in defense in a broken sentence 
Asks not to be shot 

Ab
If you please 
Eb
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 
Ab
You go on and believe that 
Eb
You keep your eyes straight up 
Fm
I was just looking 
C#
I had no intention to touch 
Ab
But I know when I'm not welcome 
Eb
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 
Ab
See a, see a, see them set the trial date 
Eb
See a, see a, see the confidence on the DA's face 

Fm
Watch out for them politicos 
C#
Watch out for them politicos 
Ab
Watch out for them politicos 
Eb
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 
Ab
No one gets through the lockstep jaw 
Eb
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 
Eb
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 
Ab
As if he could summon the likes of Moses 
Eb
To put blood back in his friend's veins 

Fm   (Power Chords)
And if you're one step faster 
C#
You can skirt disaster 
Ab
But if it's not you, it'll be the next guy 
Eb
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 
Ab
You know he's been fiddling in his room all day 
Eb
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 
Ab
See A, see A 
Eb
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 
Ab
He wasn't begging he was just keeping time with his cup 
Eb
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 
Ab
I was just looking, I had no intention to touch 
Eb                                                  Fm
And I know when I'm not welcome so I thank you very much
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