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