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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1990389,"song":"Criminology","artist":"Tom Russell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11445202-criminology-chords-by-tom-russell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1990389?type=chord","rating":0.04174,"votes":0,"content":"Tom Russell - Criminology\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n             \r\nI had a gun pointed at my head on several occasions\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, Nadine I was scared[/tab]\r\n\r\nSomething about a black man with a machine gun \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake you wish you said your prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nIt was Nigeria[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe year was Nineteen Sixty-Nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was teaching criminology[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlayed a little guitar on the side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\nIn Apache Pass, Prince Rupert\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIndian Jack puts a gun to my head[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe said, \"How do you like it now gentlemen? \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow’s your blue eyed boy, Mr Dead?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nIt was Canada this time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe year was Nineteen Seventy-One[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was performing at the Club Zanzibar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nIn the neon world of knives and guns[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, excuse me if I’m boring you, dear listener[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAccept my humble apology[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou may think I’m just a folk singer, no[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m a master in the art of criminology[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\nWhen Picasso died, the Indians cried \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a Prince George motel room[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe were drunker than a thousand white men \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlaying lumber camp saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           \r\nIt was Canada again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe year was Nineteen Seventy-Three[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were grizzly bears walking down main street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nWhat an amazing sight to see[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\nWell, the devil rides a cubist horse\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe devil he’s got angles[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut god is an expressionist\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe got the devil strangled [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  \r\nDown in purgatorian limbo in hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAhh, them southern rip joints just like that[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod’s waiting room is full of painters and poets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nAnd old black jazz saints in pork pie hats[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, excuse me if I’m boring you, dear listener[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAccept my humble apology[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou may think I’m some jive folk singer, no[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m a master in the art of criminology[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\nSo, I got off a plane in Nigeria\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was Nineteen Sixty-Nine[/tab]\r\n\r\nArrested by Ton Ton Macoute\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTaking photos was a war zone crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                  \r\nThey were gonna hack me up with machetes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA US ambassador, come home, paid my bribe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo, I played guitar with Victor Uwaifo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nTaught a little criminology on the side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYeah, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo regrets, no surrender, no apology[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI know a little bit about a lot of things [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m a master in the art of criminology[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYeah, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo regrets, no surrender, no apology[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI know a little bit about a lot of things [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m a master in the art of criminology[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCriminology[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCriminology[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCriminology[/tab]","plain_text":"Tom Russell - Criminology\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n             \nI had a gun pointed at my head on several occasions\n\n\nSomething about a black man with a machine gun \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\nIn Apache Pass, Prince Rupert\n\n\nHe said, \"How do you like it now gentlemen? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nWhen Picasso died, the Indians cried \n\n\nWe were drunker than a thousand white men \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\nWell, the devil rides a cubist horse\n\n\nBut god is an expressionist\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG       C   G   D   G\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\nSo, I got off a plane in Nigeria\n\n\nArrested by Ton Ton Macoute\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","D","Em","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}