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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2700411,"song":"Tin Can Alley","artist":"Eric Andersen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11526044-tin-can-alley-chords-by-eric-andersen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2700411?type=chord","rating":0.06183,"votes":0,"content":"Tin Can Alley\r\nEric Andersen\r\nKey: Em\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCop is on the corner lookin’ down the street, Waitin’ for the runner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\ncomin’ with the treat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCrime it don’t exist when you look the other way, It’s only in the[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nmovies….. when it never pays.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey get you in the Jailhouse, the cops’ll get their pick, You don’t[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfight back unless you’re lookin’ to get hit.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn Tin Can Alley the cops get the kicks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey know who it is, carryin’ the sticks.  (2 Bars)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHall-way nightmares blackin’ out the moon, Someone’s on the landing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfumbling with a spoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStay for a while, you can’t be here, Cause the man is comin’.....and he[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nmight be near[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe knows you’ll come a-lookin’ if you don’t find some, He circles like[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\na vulture till your Mind’s undone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou’re crazy like a rat but you just  can’t run.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown in Tin Can Alley with your back to the sun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShoebox halls, ain't very much space, It ain’t just the kids that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nover-run the place[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRats in the cupboard, papa just sighs, Man is afraid... they’ll make[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe baby cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey creep along the floor, they creep along the wall,  landlord’s[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nout every time you call[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou’re scared at night, you can’t walk out in the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown in Tin Can Alley, they ain’t afraid of you at all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nChurch is on the corner heralding the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe earth is in a vault locked inside the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRepent and it is yours is the promise that they give[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]EM[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you hope and pray that Jesus...... remembers where you live.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou were born to suffer the preacher he believes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPay for all your sins, now get down on your knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut you've been down so long that you don't know what it means[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, parked out in the alley in his chauffeured limousine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown in Tin Can Alley with your back to the sun.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tin Can Alley\nEric Andersen\nKey: Em\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Em","Bm","A","C","G","D","B","EM"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}